European Grids Package
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Summary
The European Grid Package will fast-track expansion and modernisation of transmission and distribution networks, deepening market integration and lowering bills. It streamlines TEN-E, accelerates permitting — including environmental assessments — and mandates integrated, cross-border planning with effective cost-sharing, focusing on interconnectors and distribution grids. It prioritises digitalisation, flexibility and efficient use of existing assets, while increasing visibility of manufacturing supply needs. An EIB “grids manufacturing package” (≈€1.5 bn) will underpin EU component capacity, and an “Energy Highways” effort will tackle critical bottlenecks. Together, the measures unlock renewables and storage, strengthen security of supply, and support electrification at least cost.
Action items
Eight Energy Highways
1. Pyrenean crossing 1 and Pyrenean crossing 2 [Better integrate the Iberian Peninsula with power interconnectors across the Pyrenees to France]
2. Great Sea Interconnector [Connect Cyprus with continental Europe to end its electricity isolation]
3. Harmony Link [Strengthen power links with the Baltic states]
4. TransBalkan Pipeline (TBP) reverse flow [Improve energy supplies in the Balkan region and eastern neighboring states]
5. Bornholm Energy Island [Turn the Baltic Sea into an offshore interconnector hub]
6. Improve price stability and energy security in southeastern Europe
7. SoutH2 Corridor [The South hydrogen corridor]
8. Southwest hydrogen corridor from Portugal to Germany