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⚡🌍 Europe’s energy transition depends on delivering the largest electricity grid expansion in EU history. 📄 ENTSO-E has published a new position paper on the revision of the EU Public Procurement Directives, outlining what is needed to ensure procurement rules support, rather than slow down, the delivery of critical grid infrastructure. 🛠️📊 The paper sets out fourteen targeted reforms focused on making grid procurement more strategic, improving flexibility for complex projects, and reducing administrative burden while strengthening digital tools and data governance. 🤝 These recommendations are part of ENTSO-E’s contribution to the European Commission’s consultation on the future of EU public procurement. 🔎📘 Read the full position and learn how public procurement reform can help accelerate Europe’s energy transition on our website. 📢 Read the full statement here: https://lnkd.in/et9C8hfP #EnergyTransition #ElectricityGrids #EUProcurement #Infrastructure #PowerSystem #GridExpansion #CleanEnergy #EUClimate #ENTSOE #PublicProcurement #EnergyPolicy

On 22 January, ENTSO-E was pleased to contribute to the Franco-German Energy Forum, marking Franco-German Day and the 20th anniversary of the Franco-German Office for the Energy Transition (DFBEW / OFATE).   In his keynote, Damian Cortinas, Chair of the ENTSO-E Board, highlighted why Europe’s transmission grids are central to the security and competitiveness of Europe. 🔹 Investing in the Transmission Grid has a net economic positive return for society, by lowering total cost of energy and decreasing the need for renewables curtailment. 🔹 Coordinated planning between the national and European levels is essential to anticipate system needs, integrate new generation and demand and strengthen system security. The current planning framework works - no major project is hindered by inadequate European planning. 🔹 The main challenges to deliver the networks Europe needs are permitting, financing and supply chains. The Grids Package’s focus on electricity infrastructure is welcome. It presents an opportunity to streamline and simplify the existing permitting framework and to improve regional cooperation between states, regulators and TSOs. However, it fails to address the other real implementation barriers: financing and supply chains. In addition, a prolonged institutional struggle between the Commission and Member States over planning governance is counterproductive in an area of shared competency where cooperation is the key to success. As Europe faces geopolitical uncertainty and growing system complexity, timely grid investment is a prerequisite for a secure, affordable and sustainable energy future. #ENTSOE #EnergyTransition #ElectricityGrids #PowerGrid #EnergySecurity #EUEnergy #EuropeanEnergy #EUInfrastructure #EnergyPolicy #GridsPackage #FrancoGermanCooperation #FrancoGermanEnergyForum

📢 Summary Report of the TYNDP 2026 Scenarios Public Consultations out now! ENTSO-E and ENTSOG are excited to share the newly published Summary Report from the public consultations on the TYNDP 2026 Scenarios a key step in shaping Europe’s future energy system. Earlier in 2025, ENTSOE and ENTSOG invited citizens, researchers, NGOs, industry representatives and the Stakeholder Reference Group (SRG) to give feedback on the data, assumptions, parameters and methodologies used to build longterm energy scenarios for Europe.  🔮✨These scenarios help ensure that tomorrow’s energy infrastructure is reliable, resilient, and aligned with Europe’s climate goals. 🔍 What people cared about most  The need for better weather modelling, including extreme climate events,  More accurate representation of flexibility on the demand side (homes, transport, industry). Clearer and more realistic assumptions on hydrogen imports and grid integration with local renewables production and biomethane. 📈The report further includes answers to questions raised during the complementary public workshop from 4 July, details the consultation packages input, and highlights how stakeholder input from the consultations will guide the next steps. 👉 Explore the report to see how your input is shaping Europe’s energy future: https://lnkd.in/dDMqCZNC #ENTSOE #ENTSOG #TYNDP #TYNDP2026 #TYNDPScenarios #Collaboration #Consultation

📘 ENTSO-E publishes its Annual Work Programme 2026 ENTSO-E has released its AWP 2026, setting out key priorities to deliver a secure, interconnected, and future-ready European power system ⚡🌍 🔑 In 2026, the focus will be on: • TYNDP 2026 • ERAA & Seasonal Outlooks • Cybersecurity & European Awareness System 🔐 • Market design reform (onshore & offshore) • Stronger regional integration and innovation 🚀 📊 Building on a strong 2025 delivery rate of 96.3%, ENTSO-E continues to support market integration, system security, and Europe’s decarbonisation goals. 👉 Read the full Annual Work Programme here: https://lnkd.in/eRX8WDXn #ENTSOE #EnergyTransition #PowerGrids #ElectricityMarkets #TYNDP #ERAA #Cybersecurity #EnergySecurity 

⚡ As Europe’s energy system evolves, so should the grid connection rules. To support the Clean Industrial Deal and the large-scale integration of new technologies, updating technical connection requirements is becoming increasingly important for maintaining EU power system stability 🇪🇺 🔌 Why does this matter?  Outdated or incomplete rules can leave key technologies, storage, EVs, heat pumps, power-to-gas, data centres, grid-forming converters, outside the current framework, increasing operational and cross-border risks. 🏗️ What’s changing?  The EU is preparing amendments to the Connection Network Codes (CNC 2.0) to make the grid more robust and future-proof. Timely adoption will help avoid costly retrofits and enable smooth, large-scale integration of new assets. 📌 ENTSO-E recommends acting now:  • Update national connection requirements based on the latest technical discussions • Use a minimum set of common connection requirements for data centres as a basis for national implementation and stakeholder engagement   👉 Early action supports system stability, investment certainty, and Europe’s green transition. ENTSO-E Position Paper available here: https://lnkd.in/eEeH72K9 #EnergyTransition #CleanIndustrialDeal #PowerSystemStability #ElectricityGrids #ENTSOE #GridConnection #DataCentres #CNC2 #EUenergy

