European Parliament Urged to Strengthen Commitment to Renewables and Electrification

The European Parliament today adopted an own-initiative report on the security of energy supply in the European Union, calling for a comprehensive, multi-layered strategy focused on diversification and decarbonisation to tackle increasing geopolitical, environmental, and infrastructure-related risks.

While the report underlines the need to reduce the EU’s reliance on Russian fossil fuel imports, and acknowledges the critical role of renewables, electrification, and non-fossil flexibility, industry stakeholders argue that it falls short of delivering the transformative energy policy shift required to ensure long-term security.

In response, SolarPower Europe issued a statement urging the European Parliament to take bolder action.

“The Parliament’s report sends a strong signal in the right direction,” said Anaïs Faucher, Policy Advisor at SolarPower Europe. “However, it lacks the clear policy vision needed to move away from the fossil fuel paradigm that continues to undermine the EU’s energy sovereignty.”

Faucher emphasized that the continued reliance on fossil fuel imports remains a major vulnerability for the European Union, particularly in the context of current geopolitical instability. She warned that without accelerated commitments to electrification and large-scale deployment of renewables, the EU risks deepening its fossil fuel dependency rather than eliminating it.

On the matter of cybersecurity, the report highlights concerns regarding the vulnerability of Europe’s energy grid, particularly through remotely controlled inverter technologies. While the Parliament suggests risk assessments based on the country of origin, SolarPower Europe contends this approach is insufficient.

“The real challenge lies in the inadequate cybersecurity of low-cost inverter products,” Faucher explained. She referred to a recent report co-authored with DNV, which recommends the development of a vertical cybersecurity standard—to be enforced through the EU Network Code for Cybersecurity—as a more comprehensive solution.

The industry now looks to the Parliament to follow through with a clearer and more ambitious roadmap, prioritizing electrification and domestic clean energy as central pillars of the EU’s future energy security strategy.