Fixing the core of national electrical grids - Energy Sustainability Solutions

For the modernisation of ageing electricity grids in Europe, "substantial investments" must be made in the 27 countries...

An aging electric network, the need for colossal investments, the Europe of electricity needs a little more juice and innovation!

While the EU Commission expects costs of up to 2300 billion euros by 2050, auditors believe that cooperation will also make things cheaper

Fixing the core of national electrical grids - Energy Sustainability Solutions

The cost of adding an extra lane to every road in the European transport network would be incalculably high, despite the potential economic benefits of greater traffic capacity. However, increasing the capacity of Europe’s power highways is much more realistic. Here, Heini Kloster, product owner for conductor cores at global composites manufacturer Exel Composites, explains how reconductoring electrical grids can help meet the increasing power d…

The EU's Energy Regulators Association (ACER) has sparked controversy with its latest report "Getting the signals right: Electricity network schedule in Europe" on electricity grid tariffs, in which it warns that the annual costs of grids for consumers could skyrocket between 50% and 100% by 2050. According to the agency, this is because annual investments in electricity networks will double to EUR 100 billion per year in the coming decades. How…

The European Union must invest €1.871 trillion to modernise its power grids by 2050

The European Court of Auditors warns of the urgency of massive investments in the Union’s ageing power grids, hampered by administrative delays and inadequate planning.