Today, 19 December, ENTSO-E and EU DSO Entity Entity jointly published their progress report on the Grid Action Plan Action 6 on Hosting Capacities.      This report offers an initial outlook on the contents of DSO Entity and ENTSO-E Joint Portal on Grid Hosting Capacities, which is being developed to improve the accessibility of hosting capacity information across the EU.     The progress report is based on the currently available information collected from participating TSOs and DSOs as of the publication date of the report.    DSO Entity and ENTSO-E Joint Portal on Grid Hosting Capacities will:     🌍 Create a pan-EU overview by aggregating links to national grid hosting capacity information   💡 Provide contextual information to help stakeholders better understand the available information. 🔍 Increase visibility for project developers of renewables, energy storage, emerging load charging stations and other developers.      ❗This milestone represents a significant step towards transparent hosting capacity information, ultimately accelerating the energy transition.       Read the full progress report here: https://lnkd.in/egME7hxw

4 July grid incident in the Czech Republic: Expert Panel releases factual report    Today, 19 December, the Expert Panel set up by ENTSO-E to investigate the grid incident of 4 July 2025 in the Czech Republic has published its comprehensive factual report.    On 4 July 2025, shortly before 12:00 CEST, an incident occurred in the Czech power system which led to significant outages, affecting grid elements and power units, in the eastern and northern part of the Czech Republic including the Prague area. Part of the transmission network went into island operation, disconnecting from the larger national system, and almost immediately collapsed.    The factual report now available on the ENTSO-E website presents a detailed account of the system conditions on 4 July, leading up to the loss of the islanded area, the sequence of events, and the restoration process.    Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/eMCXZwmX

🔎 TYNDP 2026  Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) Implementation Guidelines Public Consultation Now Open ENTSO-E has launched the public consultation on the updated TYNDP 2026 Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) Implementation Guidelines, a key step in the TYNDP 2026 process. Read the consultation here: TYNDP 2026 CBA Implementation Guidelines Public Consultation - European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity - Citizen Space The updated guidelines provide enhanced clarity on data, methodology, tools, and illustrative examples used to assess European electricity network development projects. ⚡ What’s new in this Guidelines update? ✔️ Revised assessment definitions aligned with the TYNDP 2026 scenario framework 🌍 Introduction of a climate adaptation indicator   ❌ Removal of the sanity check for hybrid assets 📊 Central ENTSO-E dNTC calculations and verification of dNTC compliance 🔄 Refined efficiency (ET2) and renewable penetration (ET3) indicators to better support European energy targets ♻️ Inclusion of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) 🗣️ Interested stakeholders are invited to join a public webinar on 23 January and will be able to share individual feedback. to gather feedback and discuss the proposed changes. All inputs from the consultation and webinar will be taken into account in preparing the final Implementation guidelines for TYNDP 2026 Cost-Benefit Analysis . 📅 Consultation period: 16 December 2025 – 6 February 2026  💻 Public online webinar: https://lnkd.in/eSqDFJHg 📝 Consultation details, TYNDP CBA Implementation Guideline & survey: https://lnkd.in/efYPDRke We warmly encourage all stakeholders to participate and share their views. #TYNDP #ENTSOE #EnergyTransition #ElectricityMarkets #PowerGrids #InfrastructurePlanning #StakeholderEngagement #CBAM #ClimateAdaptation

An important milestone for regional cooperation and market integration has been reached. The All TSOs’* proposal for the amendment of the methodology determining the configuration of Europe’s capacity calculation regions (CCRs) is now approved.    This reflects the culmination of intense negotiations and consensus-building among the Energy Community TSOs and their European Union neighbours, facilitated by ENTSO-E over several years.      The amended CCR configuration will contribute to the optimisation of coordinated capacity calculation in the single largest CCR on the European continent by extending the scope of the Central Europe CCR into the intraday market timeframe.     The amended CCR configuration will also enable stronger integration of the power systems of Ukraine and Moldova with their EU neighbours, as well as linking the West Balkan TSOs with already organised electricity market areas of Central and South-East Europe.      *All TSOs' refers to the collective group of all national electricity Transmission System Operators (TSOs) across the EU, who are to work together to develop harmonised, EU‑wide rules, methodologies and procedures for managing cross‑border capacity and congestion in the electricity grid. ENTSO-E is hosting this required cooperation between TSOs.

🔋 New ENTSO-E Policy Paper published: Market Design for Utility-Scale Energy Storage As Europe accelerates the integration of renewable energy, utility-scale energy storage is becoming a cornerstone of a secure, efficient and decarbonised power system. Today, ENTSO-E publishes a new policy paper analysing how Europe’s electricity market design can better support the timely, cost-effective and system-aligned deployment and operation of utility-scale energy storage. The paper: 📊 Assesses merchant investments, capacity mechanisms and non-fossil flexibility support schemes 🚧 Identifies barriers to bankable and system-friendly storage deployment ⚙️ Proposes adaptations to capacity mechanisms to better enable storage participation 🧭 Highlights operational enablers to align market outcomes with grid constraints 🇪🇺 Draws on national experiences across Europe By addressing investment frameworks, market design, and operational rules, the paper outlines how utility-scale storage can support Europe’s secure, efficient and decarbonised power system. 📄 Read the full paper here: ENTSO-E Policy Paper: https://lnkd.in/ekCqQy89 #EnergyStorage #GridsPackage #ElectricityMarketDesign #Flexibility #EnergyTransition #ENTSOE #PowerSystem #GridIntegration