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Cheatsheet | Clean Industrial Deal
Unveiled on 26 February 2025, the European Commission’s Clean Industrial Deal is the ambitious plan to accelerate Europe's transition by uniting the three main priorities of the next decade, industrial competitiveness, decarbonization and economic resilience, under a single growth strategy. Creating a stronger business case for climate neutral investments in energy intensive industries and clean technologies.
The Clean Industrial Deal sets key aims and objectives for European industrial sector such as increasing economy-wide electrification rate from 21.3% today to 32% in 2030 or reaching 40% of domestically produced key components of clean tech on the EU market. Increase the total volume of investment supporting industrial transition in EUR 100 billion.
The Master Plan establishes 6 pillars of action through which the Commission will enact sizable financial incentives, simplification of rules and targeted programs among other instruments. These pillars are: Affordable Energy, Lead Markets, Financing, Circularity, Partnerships and Skills.
To help policymakers, investors and analysts navigate this ambitious and wide-reaching plan, we have created a concise cheat sheet that distils the Plan’s main pillars, flagship measures, funding channels and 2025–2027 timeline. The cheat sheet explains when, how and who needs to act for the EU to lead its industrial conversion, increasing competitiveness and decarbonizing.
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