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A battery of measures to lift grid congestion

The solar market has had a remarkable three years. During a record year for European PV generation, new solar capacity installed in 2023 was almost equally split between residential, commercial and industrial (C&I), and the utility end-customer segments, with a minor share for self-consumption schemes. Grids must be well prepared for the challenges ahead.

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pv magazine

10 Jun 2024

Connection queues and curtailment reveal the importance of grids in accommodating intermittent renewable energy generation. The European Union has 263 GW of solar generation capacity. Member-state National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) target a further 363 GW by 2030. That is short of the 750 GW targeted by the European Commission’s REPowerEU strategy but, either …

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