United States Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm talks to Ukrainian Minister of Energy German Galushchenko during the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy and Climate Cooperation event in Zagreb, Croatia in March 2023.
What We Do
The Office of European and Eurasian Affairs supports the Department’s mission by developing, fostering, and implementing strong energy partnerships in Europe and Eurasia, and leading the Department’s policy engagement and technical cooperation with countries throughout Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Eastern Mediterranean. Its work focuses on helping these governments diversify and decarbonize their energy sectors, creating spaces for U.S. and European energy businesses to connect and collaborate, fostering technical partnerships that can solve our most intractable energy challenges, and sparking innovation in the energy sector through targeted trainings, outreach, and events.
Initiatives
P-TECC:
- The Partnership for Transatlantic Energy and Climate Cooperation (P-TECC) provides policymakers and civil-society stakeholders within Central and Eastern Europe with a platform for sharing resources and technical tools to build secure, resilient, clean energy systems. The initiative brings together 24 European countries and the European Commission for annual events, including a ministerial and business forum, technical trainings, and policy exchanges.
U.S.-EU Energy Council:
- The U.S. – EU Energy Council, established in 2009, is the lead transatlantic coordination forum on strategic energy issues for policy exchange and coordination at political and technical levels. The Secretary of Energy co-chairs the Energy Council with the Secretary of State on the U.S. side. The Commissioner for Energy and High Representative for External Affairs serve as co-chairs on the EU side.
Bilateral Partnerships and Dialogues:
- The office coordinates several bilateral partnerships and dialogues, including those with France, Germany, Kazakhstan, Türkiye, and the United Kingdom. Through these platforms, we work with our international partners on energy policy, technology and innovation, advance energy transitions, and collaborate on reaching our mutual climate goals.
Support to the Government of Ukraine:
- For nearly a decade, the office has provided support to the government of Ukraine, and that support has only deepened since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The Office of European and Eurasian Affairs continues to play a leading role in supporting Ukrainian allies through this crisis, including through policy and energy planning support, cybersecurity support, and more. Hear the Department's podcast on this effort featuring Assistant Secretary Light here.
United Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and Croatian Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Davor Filipović participate in a panel discussion at the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy and Climate Cooperation event in March 2023.
Recent Highlights
Ukraine
- Read about our office’s support for Ukraine here: DOE’s One Year of Supporting Ukraine | Department of Energy
- US-EU Energy Council. Linked here are the outcomes of our most recent U.S.-EU Energy Council Meeting held in April 2023: Joint Statement by the U.S. and EU following the 10th U.S.-EU Energy Council | Department of Energy
P-TECC
- If you want to learn more about P-TECC, you can watch the full proceedings of our most recent Ministerial and Business Forum in March 2023 here: Fourth meeting of the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy and Climate Cooperation (P-TECC) - Atlantic Council
France
- Check out the details of our U.S.-France Bilateral Clean Energy Partnership, as outlined in a November 2022 Joint Statement here: U.S.-France Bilateral Clean Energy Partnership Joint Statement | Department of Energy
United Kingdom
- Secretary Granholm traveled to the United Kingdom in February 2023 to convene our U.S.-UK Strategic Energy Dialogue. Learn more here: U.S.-U.K. Strategic Energy Dialogue Joint Statement | Department of Energy