Factsheet
Updating Europe’s energy networks
Lessons from the UK experience of independent system operation
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Europe’s electricity grid planning was designed for a slower, fossil-based energy system. Today, rapid renewable deployment, rising electricity demand and the emergence of hydrogen call for a new institutional framework. This factsheet outlines how forward-looking, coordinated planning can help achieve climate neutrality by 2050. It recommends that Member States develop spatial energy plans, that stronger unbundling rules prevent conflicts of interest, and that an Independent EU Energy System Planner be created to improve cross-border coordination and efficiency.
Check out our web dossier Towards a European Energy Infrastructure Union.
Product details
Date of Publication
November 2025
Publisher
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union | Global Dialogue
Number of Pages
7
Licence
Language of publication
English