The List Issue 3: The made in EU RES paradox

What is the paradox you ask? Although, according to Eurostat, the countries that use the most renewable energy are in the north, those that participate in the most RES focused EU funded projects, are in the South.

To be precise, the countries that use the most renewable energy are Sweden, Finland and Latvia. Sweden first by far, with 63 percent of its energy coming from RES.

On the other hand, according to Kaila.eu, the countries that participate in the most RES focused EU funded projects are Spain, Italy and France. And Greece is coming in close too.

So, in a way the South is trying to find solutions to production and integration of renewable energy sources, but does not use them quite yet. Or at least as much as the North does.

Regardless, about a fifth of the energy used in the union in 2021 was produced by renewables. With solar, wind and friends contributing 21.8 per cent to EU’s total energy consumption.

Not bad, but not quite there yet either. Renewable Energy Sources is the overall theme for this issue, in case you missed the hint in this intro.

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X-FLEX is an EU funded project that uses digital tools to increase flexibility and sustainability of our energy system. It helps to enable integration of RES across entire systems with the assistance of top of the art Digital Tools. Read more

The testing, which is being run by Mitsubishi’s European subsidiary Mitsubishi Electric R&D Centre Europe B.V., forms part of the REACT project, a Horizon 2020 co-funded project to demonstrate energy independence for remote islands. Read more

Joint statement by Commissioner Simson and German Minister Habeck on energy issues

Belgium: EU mechanism ELENA

REPowerEU: Commissioner Simson in the Netherlands

GORIO: on the way for an Offshore Wind Farm in the Gulf of Riga

The rising share of renewables in the power mix brings with it new challenges, not least of these are the structural strains on existing power-generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure. Register to attend

Moderator: Patrick Clerens, Secretary General, EASE

Speakers:

Lidia Aviles, Founder, AELSTONE 

Lorena Skiljan, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Nobilegroup

In this episode of the EU Projects Zone Podcast, Areti Ntaradimou talks to Nuno Mateus  about the ways in which Smart2B will enable smarter buildings through innovative technologies. Listen here.