EFFICIENCY FIRST: FROM PRINCIPLE TO PRACTICE REAL WORLD EXAMPLES FROM ACROSS EUROPE

The EU’s energy infrastructure faces numerous challenges over the next decades. It needs to be decarbonized whilst ensuring the competitiveness of EU industry, providing energy security, addressing energy poverty, reducing energy bills, and empowering consumers, who play a crucial part in the energy system of the future. Getting those choices right is key for ensuring a sustainable, fair, affordable and secure energy future. The principle of “Efficiency First” (E1st) delivers on all three.