On Wednesday 10 December, the European Commission presented its ‘grids’ package, which aims to develop and modernise European networks, in particular electricity networks, so that they can adapt to the “electricity age” and the growing importance of renewable energies.
Failure to act in this area would result in an estimated loss of 310 TWh of renewable energy by 2040, according to the Commission, or almost half of electricity consumption in 2023.
This package, which includes a...