diff --git a/rules/retrieve.smk b/rules/retrieve.smk
index 10ad9684..5b0871ca 100644
--- a/rules/retrieve.smk
+++ b/rules/retrieve.smk
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ if config["enable"]["retrieve"] and config["enable"].get("retrieve_databundle",
         script:
             "../scripts/retrieve_eurostat_data.py"
 
+    rule retrieve_jrc_idees:
+        output:
+            directory("data/bundle/jrc-idees-2021"),
+        log:
+            "logs/retrieve_jrc_idees.log",
+        retries: 2
+        script:
+            "../scripts/retrieve_jrc_idees.py"
+
     rule retrieve_eurostat_household_data:
         output:
             "data/eurostat/eurostat-household_energy_balances-february_2024.csv",
diff --git a/scripts/retrieve_jrc_idees.py b/scripts/retrieve_jrc_idees.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09484311
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/retrieve_jrc_idees.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: : 2024- The PyPSA-Eur Authors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+"""
+Retrieve and extract JRC IDEES 2021 data.
+"""
+
+import os
+import requests
+from pathlib import Path
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+from _helpers import configure_logging, progress_retrieve, set_scenario_config
+import zipfile
+import logging
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+# Define the base URL
+url_jrc = "https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/JRC-IDEES/JRC-IDEES-2021_v1/"
+    
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if "snakemake" not in globals():
+        from _helpers import mock_snakemake
+        snakemake = mock_snakemake("retrieve_jrc_idees")
+        rootpath = ".."
+    else:
+        rootpath = "."
+        
+    configure_logging(snakemake)
+    set_scenario_config(snakemake)
+    
+    disable_progress = snakemake.config["run"].get("disable_progressbar", False)
+    
+    # create a local directory to save the zip files
+    local_dir = snakemake.output[0]
+    if not os.path.exists(local_dir):
+        os.makedirs(local_dir)
+        
+    # get the list of zip files from the JRC URL
+    response = requests.get(url_jrc)
+    soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')
+    zip_files = [link.get('href') for link in soup.find_all('a')
+                 if link.get('href').endswith('.zip')]
+    
+    logger.info(f"Downloading {len(zip_files)} .zip files for JRC IDEES from '{url_jrc}'.")
+    
+    # download and unpack each zip file
+    for zip_file in zip_files:
+        logger.info(f"Downloading and unpacking {zip_file}")
+        zip_url = url_jrc + zip_file
+        to_fn = local_dir+"/" + zip_file[:-4]
+        progress_retrieve(zip_url, to_fn, disable=disable_progress)
+