Article 7 of the EED is one of the most important instruments for achieving the ambitious European energy efficiency targets. It allows the use of an Energy Efficiency Fund which can receive amounts from payments of obligated parties (or market participants) and the public budget to finance energy efficiency …
Energy Efficiency Directive: Energy Savings Obligation and Energy Poverty Alleviation
Since nearly 34 million Europeans are unable to afford to keep their homes adequately warm and the numbers are rising due to financial crisis, the European Union is increasingly targeting energy poverty in its policy action, especially energy efficiency-related policies. The Energy Efficiency Directive is …
Dealing with additionality in the context of Article 7 EED: workshop report
Read the report from the workshop. The recording of the workshop is available at the following link: Additionality workshop. The presentation files can be downloaded from the ENSMOV website or streamSAVE platform. ENSMOV and streamSAVE are both dealing with the implementation of the Energy …
Energy poverty and EEOS
The topics and results of the ENSMOV project were presented and disseminated at the C4E Forum in Poiana Brasov, Romania, on the 23rd of September 2021, as part of a joint session with the H2020 SocialWatt project. The main theme of the panel was tackling …
Effects of COVID 19 on the implementation of Article 7 of the EED – Report
This document shows the results of a survey conducted by the European Union Horizon 2020 ENSMOV project partners on the effects of COVID 19 on energy efficiency policies, market and energy end-use and the inputs from the stakeholders in the dedicated workshop. Therefore, represents a …
Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme in the EED
Why? Article 3 of EED requires that member states set an indicative national energy efficiency target. This target includes savings delivered by all national and EU-level actions, including new action under other provisions in the Energy Efficiency Directive. The savings can be achieved through different …
Energy efficiency obligation schemes outside of the EU
EEOS exist in other countries of the world and their knowledge and experience is useful for the EU Member States also. The report EEOs outside the EU identifies the most likely non-EU jurisdictions to provide useful information for EU and MS stakeholders and policymakers, based …
Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme: insights from Croatia
Croatia uses a combination of the Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme (EEOS) and alternative measures to achieve the energy efficiency target. EEOS was firstly introduced in Croatia in late 2014 with the adoption of the Energy Efficiency (EE) Act. The Act put the obligation to energy …
Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme in Austria
The EEO scheme in Austria started in January 2015, replacing voluntary agreements with energy suppliers set from 2009. Obligated parties (OPs) must report every year by February 14th the amount of end-use energy delivered to final customers of the previous year. The targets for the …
State Aid and Article 7 EED
This review on offers an overview of how State aid policies are defined on the EU level regarding the energy efficiency measures implementation. The emphasis is on the implementation of EEOS and alternative measures under Article 7 EED and the State Aid regulation. Cases from …