P2 : Energy transition

P2 : Energy transition

Priority 2 – Smart and just energy transition for NWE territories refers to Policy objective 2 ‘A Greener, low-carbon Europe’. It aims to promote a smart and just energy transition in the NWE area.

The NWE territories are committed to contributing to the ambitious goals of the European Green Deal(COM (2019) 640 final). It will enable Europe to be the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050 by prioritising energy efficiency, developing a power sector largely based on renewable resources, securing an affordable EU energy supply and striving for a fully integrated, interconnected digitised EU energy market. The contribution of the NWE Programme is also in line with the Sustainable Development Goals 7 “Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all” and 12 “Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns''. Although the NWE regions show stable partnerships, networks and new institutions supporting this transition, there are still shortcomings. There are several needs to develop the energy demand and supply compatibility, as well as to promote appropriate multi-level governance systems which take into account many dimensions involved in the process towards a low carbon economy.

SO 2.1 : Promoting energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions


Due to its high energy consumption, the North-West Europe (NWE) region is key to reach the EU’s target of an increased overall energy efficiency of 32,5% until 2030. Various fields show a high potential for improvement. Energy performance levels in buildings and in transport are still too low. Furthermore, the deployment of decentralised energy production and smart energy systems such as smart grids and smart meters needs to be improved. The Programme seeks to increase the capacity of NWE communities to improve energy efficiency and to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

SO 2.1 : Promoting energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions

SO 2.2 : Promoting renewable energy in accordance with Directive (EU) 2018/2001, including the sustainability criteria set out therein

The North-West Europe (NWE) region is one of the highest energy-consuming regions in the EU. While most countries in the Programme area are on track to achieve EU targets for deployment of Renewable Energy Sources (RES), there is an unexploited potential to improve the mix and consumption of renewable energy. Barriers must be broken down through cooperation projects to maximise this potential mix to contribute to climate change mitigation.

SO 2.2 : Promoting renewable energy in accordance with Directive (EU) 2018/2001, including the sustainability criteria set out therein

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DeCarb-Pro

Decarbonise public procurement in NWE – account for the future

DeCarb-Pro aims to reduce carbon emissions resulting from procurement by local authorities in Northwest Europe. Because public procurement has a key impact on carbon emissions. We want to achieve this goal by implementing carbon pricing in tenders pu...

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AquaCOM

Aquathermal Heating and Cooling for Energy Communities

Aquathermal energy technologies enable the extraction of heat or cold from water – surface water from rivers, canals, lakes, etc – and subsequent processing, through heat pumps, to support local or district heat networks. The AquaCOM project aims to ...

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SCEPA

Scaling Up the Energy Poverty Approach

Energy poverty has been deemed a major challenge by the European Commission and “lifting vulnerable citizens out of it is an urgent task for the EU”. EU-surveys in 2021 found that energy poverty applied to up to 125 million citizens already. Due to r...

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Green SKHy

Green Skills and Knowledge for Hydrogen

Green SKHy contributes to the energy transition and promotes the development of the clean hydrogen sector by reducing the obstacles to the European recognition of skills and by developing new transnational training schemes....

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CIRCUS

Connecting Initiatives for Rural Communities, Upscaling their Sustainable energy

Rural regions in Baden-Württemberg (DE), North Brabant and Gelderland (NL), Flanders (BE), Redon Agglomeration (FR), and Munster (IE) face a shared challenge: achieving energy resilience and self-sufficiency, which is vital for the EU's broader energ...

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RE-GREENHOUSE

REinforce Going for REnewable Energy in North-West Europe greenHOUSEs 

RE-Greenhouse aims to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy production in greenhouses.The project focuses on the Interreg NWE region, which has the highest density of heated greenhouses in Europe and where fossil fuels are t...

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DEM-AWE

Demonstrating Mobile Airborne Wind Energy

To achieve the European energy transition targets, we need innovative renewable energy technologies that can adapt to new use cases and locations. Drawing on insights from the MegaAWE project, the DEM-AWE collaboration will showcase a groundbreaking ...

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MORE4Sustainability

Maintenance, Overhaul, Repair & Engineering for Sustainability

The North-West Europe (NWE) region is key to reach the EU’s target of an increased overall energy efficiency of 32,5% until 2030. The industry in NWE is the largest consumer of fossil energy and needs to take considerable steps in order to reach the ...

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CAMINO

Blueprinting Automated Mobility on-Demand Deployment for Sustainable Public Transport

Camino - Automated Mobility on Demand (AMoD)Public Transport Authorities (PTAs) and Public Transport Operators (PTOs) in NWE have a growing obligation to provide sustainable, affordable and accessible public transport (PT) to meet the EU's mandate of...

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ResNRJwater

Resilient energy supply for and from water and wastewater infrastructures in NWE

Our water and waste water management assets: a never-ending source for green energyResNRJwater tackles the challenge of improving the renewable energy production and consumption mix in NWE by addressing the unexploited potentials of the water and was...

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WISTAR

Waterways for Green Inland Sustainable Transport and Rural businesses

Road transportation is energy inefficient & contributes to high CO2 emissions. Initiative like NAIADES III highlight the urgent need to shift towards waterways for reducing CO2 emissions. WISTAR addresses this priority by harnessing the potential of ...

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