European electricityA form of energy having magnetic, radiant and chemical effects. Electric current is created by a flow of electrons. companies have committed to achieve a carbon-neutral powerUseful energy can be mechanical energy, for example powering a fan. supply by 2050. The commitment was part of a Declaration delivered to EnergyThe ability to perform work, mainly kinetic, potential, thermal energy, but also in forms of gravitational, sound, elastic and electromagnetic energy. Commissioner Andris Piebalgs by 61 chief executives of European electricity companies in a Eurelectric meeting on Wednesday. “If we want to win the battle against climate changeClimate change is a lasting change in weather patterns over long periods of time. It can be a natural phenomena and and has occurred on Earth even before people inhabited it. Quite different is a current situation that is also referred to as climate change, anthropogenic climate change, or ... we need to change completely the way we think energy production, consumption and development,” said Piebalgs when welcoming the commitment. “In our Strategic Energy Review we presented our vision on how energy has to be by 2050, which includes fundamental technological shifts, including de-carbonizing the EU electricity supply. Today’s commitment gets the European electricity industry on board this ambitious programme.”