Scaling up offshore renewable deployment will be crucial to meet European decarbonisation targets. However, it will also require an understanding of the infrastructure needs and how the system should be designed to use available resources in an optimised way. Tackling challenges and highlighting the importance of offshore network development plans, RGI's Factsheet 'Shaping our Offshore Path' shares possible solutions and approaches for offshore energy planning, based on expert input from the Modellers’ Exchange Workshop "Turning the tide – Optimising Europe’s Offshore Energy Future with Holistic Planning and Engagement".

The expansion of electricity grids to meet climate and energy goals will require significant resources, creating pressure on supply chains to deliver the needed components and materials for the infrastructure build-up. In this context, circularity can support reducing the impact of supply chain constraints, as well as avoiding and minimising environmental and social footprints from grid deployment. Learn more about how grid operators can implement circular approaches throughout the different lifecycle steps in RGI's Wired for Circularity factsheet, based on input from RGI's Expert Exchange Workshop from June 2024.

Decarbonisation of industry is a crucial step to ensuring the European Union's climate targets. However, the industrial transition to net-zero can be challenging as it should also ensure EU competitiveness, optimise costs and resources, and prevent carbon leakage. In this context, what are important elements to keep in mind? And how does a granular approach towards 24/7 Carbon Free Energy (CFE) impact electricity grids? Learn more in our new factsheet!

RGI, while working together with German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Aarhus University, contributes to Destination Earth (DestinE) – a European Commission initiative that aims at creating a model version of Earth that monitors and simulates the interactions between human activities and natural phenomena. RGI will engage with energy system modellers and grid operators to ensure the compatibility between the tools to be developed under the Use Case Energy Systems and the users' needs and workflow. Learn more about the project in our factsheet!

Public engagement for energy infrastructure is of increasing importance as public opposition to projects such as wind farms or electricity grids poses challenges to meeting climate and energy targets. As energy infrastructure moves closer to people’s homes, there is a call for effective and meaningful public engagement on energy infrastructure projects. But what drives or retains public engagement in energy infrastructure? This factsheets explores what is public engagement, why it is important and how it can be meaningfully implemented while considering different challenges.

Large consumers such as companies, cities and universities can leverage their energy procurement processes to support the decarbonisation of the energy system.  Through the 24/7 Carbon Free Energy (CFE) framework, these actors can ensure their operations take into account the time and place of generation, ensuring a reduced impact on the energy system overall.

As the climate change increases weather variability and chances for extreme events to happen, a climate resilient planning and operating processes for the electricity grid is necessary. This includes understanding how the electricity system might be sensitive to weather, as well as what adaptation solutions must be implemented to increase the grid resilience. This factsheet summarises key elements of discussions held during RGI's Modellers’ Exchange Workshop organised in September 2022 in collaboration with Hitachi Energy. It includes tools, challenges and solutions to be considered when building the electricity grid of the future.

This Factsheet explains what is the Renewables Grid Initiative, as well as details its vision, Members, funding mechanisms and most important activities. It also offers an overview of the relevant publications so far.