REPowerEU

REPowerEU at a glance 

In response to the hardships and global energy market disruption caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the European Commission is implementing its REPowerEU Plan to phase out Russian fossil fuel imports.

Launched in May 2022, REPowerEU is helping the EU to

• save energy
• diversify energy supplies
• produce clean energy

Thanks to REPowerEU, we've safeguarded EU citizens and businesses from energy shortages, supported Ukraine by weakening Russia's war chest, accelerated the transition to clean energy and stabilised prices.

Putin's attempt to divide Europe by weaponising energy supplies has failed. Our joint efforts continue and Europe is now better prepared and more united than ever.

Key achievements 

Energy imports from Russia

• All imports of Russian coal have been banned by EU sanctions
• EU countries still using Russian-designed pressurised water reactors made progress in replacing Russian nuclear fuel with fuel from other producers.

Roadmap to fully end dependency on Russian energy

More steps on the road to fully end dependency were presented in May 2025, after a rebound in gas imports in 2024. They will see the gradual removal of Russian oil, gas and nuclear energy from the EU markets in a coordinated and secure manner as the EU’s transition to clean energy advances.

Under the roadmap, the EU plans to:

• Gas - stop all imports of Russian gas by the end of 2027
• Oil – take action to address Russia's ‘shadow fleet’ (vessels employed by Russia to evade sanctions) transporting oil
• Nuclear – restrict the import of uranium, enriched uranium and other nuclear materials deriving from Russia.

EU countries will prepare national plans by the end of 2025 setting out how they will contribute to phasing out imports of Russian gas, nuclear energy and oil. At the same time, efforts will continue to accelerate the EU’s energy transition and diversify energy supplies to eliminate risks to the security of supply and market stability.

Find out more what the EU has been doing to tackle the energy crisis

Securing affordable energy

Energy prices in Europe have declined substantially compared to the peaks in 2022, thanks to the coordinated European response and the REPowerEU Plan. Europe is investing in producing clean and affordable energy and securing its energy independence.

Following the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the EU proposed common gas procurement to make sure that Europeans have access to affordable energy and avoid any energy supply disruptions. This system allowed us to start buying a share of our gas needs together, as Europeans, and not competing among ourselves for scarce supplies.

In place since April 2022, the EU Energy Platform plays a crucial role in helping to diversify our energy supply. The Platform helps coordinate infrastructure investments and negotiations with external gas suppliers to prevent EU countries from outbidding each other. The Platform also leverages the weight of the EU single market to achieve better conditions for all EU consumers.

Pooling gas demand

In April 2023, the Commission launched the demand aggregation and joint purchasing mechanism 'AggregateEU'. This initiative pools gas demand from EU and Energy Community companies and matches this demand with competitive supply offers from the global market. Following a call for matching rounds, companies can voluntarily conclude purchasing contracts with gas suppliers, either individually or jointly.

Over 7 matching rounds organised to date, the EU Energy Platform aggregated more than 119 bcm of gas demand from European companies and 191 bcm were offered by international suppliers. After seeking the most competitive offers, AggregateEU matched close to 100 bcm to cover European demand. AggregateEU in its original format expired in March 2025.

The Commission is now working on a permanent voluntary instrument for the demand aggregation and joint purchasing of gases, as well as on separate mechanisms for the demand aggregation of other commodities, such as hydrogen and its derivatives and strategic raw materials.

Producing clean energy

Renewable energy is good for

• the climate
• the EU’s energy independence
• the security of supply
• creating green jobs

The REPowerEU Plan is speeding up the green transition and promoting massive investment in renewable energy.

Since 2022, we have managed to increase our production and capacity:  

• reaching a record of almost 338 GW of new solar energy capacity installed  
• increasing wind capacity by 234 GW 
• ensuring just over 47% of our electricity now comes from renewables 

Accelerating the clean energy transition

In November 2023, the revised Renewable Energy Directive entered into force. This new legislation aims to increase the share of renewables in the EU’s overall energy consumption, raising the binding target for 2030 to 42.5%, with the ambition to reach 45%. This would almost double the existing share of renewable energy in the EU.

To support the clean transition, we must get better at nurturing our own industry. To achieve this, we proposed a Green Deal Industrial Plan for Europe in February 2023.The Plan will help enable the EU’s manufacturing industry to scale-up its production of the net-zero technologies and products required to meet Europe's ambitious climate targets.

Two key pieces of the Plan are the Critical Raw Materials Act and the Net-Zero Industry Act, presented in March 2023. Both will create a predictable and simplified regulatory environment, encouraging investments and the development of projects that are key to the European economy. 

At the end of 2023, the Commission presented an action plan to accelerate the roll-out of electricity grids. With the EU markets fully integrated, a modernised infrastructure network ensures citizens and business benefit from cheaper and cleaner energy.

In the same year, we also revised the Energy Efficiency Directive together with other energy and climate rules. The new rules establish an ‘energy efficiency first’ principle, meaning in practice that energy efficiency must be considered by EU countries in all relevant policy and major investment decisions taken in the energy and non-energy sectors. The rules also go towards ensuring that we meet our climate ambition of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990.

In July 2024, the reform of the EU electricity market design entered into force. This helps to make the EU energy market more resilient and benefits citizens and companies by making their energy bills more independent from the short-term market price of electricity. The reform also helps accelerate the integration of more renewable energy sources in the energy system and enhance protection against market manipulation.

A large-scale business plan to further support the competitiveness and resilience of EU industry, the Clean Industrial Deal, was put forward in early 2025. The Deal will accelerate decarbonisation while simultaneously boosting EU manufacturing by lowering energy prices, creating quality jobs and the right conditions for companies to thrive.

How REPowerEU is funded

The Commission has mobilised close to €300 billion to fund the REPowerEU Plan. The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) is at the heart of this funding. 

Thanks to the amended RRF Regulation, additional REPowerEU grants worth €20 billion were allocated to the Member States through the Innovation Fund and the sale of Emissions Trading System (ETS) allowances.  

To finance their REPowerEU plans, Member States can also request transfers from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR). The total amount available from the reserve is €5.4 billion.

Next steps

Three years on, the EU has successfully met most of the ambitious targets set out in the REPowerEU Plan and is now on good track to completely get rid of Russian fossil fuels while continuing to pursue the green transition and supporting Ukraine.

We remain focused on the continued delivery of the REPowerEU Plan, namely:

• Further reducing imports of Russian gas
• Boosting industrial decarbonisation
• Rolling out renewables faster
• Investing in energy infrastructure and interconnections
• Improving energy efficiency