The International Network
for Sustainable Energy

Approved Legislation
» Energy Efficiency in Buildings - Directive - (Updated: December 2010)
» Ecodesign for Energy Related Products - Framework Directive, New September 2009 (Updated: June 2010)
» Energy Labelling for Energy Efficiency in Products - Directive Recast (Updated: July 2010)
» SAVE Directive - Energy Efficiency in Products Directives on Energy Labelling (8 directives) Directives on Minimum Efficiency (3 directives) (Updated: August 2005)
» Energy Star - Voluntary Agreement (Updated: June 2010)

» Cogeneration - Directive (Updated: June 2008)
» Directive on Energy End-Use Efficiency and Energy Services (Updated: December 2010)
» Minimum Energy Tax - Directive (Updated: June 2010)
» Intelligent Energy for Europe 2007-2013 (Updated: June 2010)
» Intelligent Energy for Europe 2003-2006
» FP7 - EU Research and Development (Updated: December 2010)

Initiatives

Current initiatives:

» Energy Efficiency Directive (June 2011) - EC's Strong impetus to energy savings and energy efficiency- (Updated: September 2011)

» New Energy Strategy 2010 - 2020 - EC's Communication "Energy 2020 - A strategy for competitive, sustainable and secure energy" - (Updated: November 2010)

June 26, 2011. The European Commission (EC) proposed a new Energy Efficiency Directive with broad implications for public sector savings and energy sufficiency promotions including potential financial savings by adhering to strategies.
November 11, 2010. The European Commission (EC) launched a new Energy Strategy for 2011-2020, setting the framework for EU energy policies for the coming decade. The text must be discussed and approved by the European Council and by the European Parliament.
The European Commission's adopted Communication "Energy 2020 - A strategy for competitive, sustainable and secure energy": (pdf 86 kB) (Updated: November 2010)

INFORSE-Europe published a Press Release that can be read (pdf 53.8 kB).
Read more about the new EU Energy Strategy on the European Commission's website.

» New Roadmap 2050
The European Commission is working on the Energy Roadmap 2050, which is not expected to be ready until the first half of 2011. (Updated: November 2010)

» Energy Summit
February 4, 2011: Next Energy Summit of the Prime Ministers of the EU countries. (Updated: November 2010)

» Energy-Efficiency Strategy Coming
In first half of 2011, is expected an Energy-Efficiency Strategy, updating the strategy from 2006. It was first announced in 2009 as an Energy-Efficiency Action Plan, but is not expected to become an strategy, (usually a less binding paper). (Updated: December 2010)

» Energy-Efficiency Initiative from the EU Parliament
The Parliament's Energy Committee (ITRE) has made an ‘own initiative’ report on energy-saving, to push the EU system to take new actions in this field. The report was adopted in December 2010. While such a report has no legal status, it can be an important instrument to push for new action on the EU level. Before renewable heating was included in the EU renewable-energy directive, the Parliament pushed it with an ‘own initiative’ on renewable heating. (Updated: December 2010)

Past initiatives:

» EU Energy Package: Energy Efficiency Target of 20% in 2020, Renewable Energy Directive, EU-ETS and Climate Targets (Updated: April 2009)
» Energy Security and Efficiency Package - Second Strategic Energy Review, (November 13, 2008)
» Energy Efficiency Action Plan: Realising the Potential (Updated: November 2010)
» Press Release October 19, 2006 ( pdf file 138 kB)
» Green Paper on Energy Efficiency, June 2005 (Updated: June 2008)
» SET Plan (pdf file 204 kB) (Updated: October 2008)

Older INFORSE-Europe Positions Not Mentioned Above:
» Welcome to the new EU Parliament (elected June 10-13, 2004) - (Updated: July 2004)

In May 2001, INFORSE-Europe has given its position to the debate about the EU Green Paper of Security of Supply.

See at: INFORSE-Europe´s Comments to the Green Paper on Security of Energy Supply