Interconnecting Europe

Energy networks are central to the European Union's efforts to ensure the sustainability, competitiveness and security of its energy supply. The EU's policy for trans-European energy networks (TEN-E) has an important part to play in achieving these goals by identifying shortcomings in the energy network and by developing priority routes for electricity transmission and gas distribution. This brochure, which updates a previous European Commission brochure on TEN-E published in 2004, describes how TEN-E projects - along with other measures to develop energy networks as well as research to harness renewable sources of energy - will help Europe to rise to its energy challenges and to support the action plan endorsed by the European Council in March 2007.--Publisher's description.