On April 22nd, the European Commission presented a comprehensive plan of actions and measures – the AccelerateEU plan – to address rising energy costs and further reduce dependency on volatile fossil fuel markets, due to the escalating Middle East conflict. The catalogue, contains measures that EU countries can implement to reduce their oil and gas consumption in the short term, increase their clean energy production, and save energy. This collection of best practice examples, based on the most efficient measures taken by EU countries since 2022, has a large-scale replication potential across the EU. Besides providing rapid relief for citizens and industry, the catalogue presents policy action that can lead to a significant reduction of natural gas demand and use of oil and petroleum products. The catalogue is available here.
source: EID