NEWS
A new CEN-CENELEC Workshop is being planned which will complement the activities of the EU Research project HYSTORE (Hybrid Services from Advanced Thermal Energy Storage Systems). The mission of this project is to develop and validate an innovative set of Thermal Energy Storage (TES) concepts, based on the combination of cutting-edge technology components, unlocking the potential of this kind of energy storage as a sustainable solution.
CEN and CENELEC warmly welcome the European Commission’s publication of the Annual Union Work Programme 2025 for Standardization (AUWP), setting out six priorities and 78 actions to enhance industrial resilience, foster the digital and green transitions, support EU space infrastructure, and strengthen the internal market. This programme has been drawn up to specifically support EU policies and legislation with the objective of contributing to a green, digital and resilient Single Market, as well as the EU’s international objectives.
The CEN Workshop on was kicked off on 10th February 2025. The Workshop’s registered participants have agreed on the first draft of the CWA.
CENELEC published a new important standard for the railway community. EN 50388-2:2025 ‘Fixed installations and rolling stock for railway applications - Technical criteria for the coordination between electric traction power supply systems and rolling stock to achieve interoperability - Part 2: Stability and harmonics’ establishes the acceptance criteria, according to EN 50388-1:2022, for the compatibility between traction units and power supply for known phenomena and known technologies. The standard was developed by CLC/TC 9X ‘Electrical and electronic applications for railways’.
On 21 March 2025, the CEN and CENELEC Industry Advisory Forum (IAF) held the kick-off meeting for its third mandate. During the meeting, IAF members had the opportunity to share expectations and key urgencies. The Chair and Co-Chair for the next term were also elected.
On 19 March 2025, the CORALIS Final Conference took place in Brussels, bringing together about 100 participants from industry, policy, and research. Organized by the CORALIS Consortium and EEIP, the event marked the conclusion of the EU-funded project aimed at demonstrating and scaling Industrial Symbiosis (IS) solutions across Europe. RISERS was glad to take part in the closing roundtable, contributing perspectives on how standardization can help turn Industrial Symbiosis into a mainstream practice.
A new joint CEN-CENELEC Workshop is being launched which builds on the aims of the EU Research project 'PROBONO'. The project’s vision is to establish an integrator-centric approach for realizing innovative energy efficient buildings in connected sustainable green neighbourhoods.
The European Standardization Organisations (ESOs) CEN, CENELEC, ETSI, together with ENISA, the EU Agency for Cybersecurity, successfully co-hosted the 9th Cybersecurity Standardization Conference on 20 March 2025 in Brussels.
A new joint CEN-CENELEC Workshop is being established which builds on the aims of the EU-funded CIRC-UITS project. This initiative is part of Europe’s strategy to reduce dependency on extra-EU supplies of strategic products by improving the circularity of the automotive and mass electronics sectors.
CEN and CENELEC have provided recommendations to the European Commission’s Call for Evidence on how standardization can support the goals of the Water Resilience Strategy.