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  • 06 Nov. 2026

    CORE 26-NE: Strengthening Energy Resilience on NATO’s North-Eastern Flank

    On Monday, 9 November, the Coherent Resilience 2026 Northeast Tabletop Exercise (CORE 26-NE) will begin in Vilnius, Lithuania, bringing together more than 100 participants for a week of scenario-based exercises focused on strengthening regional energy security

  • 05 Nov. 2026

    NATO ENSEC COE at the Berlin Security Conference: Energy Resilience Enables Defence

    The NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence (NATO ENSEC COE) was represented by Dr. Reiner Zimmermann and Kristina Rimkūnaitė at the 25th Berlin Security Conference, held on 3-4 November 2026 in Berlin, with Lithuania as the partner nation.

  • 04 Nov. 2026

    FORTE 2026 – photo gallery

    The FORTE 2026 – Advancing Energy Security, Innovation and Operational Resilience conference, held in Vilnius last week, brought together more than 200 participants, 45 speakers and 14 industry partners.

    Recent Publications

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    • 28 Sep. 2026

      Re-mobilisation of radionuclides by wildfires and floods forty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine

      On 26 April 1986, an explosion and fire at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Po

    • 21 Sep. 2026

      Fuelling the Forces to 2050

      Can NATO Europe fuel its forces to 2050?

    • 10 Jul. 2026

      Energy Highlights No.22

      Energy security landscape in the context of heightened geopolitical tensions, hy

    • 22 May. 2026

      TTX Core 25-A Exercise Report

      Coherent Resilience 2025 – Arctic (CORE25-A) Tabletop Exercise (TTX) was focus

    • 28 Jan. 2026

      Energy Highlights No.21

      This issue explores how energy supply and delivery to the military may evolve ov

    • 10 Dec. 2025

      Maintaining the Edge: 3 Energy Innovations Strengthening Defense

      Energy innovation is moving fast, fueled by record energy spending and growing i

      Projects

      Projects
      • 01 May. 2021 – 31 Dec. 2025 NATO

        NATO Operational Energy Concept Development

        In early 2021, HQ SACT has proposed to the NATO ENSEC COE to elaborate a NATO Concept on operational energy delivered to the forces in operations and exerc

      • 14 Nov. 2024 – 28 Feb. 2025

        Energy Highlights Journal – Article Competition

        Enter by 5th January 2025 for a chance to win up to 500EUR and have your article featured in the NATO ENSEC COE’s Energy Highlights journal! Our journal explo

      • 01 Jan. – 31 Dec. 2025

        Study about railway engineer regiment equipment energy efficiency

        Organization of an activity aimed at studding how to optimize the sustainability and energy efficiency of special railway vehicles and equipment supplied to the

      • 22 Jul. – 31 Oct. 2025

        Energy Highlights Journal – Article Competition

        Enter by 31st October 2025 for a chance to win up to 500EUR and have your article featured in the NATO ENSEC COE’s Energy Highlights journal! Our journal expl

      • 09 Mar. – 31 Jul. 2026

        Youth Video Competition

        How Prepared Am I for a Blackout? Deadline extended! Submissions for the video competition are now open until 31 July 2026. Imagine waking up and the

      • 16 Jun. – 31 Oct. 2026

        Energy Highlights Journal Article Competition 2026 – Now Open!

        NATO ENSEC COE is calling for submissions! Share your expertise on energy security, the energy transition and national security by 31 October 2026. Top ent

      • 07 – 20 Sep. 2026

        Youth Video Competition – Vote for the People’s Choice Award

        As part of the NATO ENSEC COE Youth Video Competition “How Prepared Am I for a Blackout?”, young creators from NATO member and partner nations have sha