Billions paid for imports delivered no extra energy. Ursula von der Leyen urges rapid investment in domestic clean power to cut vulnerability.<\/p>\n
Since the onset of the escalation in the Middle East, the EU has spent over 27 billion euros on energy imports, without receiving a single additional molecule of energy, as stated by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Berlin on April 27.<\/p>\n
She stressed that the high dependency on imported fossil energy makes the Union vulnerable, calling for reducing these dependencies while simultaneously developing cheaper energy produced within Europe.<\/p>\n
\u00abIt is important to realize that our great reliance on imported fossil energy makes us vulnerable. One figure (27 billion euros) shows this\u2026 These dependencies need to be reduced. Instead, we should develop cheaper energy that we produce here in Europe\u00bb<\/p>\n
\u2013 Ursula von der Leyen<\/p>\n
In her speech, she cited examples of Northern European countries betting on renewable sources and nuclear power. von der Leyen noted that such energy is produced in Europe, is less harmful to the climate, and nuclear energy provides baseload capacity, in particular thanks to the deployment of new small modular reactors, which open up new prospects.<\/p>\n
\u00abThis energy is produced in Europe. It harms the climate much less, and nuclear power provides baseload capacity. And here, especially, new small modular reactors open up new prospects\u00bb<\/p>\n
\u2013 Ursula von der Leyen<\/p>\n
The head of the EU emphasizes that the availability of energy resources is one of the key factors behind the continent\u2019s competitiveness.<\/p>\n
In the context of geopolitical risks linked to the Strait of Hormuz and its impact on energy prices, the EU is prioritizing stronger supplies. A large negotiating bloc is led by the United Kingdom and France, with more than thirty countries, aimed at forming a defensive coalition and demining waterways to stabilize supply.<\/p>\n
In summary, von der Leyen underscores the need for investments in energy from domestic sources and related technologies to reduce dependence on imports, strengthen the EU\u2019s energy independence, and boost its competitiveness in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Billions paid for imports delivered no extra energy. Ursula von der Leyen urges rapid investment in domestic clean…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[29213,29214,50,29215,26080,403,6855],"class_list":{"0":"post-46310","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ursula-von-der-leyen","8":"tag-energy-independence-europe","9":"tag-eu-energy-imports","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-renewables-europe","12":"tag-small-modular-reactors","13":"tag-ursula-von-der-leyen","14":"tag-von-der-leyen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116477586451225752","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}