The ENCOURAGED (Energy corridor optimisation for European markets of gas, electricity and hydrogen) project has been … neighbouring countries. The objectives of the project are to: assess the economic optimal energy (electricity, gas and hydrogen …

exercise compiling and analysing a comprehensive and representative sample of electricity prices offered to household consumers. …This study on the functioning of retail electricity markets for consumers in the EU is the follow up to the first … are to investigate if a well-functioning electricity market is in place for consumers in the EU and assess how the …

Overall, household debt levels have risen sharply over the past decades in EU Member States. While certain levels of … household debts can be beneficial, they can become problematic especially with a sudden, unexpected decrease of incomes or …

Household over-indebtedness is among the causes of the current financial crisis. In turn, the crisis exacerbated both … public and private debt problems. In this paper, household over-indebtedness is broadly defined as the situation where a … household cannot comply with payment requirements – whether it be mortgage, utility or consumer credit payments – on a …

, including within the context of joint programming between the EU, France, Germany and Spain. The scope of the study covers all …