Renewables Grid Initiative & WindEurope Highlight Importance Of Investing In Grids To Boost Renewable Growth

Integrating renewable energy sources into the electricity grid is becoming easier and cheaper, according to the Renewables Grid Initiative and WindEurope, but more needs to be done for European electricity grids if the region is to achieve increased levels of renewable energy in its electricity mix. These were the high-level points made by the Renewables Grid Initiative and WindEurope to participants of Tuesday’s Grids meet Renewables Conference and Best Practice Fair held in Brussels, which focused on exploring key needs to support the renewable energy industry and future electricity grid needs. Specifically, with the dominant form of new electricity generation to be intermittent renewable energy technologies like wind and solar, the grid needs to be developed in such a way as to support the growing increase in renewable generation while simultaneously reducing system costs across Europe