Poland takes on the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first half of 2025. A core priority of its work is centred on the Energy Transition, part of its efforts to strengthen European Security.
To quote from their online statement:
“The reliability and certainty of the supply of energy resources is crucial for the EU’s energy security. However, it was only Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine that led to a reduction in Russian gas and oil imports by about two-thirds and a complete shift away from Russian coal imports. Nevertheless, there is still much to be done. Today, EU energy security is also about ensuring that citizens and businesses have access to energy in sufficient quantities and at an affordable price.
The Polish presidency will therefore promote actions aimed at a full withdrawal from imports of Russian energy sources. It will undertake steps with a view to reduce energy prices in the EU and revise the EU’s energy security framework to enhance the physical security and cybersecurity of energy infrastructure in the EU and its neighbourhood and ensure a level playing field for the development of each clean energy source in the EU.
We will strive to reduce our dependence on imported technologies, the components to make those technologies and the critical raw materials needed to manufacture them”.
On January 23rd the EU ENVI Committee will hold an exchange of views with Paulina Henning-Kloska, Polish Minster of Climate and Environment. You can access live reporting of this event here.
The work of project AURORA in developing energy communities has never been more important than at present. It is time to blow away the petty bureaucracy that gets in the way of citizens taking part in the energy transition and time to give them the tools like the AURORA Energy Tracker app to reduce their own carbon emissions so we can accelerate the move away from outdated, expensive fossil fuels. Energy communities linked to activities that reward citizens who reduce their carbon emission is at the heart of project AURORA. Get involved and use the AURORA Energy Tracker app, which is now available for all European Countries.
Martin Brocklehurst
Project AURORA
16th January 2025
