With increasing challenges of geopolitical tensions and resource scarcity, expanding electricity grids in an optimised and sustainable way will be crucial to ensure the energy transition. Watch our new video on “Wired for Circularity – Sustainable Power Grids for a Brighter Future” to learn how the concept of circular economy can be implemented when building the needed energy infrastructure to achieve climate goals. While circularity can reduce environmental and social impacts, it can also promote resilience, competitiveness and sustainability for the EU. Our video reveals more.

How is Europe planning its energy future to keep the lights on and hit climate targets? This video takes you inside the complex world of European grid planning and the massive collaborative effort behind it. Discover how ENTSO-E and ENTSO-G coordinate a continent-wide Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) that maps out cross-border grid expansion projects every two years, aligning with each country’s national plans. Crucially, this process invites broad stakeholder input – from industry experts to environmental groups – ensuring new power lines for renewable energy are built with nature and biodiversity in mind.

To achieve a successful energy transition, the largest machine ever created by humans, the electricity grid, needs to grow even further. Watch our new video on “Energy & Space - Planning the Energy Transition” to learn how intelligent spatial planning can help us find space for this enormous machine as well as for renewable energy generation (wind turbines on land and at sea, and solar panels). To minimise disruption as well as environmental impacts, spatial planners identify suitable locations by analysing current land use patterns and studying geographical features. Multi-use areas and infrastructure is one of the measures that can help reduce the space requirements. Our video identifies more.

To prepare for the impacts of climate change the girds must adapt and become more resilient. A big task? Watch our new video on “Adaptation & Resilience – Climate-proofing the Grid” to learn how we can achieve this. Our processes, our assets and our businesses must become more resilient altogether while the solution mix needs to be location specific and enriched with emergency response strategies. Using and sharing data to anticipate risks and enable early action is just one of the measures that grid operators can take. Our video reveals more.

As we continue to set increasingly ambitious climate targets, the need for electricity grids becomes increasingly apparent. Electrifying entire sectors like transportation or heating will require ramp up in renewable electricity generation and transmission. Renewables like wind and solar power, which are typically spread out over vast distances, must be connected with consumers and industry with the grid. In the video 'Why do we need electricity grids?' we cover the challenges and opportunities faced by grid operators as they integrate a rising share of renewables into the network.

Harnessing the power of offshore wind with energy infrastructure is a key component of the energy transition. As governments and industry prepare to deploy infrastructure on a massive scale at sea, protecting the natural environment becomes a critical component of meeting our climate goals. In this video, we explore the ways in which offshore energy infrastructure can exist in harmony with nature, and even be a catalyst for enhanced biodiversity.

Electrification and flexibility are two terms which often come up in discussions about the energy transition. But what do these terms mean? In this video, we delve into what it means to 'electrify' sectors which have previously been reliant on fossil fuels, such as transport, and the system flexibility which these transformations enable. How can we balance supply and demand in a system based on variable renewable sources? What is demand response? What is the role of the grid? And what additional role do electric vehicles play? Find the answers to these questions and more in this video, 'Electrification and Flexibility'.

A renewables-based system requires more renewable energy infrastructure and a European grid network in order to transport electricity generated by renewable sources from production to consumption centres. Where is this infrastructure built and what effects does this have on biodiversity, particularly birds? What solutions and opportunities are available? Which approaches have been taken by European TSOs? Find the answers to all of these questions and more in this video, 'Grids and the Environment'.