Plans to develop offshore wind in the Baltic Sea promise much-needed developments as the region strives to strengthen its energy security. This is despite long permitting procedures, supply chain constraints and grid connection bottlenecks.
As EU energy ministers meet in Brussels to discuss grid expansion, the EU electricity market watchdog ACER warned on Friday (12 April) that Europe’s key grid connections are not sufficiently dedicated to electricity trading between neighbouring countries.
Germany’s offshore wind energy targets are at risk amid lagging construction rates and grid connection delays, prompting industry calls for additional government support.
DSO Entity’s report aims to show DSOs’ key role in achieving the EU net zero targets by presenting the state of play of renewables connection to the grid in the EU and sharing practices from DSOs overcoming challenges.
