This Hot Energy Topic presents summary messages for the European Union from the World Energy Outlook 2014. Key findings highlight important challenges for the power sector and fossil fuel sectors as Europe transitions to a low carbon energy system. Challenges in securing gas supplies are details together with the outlook for new sources of LNG in the medium to long term. In the transport sector, the IEA report describes developments in the electric vehicles fleet. New forms of energy like bioenergy are also expected to uptake in the transport and building sector.