Building Europe’s Energy Security
The U.S. – Europe Energy Bridge improves European energy security by connecting partners in the region to American investors, technology, and expertise.
These linkages create a path to more reliable, affordable energy for businesses and consumers and promote integration with regional and global energy markets—empowering partners to break free from the energy and financial traps that produce insecurity and instability. This foundational work will lead to a more secure Europe and accelerate a just and secure clean energy transition for the region.
Energy Bridge Pillars
INTEGRATING COMPETITIVE ENERGY MARKETS WITH EUROPE
Building the capacity of partner countries to transform domestic energy markets into exchanges where energy is traded competitively and transparently with Central European markets.
Forming competitive power exchanges and merging energy markets throughout the region.
Developing regional and national energy policies and regulations to promote transparency and open competition.
Building platforms to enable consumer choice for local natural gas and electricity suppliers.
PROMOTING ENERGY INVESTMENT
Enabling investment to diversify regional energy supplies, replace aging power generation assets, and upgrade critical infrastructure to improve reliability and security.
Prioritizing natural gas and electricity system investment through collaborative, multi-country network development and planning.
Providing pre-feasibility studies, financial and technical analyses, and transaction advisory support for energy and infrastructure investment.
Linking U.S. manufacturers, products, and service providers with counterparts seeking technology and expertise to improve energy security and promote clean energy
integration.
BOLSTERING THE RESILIENCE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Empowering utilities, governments, regulators, telecommunications providers, and other critical infrastructure operators to prepare for and respond to risk including natural disasters and cyberattacks.
Building the awareness and capacity of the critical infrastructure workforce to prevent and respond to cyberattacks.
Establishing laws, policies, and regulatory frameworks to improve critical infrastructure resilience and supply chain management.
Creating institutions and information sharing networks to coordinate threat identification, response, and recovery.