Innovation at the heart of the Energy Union

Innovation is at the heart of the Energy Union project. A year after the publication of the European Commission framework strategy for the Energy Union, the Jacques Delors Institute organised a conference in Brussels on February 25, 2016 on the first year of the Energy Union.

How can innovation speed-up the european energy transition, make it more profitable for european businesses and workers?

This synthesis by Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Research Fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, explores the way through which innovation can speed-up the energy transition:

• A paradigm shift from ‘technological products’ towards ‘innovative services’
• New ways to create value lead to new ways to innovate
• Innovation is at the heart of the competitiveness of european businesses
• Consumers are key players of innovation and of the energy transition
• The public sector has a major role to play to boost innovation