From research to competitiveness: evidence that informs Europe’s choices.
Europe’s competitiveness depends on its ability to translate world-class research and innovation (R&I) into decisions, investments, and implementation at scale, with energy systems as a critical proving ground. Energy systems make the interconnection of innovation, digitalisation and resilience tangible. As FP10 negotiations and the broader competitiveness agenda open a key policy window, where decision-makers are actively seeking coherent, evidence-based solutions, EERA is ready to provide research-based Energy system related insights to inform Europe’s choices.
EERA's role
One goal: making Europe more competitive. Three structural challenges within the low-carbon energy research sphere: the gap in the innovation chain, AI in energy systems, and the central role of resilience and prepardness. EERA published three reports, each one addressing a structural bottleneck where research and innovation can strengthen Europe’s competitiveness by linking it to concrete EU priorities and decision points.
Insights
From lab to leadership: bridging Europe's research-to-impact gap
Europe’s climate neutrality, competitiveness, and energy security depend on turning its strong research base into industrial impact. Yet fragmentation and slow uptake continue to limit progress. EERA Innovation Hubs offer a pan-European framework to connect research, industry, finance, and policy, accelerating technology transfer and de-risking investment. By strengthening coordination across the research landscape, they help bridge the gap between scientific breakthroughs and large-scale deployment, supporting Europe’s competitiveness and strategic autonomy.
Unlocking the power of AI in Europe’s energy systems
This 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.
Resilience and preparedness in Europe’s energy transition: the role of low-carbon energy R&I
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.
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Events
EERA's High-Level-Policy Conference
Europe’s clean energy transition has entered a new phase, shaped by competitiveness, resilience and strategic autonomy. This shift framed discussions at EERA’s 2025 High-Level Policy Conference in Brussels, where policymakers, researchers and industry explored how the Clean Industrial Deal can turn scientific excellence into industrial leadership. EERA presented three policy papers on resilience, AI in energy systems and innovation hubs to bridge the gap between research and impact.
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