Security of energy supply in the EU

Tabled by Paolo Borchia, Rachel Blom, Marieke Ehlers, Isabella Tovaglieri, Roberto Vannacci, Filip Turek, Sebastiaan Stöteler, Ondřej Knotek, Jana Nagyová, Jaroslav Bžoch, Klara Dostalova, Tomáš Kubín, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, Tom Vandendriessche, Gerolf Annemans, Barbara Bonte, Silvia Sardone, Roman Haider, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Jorge Martín Frías, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Hermann Tertsch, Georg Mayer, Harald Vilimsky, Tamás Deutsch, Csaba Dömötör, Viktória Ferenc, Kinga Gál, Enikő Győri, András Gyürk, György Hölvényi, András László, Ernő Schaller-Baross, Pál Szekeres, Annamária Vicsek, Raffaele Stancanelli, Mélanie Disdier, Jean-Paul Garraud, Catherine Griset, Virginie Joron, Fabrice Leggeri, Julien Leonardelli, Thierry Mariani, Gilles Pennelle, Pascale Piera, Pierre Pimpie, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Alexandre Varaut, Mathilde Androuët, Jordan Bardella, Christophe Bay, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Marie Dauchy, Valérie Deloge, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Angéline Furet, Aleksandar Nikolic, Philippe Olivier, Julie Rechagneux, Julien Sanchez, Rody Tolassy, Matthieu Valet, Séverine Werbrouck, Gerald Hauser, Susanna Ceccardi, Elisabeth Dieringer, Ton Diepeveen, Sebastian Kruis, Auke Zijlstra, Nikola Bartůšek, Petra Steger, Anna Maria Cisint, Tiago Moreira de Sá, António Tânger Corrêa, Anders Vistisen

Added: 20a. Takes note of the large-scale blackout that affected the Iberian Peninsula on 28 April 2025, leaving over 50 million people without electricity for several hours and causing severe disruptions to transport, telecommunications and essential services; underlines that, at the time of the incident, renewable energy accounted for approximately 70 % of Spain’s electricity mix, and that only a few days earlier, on 16 April, the Spanish grid had operated entirely on renewable energy; highlights that the blackout was caused by multiple factors, including the excessively high share of variable renewables, which contribute less to grid inertia compared to conventional power plants, making it more difficult to manage sudden frequency changes; consequently, strongly affirms the need to adopt a technologically neutral approach in the planning, development and strengthening of electricity networks, in order to enable the safe integration of all technologies that support grid stability, especially in the context of growing energy demand; calls on the Member States to strengthen risk assessments related to systemic electricity shocks and to promote resilient, secure and technologically diversified grid models;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE774.001v01-00