AI & Energy
📢 New EU Initiative on AI & Energy
The European Commission has launched the public consultations regarding the initiative “Strategic Roadmap for digitalisation and AI in the energy sector”.
🗓 Feedback period: 05 August 2025 – 05 November 2025
💬 Feedback can be provided here
🎯 Goals of the Strategic Roadmap:
📌 To exploite of synergies with the Affordable Energy Action Plan, the Energy Efficiency Roadmap, the Grids Package, the Citizens Energy Package, the Electrification Action Plan and the Heating and Cooling Strategy.
📌 To complement the upcoming Apply AI Strategy, the Data Union Strategy, and the Cloud and AI Development Act.
📌 To leverage the potential of digital and AI technologies for the energy system, while mitigating the associated risks and enable the decarbonisation and competitiveness of the EU economy.
☑️ What does the initiative aim to achieve?
📌 Accelerate deployment
- Enable access to energy data to support innovative services
- Help develop and test AI tools for the energy sector
- Advance smart grids and digital twins
📌 Boost innovation & research
- Close the innovation gap
- Strengthen EU technological sovereignty
- Support clean energy R&D using AI
📌 Integrate data centers sustainably
- Improve planning and energy efficiency
- Minimise grid strain and local impact
📌 Enhance transparency & risk oversight
- Share best practices for AI in critical infrastructure
- Provide guidance on high-risk AI systems
- Use AI to improve energy asset security
📌 Create a robust governance framework
- Foster collaboration across sectors and Member States
- Engage with international partners and stakeholders
✅ What next?
- Targeted consultations and workshops
- Discussions with Member States and expert groups
- A high-level stakeholder event in Q3 2025
➡️ Source: Artificial intelligence and digitalisation for energy – a roadmap