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CEEP Policy paper: Russia’s war against Ukraine and energy crisis impact on Central and South-Eastern Europe
Since the Russian aggression against Ukraine began on 24 February this year, and due to Russia using energy as an instrument of war, the EU, including the CEE countries, is de facto in a state of economic warfare with Russia, and energy is one of its key areas. [...]
CEEP Policy Paper: Central Europe on the brink between dependency and diversification
One of the greatest challenges in the present geopolitical situation in Europe is ensuring energy security for the basic functioning of society and to maintain the operation of local businesses. Many years of dependence on natural resources from Russia contributed [...]
CEEP statement regarding publication of the REPowerEU plan
CEEP welcomes the publication by the European Commission of the detailed RePowerEU plan to make the EU independent from Russian fossil fuels. We strongly share this goal as it has been advocated by CEEP and its members for a long time. This goal is becoming even more [...]
New regional task force of the EU Energy Platform for Central-Eastern Europe
A new regional task force under the EU Energy Platform has been formally launched today, involving 9 EU countries (Austria, Czechia, Germany, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, and Slovakia) from Central-Eastern Europe, as well as Ukraine and Moldova. It is [...]
CEEP Annual Report 2021
The report offers a comprehensive look at our activities during 2021 with four key topics highlighted: fair transition, energy system integration and the role of hydrogen, EU emission trading system and offshore wind energy. "The energy transition is at the heart of [...]
Funding mechanisms under the revised EU ETS and Social Climate Fund
The European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is one of the main pillars of EU’s climate and energy policy and its revision is crucial to the Fit for 55 Package, adopted by the European Commission (EC) in July 2021. In this paper, ERCST and CEEP provide an [...]
Event: How to make the EU ETS more effective?
The EU ETS has a central role in promoting and facilitating green transition in energy and industry sectors. The current reform provides an opportunity to redesign the EU ETS to help companies implement their carbon-neutrality strategies more effectively and leave no [...]
Security of oil supply for Poland and the EU is ensured
PERN, a CEEP member company, is the Polish leader in crude oil and fuels logistics and a strategic company that guarantees energy security in the area of oil supplies in Poland, but also in the European Union. A company is prepared for a ban on oil imports from Russia [...]
Speech by Commissioner Kadri Simson at the 6th Central European Energy Day: Energy resilience in the time of transition, on the 3rd of December 2021 in Brussels
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. First of all I am very grateful for this opportunity to share my views on energy sector’s resilience during these interesting but challenging times. I would like to focus on three dimensions: the importance of security of supply, [...]
Event: The Central European Day of Energy 2021
The 6th edition of the Central European Day of Energy took place in Brussels on the 3rd of December 2021. The event devoted to the energy sector resilience in the time of transition gathered representatives from the European institutions, energy companies, NGOs and [...]