Coalition for Energy Savings – smartEn Joint Statement: Energy Efficiency and Demand-side flexibility: united to make climate neutrality more affordable
The Coalition for Energy Savings and smartEn, the two European organisations promoting energy efficiency and demand-side flexibility respectively, come together to stress the essential role of energy efficiency and flexible demand to accelerate a cost-effective clean energy transition.
Together, we call on the new EU leadership to empower all energy consumers to reduce their energy needs efficiently, to adjust their energy use, renewable energy generation, and energy storage.
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