To fulfil the European Green Deal’s promise of climate-neutrality by 2050, we must deliver a radical transformation in the way we produce, consume, and distribute energy. This requires proven renewable technologies, smart grid development and supporting innovation.
To drive this transformation, the Electrification Alliance – a partnership between EuropeOn, AVERE, Eurelectric, the European Climate Foundation, the European Copper Institute, the European Heat Pump Association, the Renewables Grid Initiative, smartEn, SolarPower Europe, and WindEurope – is launching the #ElectrifyNow campaign.
#ElectrifyNow aims to showcase how direct electrification is the most cost-effective and reliable way to decarbonise the EU in less than three decades. Electrification will cut carbon emissions and protect our environment, as well as boost Europe’s economies, and creating millions of new, sustainable jobs. The recovery and resilience packages submitted by EU Member States represent a once-in-a-century opportunity to invest in a greener, more resilient, more sustainable, and more competitive Europe.
It just makes sense! #ElectrifyNow
Success Stories
RENEWABLE ENERGY & ENERGY EFFICIENCY
SMART LIGHTING with CITELUM
Citelum is EDF subsidiary specialised in lighting and connected services, creating a smart, attractive and sustainable world of light.
New lighting technologies allow for energy savings and smart remote control; they improve safety and enhance architectural heritage. Today lighting devices go beyond the status quo. As existing infrastructures, they can also be connected and used to fight against pollution, including video surveillance systems, helping to control urban mobility or parking.
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Saint-Brieuc: Iberdrola's first large-scale offshore wind power project in Brittany
Brittany is prone to strong winds and high tides, which have shaped the region's landscape, economy and way of life. With a view to leveraging the region's full energy potential, the company designed the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm: the first large-scale offshore wind farm in Brittany and one of the first in France to obtain all the necessary government permits for its construction and operation.
With an investment of 2.4 billion euros it is estimated that, once commercialisation begins in 2023, it will produce 1,820 gigawatt hours (GWh) per year, which will supply energy to 835,000 people.
Enel Green Power - Partanna Wind Farm, Italy
The facility, which is located in Contrada Magaggiari, in the province of Trapani, Sicily, is the first of five new projects of Enel Green Power aimed at increasing Italy's renewable energy capacity.
It consists of six 2.4 MW wind turbines, providing a total capacity of 14.4 MW. The facility will produce around 40 GWh of renewable energy each year, equivalent to the supply consumed by approximately 10,000 Italian families, reducing CO2 emissions by around 33,000 tons per year.RESPONSE H2020 (Dijon, FRANCE)
The European RESPONSE project was the only "H2020 -Smart Cities and Communities" project selected by Europe in 2020.
Wallbox joins forces with Iberdrola for 100 % renewable energy consumption in its new factory and offices in Barcelona
Wallbox signs a long-term on-site power purchase agreement (PPA), which will allow it to produce, consume and reuse renewable energy with photovoltaic panels.
The green production generated - 1,500 MWh/year, equivalent to the consumption of 500 homes - and the development of a new generation of nZEB buildings make its new plant a pioneer in achieving almost zero energy consumption.
Tâmega: one of the largest hydroelectric projects developed in Europe in the last 25 years
Iberdrola adds two wind farms to the Tâmega hydroelectric complex, one of Europe's largest energy storage facilities that is located in Northern Portugal, making it one of the country's most significant energy initiatives ever.Breathtaking Storage among the Mountains
After more than 20 years of investing in renewables, innovation in sustainability is at the core of Iberdrola’s DNA. Its pumped storage hydropower facility at Cortes La Muela, in the mountains near Valencia, stores energy on a vast scale. And Iberdrola’s customers are adopting sustainable practices: smart vehicles, smart solar and smart ways to know how much they’re using, spending and saving.MOBILITY
DREEV
With Dreev, EDF is deploying its first V2G reversible charging points. A first in France: the company Hotravail, in Gironde, is hosting three charging points for electric vehicles, which can also supply the network if necessary.
The principle is to charge the vehicle's battery when there is little demand and energy is therefore abundant and inexpensive, then in the evening, at the peak of consumption, when energy is more expensive, the electricity stored in the battery is re-injected into the network instead of increasing production
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Enel X – E-bus service in Savona, Italy
For three days, from 16 to 18 July 2020, residents and tourists in Savona, Italy, were able to experience for themselves, free of charge, the comfort of sustainable public transport on board an IVECO BUS e-Way adorned with the purple logo of Enel X. The trial came about as part of the wider project to foster the transition towards electric public transport in our towns and cities, and promote the innovation developed by the Italian e-mobility sector.
The initiative, which is supported by Savona’s Municipal Council and promoted by Enel X, IVECO BUS and the local public transport company TPL Linea, with the collaboration of Savona Campus - University of Genoa, is part of the pathway leading Italy’s urban centres towards a more sustainable future and the goals of the UN’s 2030 Agenda, in which we are on the frontline in the promotion of electric mobility in both the private and public sectors.
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Ignacio Galán, President of Iberdrola, with a group of entrepreneurs during a training program
Launch of the Re-skilling 4 Employment programme to provide vocational training for 5 million people in the EU
The initiative aims to have adults retrained and to create new jobs for one million European professionals by 2025 and five million by 2030. In its first year, R4E will start with pilot projects in Portugal, Spain and Sweden involving AstraZeneca, Iberdrola, Nestlé, SAP, Sonae, Telefónica and Volvo Group.
It will enhance human capital development as part of the European economic recovery, promote social inclusion and facilitate the transition to a greener and more digital economy