The position paper outlines the European strategy for data, with a focus on fostering data sharing and innovation in the energy sector to support the green energy transition.

The common energy data space promotes secure, interoperable, and privacy-focused data sharing among stakeholders while ensuring data sovereignty and aligning with European values and rights. By enabling collaboration, these data spaces create a unified market for data, encouraging new services and cross-sector innovation critical for Europe’s digital transformation and competitiveness.

Key highlights include:

• Governance Framework: Establishing roles, rules, and interoperable standards for stakeholders to foster trust and collaboration.
• Legislative Background: Overview of pivotal regulations such as the Data Act and Interoperable Europe Act, aimed at seamless data exchange and data sovereignty.
• Data Space Implementation: Guidance on operational principles, stakeholder roles, and technical solutions for ensuring efficiency and transparency in data sharing.
• Use Cases: Practical examples of how data spaces can address challenges in flexibility management and TSO-DSO coordination, empowering the energy transition.

By decentralizing infrastructure and encouraging collaboration across sectors, the European energy data space enables the pooling and utilization of data to drive innovation, improve efficiency, and support the transition toward a sustainable energy future.

Please find the full position paper here.