Grid expansion: How the EU states want t • Table.Briefings

Without grids, renewable energies are of little use.

At the end of May, the EU energy ministers will discuss how the expansion of the electricity grids can be accelerated. In the draft conclusions, they call on the Commission to issue guidelines on cost sharing and help prevent grid bottlenecks in local distribution grids.

European corridors for the transmission of green electricity are important for the transformation of the industry. However, cost sharing has so far been a contentious issue if the line runs through several member states that do not all benefit equally from green energy. According to the amended TEN-E Regulation, the EU Commission must present guidelines on cost sharing for the grid connection of offshore wind farms by June 24.

Grid expansion: How the EU states want to strengthen the internal electricity market

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