EERA works collaboratively with its members to produce high-quality input for progressing policy making at EU and national level on the energy and climate fields.
EERA works collaboratively with its members to produce high-quality input for progressing policy making at EU and national level on the energy and climate fields.
This paper explores the impact of the concepts of resilience and preparedness on energy systems and the role of low-carbon energy research and innovation in strengthening these two dimensions within this framework. The analysis will distil a set of priorities indicating where low-carbon energy R&I should best be directed to address the challenges identified. On this basis, operational policy recommendations will be derived to position EERA within the evolving European policy agenda on this topic. The ultimate goal is to support Europe in advancing competitiveness, climate neutrality and strategic autonomy in a coherent and effective manner.
Download the paperThis report presents expert policy recommendations designed to harness the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) for the European energy systems, in line with the anticipated objectives of the forthcoming European Union (EU) Strategic Roadmap. It summarises an in-depth analysis of the opportunities and challenges involved in making AI a robust enabler of the clean energy transition, as well as the actions required to achieve this.
Download the paperEurope’s ability to achieve climate neutrality, maintain competitiveness and ensure energy security depends on transforming its world-class research base into large-scale industrial impact. However, structural inefficiencies throughout the low-carbon innovation chain – ranging from fragmented research and weak knowledge transfer to slow market adoption – continue to hinder progress.
The EERA Innovation Hubs (EERA: the European Energy Research Alliance) represent a unifying framework for Europe’s low-carbon energy research and innovation community, which aims to address key industrial challenges related to scaling up innovation. Building on the EERA network of Joint Programmes, the
hubs will serve as neutral, pan-European platforms linking research, industry, finance and policy to accelerate technology transfer, de-risk investments and strengthen Europe’s technological sovereignty.
By consolidating and coordinating Europe’s extensive research landscape, the hubs will provide an operational interface between public and private actors, enabling faster uptake of clean technologies and fostering mission-driven collaboration across borders. Rather than being new structures, they are designed as networked catalysts that enhance existing initiatives and bridge persistent gaps between scientific breakthroughs and industrial deployment. This approach closely aligns with the European Commission’s renewed emphasis on competitiveness, affordability and strategic autonomy, as set out in current and upcoming high-level policy strategies and initiatives.
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Download the paperAs Europe powers through the energy transition, climate mitigation and Strategic Autonomy objectives, the report argues that a strong strategy for long-term demand reduction, encompassing all energy-consuming sectors (not only households), is critical.
Despite the clear prevalence of demand reduction as a key tool in transforming our energy systems and the economy as a whole, limited research and policy-orientated approaches exist on this topic, as focus has predominantly centred on the technological, supply-side solutions to furthering the CET.
This report provides a reliable analysis of the state of play of the collective knowledge base on energy demand reduction (IEA, IPCC, etc.) through the lenses of scientists from across Europe, and concludes that the most effective methods to reduce energy demand fuse a combination of three key demand reduction strategies, namely behavioural change, energy efficiency, and energy sufficiency.
Download the reportEurope’s journey towards climate neutrality significantly relies on the extensive deployment of low-carbon technologies, which is anticipated to result in a substantial surge in the usage of Critical Raw Materials (CRMs).
The analysis provides intelligence on how vulnerabilities of the CRM supply chain could affect the EU’s clean technology industry and CET process, as well as a deep dive into five technologies that are central to the CET, namely, solar photovoltaics (PV), wind turbines, batteries, electrolysers and power electronics.
The report shows how these technologies could potentially be affected by disruption of CRM value chains, and provides a set of policy recommendations aimed at addressing geopolitical challenges in securing the supply of CRMs as a whole and for the specific technologies analysed. It ultimately emphasises the central role of research in most of the mitigation strategies available to manage the systemic risks posed by CRM supply security.
Download the analysisWithin just a few months, the EU has been confronted with an energy and security crisis that is both unexpected and unprecedented, threatening the very continuity of its economic activity and social stability.
Prompted by the commitment to reduce oil and gas use, the EU has released its strategic plan to change its energy profile, scale up usage of low-carbon energy sources and maximise energy-efficiency gains.
In this respect, the REPowerEU Plan addresses the multiple challenges of maintaining the EU’s short-term energy security and tackling energy affordability, while simultaneously maintaining its 2050 climate-neutrality targets and building robust EU strategic autonomy.
The EERA REPowerEU Manifesto puts forward the low-carbon research community analysis of the REPowerEU Plan.
Download the ManifestoThis White Paper on the Clean Energy Transition constitutes EERA’s landmark contribution to advancing understanding of the profound implications such a transition will have beyond technology for our economy and our society. It builds on existing knowledge and provides an instrumental conceptual framework to support policymakers in defining robust, actionable and efficient pathways towards a socially fair, environmentally sustainable, competitive and climate-neutral society.
The paper proposes that the “Clean Energy Transition” (CET), a concept central to EU energy and climate policies, extends well beyond climate neutrality to incorporate the essential dimension of social fairness and link it more broadly to the concepts of global sustainability and societal resilience. Consequently, beyond its core technological aspects, the transition entails socio-economic elements and calls for an interdisciplinary approach to policymaking.
The framework proposed in this paper adopts a holistic approach, based on addressing the sources of greenhouse gas emissions across all economic sectors.
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