Europe’s SuperGrid moment

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Is Europe’s fragmented grid now a bottleneck in the clean energy transition? Ahead of the European Commission’s grids package, MEPs and sector experts gathered in Strasbourg to make the case for a pan-European supergrid.

Europe’s clean-energy transition is no longer constrained by a lack of wind turbines or solar panels - it is constrained by the grid that connects them. With more than €1 trillion in grid investment needed by 2040 and the Commission preparing its European Grids Package, the EU is approaching a once-in-a-generation choice: continue with 27 fragmented national systems, or build a continental super grid capable of moving clean power across borders at scale.

That choice was at the heart of a recent dinner discussion in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, where MEPs, engineers and investors explored what a pan-EU grid would mean for affordability, security and competitiveness, and whether Europe’s institutions are finally aligned enough to deliver it.

Source: ENTSOE