Deficit in Grid Capacity Threatens European Energy Policy Targets

A new analysis by the energy think tank Ember has found that several countries in Europe could soon face bottlenecks in their national transmission energy grids, as more solar and wind power will be generated than these networks have capacity for. As Statista's Anna Fleck shows in the following chart , Spain, France and Poland are just some of the countries that will have energy grids that undershoot their country’s respective 2030 policy targets for wind and solar capacity.

You will find more infographics at Statista This pattern is not Europe-wide though several grid plans were found to be closely aligned to the renewable energy targets and and in four countries they were even more ambitious Croatia, Denmark, Finland, and the Netherlands. According to the writers of the report, these latter countries have adopted a “sensible approach that better prepares transmission networks to accommodate potential future step ups in national ambition levels.

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