Energy communities: "An ambitious European objective that will probably not be achieved" (ECA)

The EU's objective of setting up energy communities "is ambitious, but it is ill-conceived, suffers from a lack of support, is insufficiently monitored and is unlikely to be achieved", says a special report by the European Court of Auditors, published on 09/03/2026.

The report, entitled "Energy Communities: Untapped Potential", looks at the...