Featured in Down to the wires 06-2024

Greening Europe’s grids

While solar is booming across Europe, an anticipated flood of future projects is threatened by antiquated electricity networks, insufficient plans for energy storage, and a lack of demand-response measures. pv magazine considers how Europe’s grids are shaping up.

By

Mark Hutchins

10 Jun 2024

Image: 41330/Pixabay

The state of electricity grids and their ability to absorb intermittent renewable energy generation is a hot topic for the energy transition today. Europe’s grids, with their high volume of solar and wind power, encapsulate the global challenge. While encouraging signs are emerging, many network upgrades lag renewables installation demand.Industry association SolarPower Europe has noted …

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