EU Energy Director Meets Oxford Academics to Discuss the Energy Transition

Thursday 21 May 2026
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As part of her wider visit to the university last week, Ditte Juul Jørgensen, Director-General for Energy at the European Commission attended a roundtable discussion with experts in energy across Oxford University, including various ZERO Institute academics.

Europe has made great strides in decarbonising its electricity system, but electricity is only part of Europe’s total energy use. Buildings, industry and transport are all heavy users of fossil fuel energy and so, in total, renewables account for only a quarter of energy consumption across the European Union.

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