Smarter grids 'crucial' for delivery of EU climate goals
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Upgrading the current European electricity grid with smarter technologies is key to overcoming the infrastructure challenges posed by the EU’s energy and climate package, according a leading supplier of power generation technologies.The EU has been moving towards deregulation of the electricity markets for the past decade, but emphasis has been on ensuring the reliability and quality of energy supply, while renewables and transmission efficiency have been neglected, explained GE Energy's ...