The European Energy Institute is a non-profit organisation, bringing together some of Europe's leading energy academics. It was established to meet the need for better co-ordination between the existing academic expertise in Europe on energy issues and to ensure a real academic input into both Community and national decision-making on energy issues.

Populated and run by European connoisseurs of the energy scene, and as an interdisciplinary consortium of renowned universities, the EEI will establish a high level multidisciplinary training programme, supported by high-level research & studies, the outcome of which will be communicated through discussion and position papers, formal standpoints and peer-reviewed papers in a dedicated Journal.