Brussels, 6 May 2025 – In a decisive move to eliminate Europe’s dependence on Russian energy imports, the European Commission today unveiled the REPowerEU Roadmap, setting out a coordinated and secure plan to phase out Russian gas, oil, and nuclear imports.

This latest roadmap builds on the momentum of the original REPowerEU Plan, launched in May 2022 in response to Russia's aggression against Ukraine. Since then, the EU has slashed its reliance on Russian gas from 45% to 19%. However, a rebound in imports in 2024 prompted the Commission to strengthen its strategy to ensure long-term energy security and stability across the EU.

A Multi-Faceted Approach to Full Independence

The roadmap outlines concrete actions to be taken across three key energy sources:

• Gas:
  The EU aims to end all Russian gas imports by end-2027. Key measures include improving the transparency, monitoring, and traceability of Russian gas within EU markets. The Commission will prevent the signing of new contracts with Russian gas suppliers and will ban spot market purchases by the end of 2025.

• Oil:
  The roadmap commits to new action targeting Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” – vessels used to circumvent international sanctions on oil exports. This includes stronger enforcement mechanisms and cooperation with international partners to block these practices.

• Nuclear:
  The EU will restrict new supply contracts for uranium and enriched nuclear materials from Russia. The Euratom Supply Agency will no longer co-sign contracts involving Russian-origin nuclear materials.

Supporting the Transition: Energy Efficiency and Private Investment

As part of this roadmap, the Commission also launched the European Energy Efficiency Financing Coalition, aimed at scaling up private investment in energy efficiency—a key pillar of the energy transition.

REHVA, representing the HVAC sector, was present at the launch with its ENERGATE project, which closely follows the coalition’s work. ENERGATE supports the contributes to unlocking energy efficiency finance, in the building sector.