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Connecting continents

New grid-linking plans in the European Union and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, as well as the war in Ukraine, have placed discussions about electricity interconnectors at the center of the energy debate. Ilias Tsagas examines the projects that are making concrete steps and the factors that determine their success.

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Ilias Tsagas

10 Jan 2023

The discussion about the importance of electricity interconnections has heated up and appears set to remain at the heart of the energy transition for the foreseeable future. In Europe, specifically, the war in Ukraine and the need to reduce the continent’s reliance on Russian gas has reinforced the importance of interconnectors, which were already prominent …

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