The European Union is working to reduce their emissions by 80 percent by the year 2050. A number of measures are currently being worked out in order to get the EU on the road towards such a lofty goal. A number of different technologies are being used, from wind to solar to biofuel. Solar power is popular in Spain, nuclear in France and wind in the North Sea. The question some are raising is: how to incorporate all this power into all the nations of the EU?

The European Climate Foundation recently released a report in which they suggested that the European Union as a whole should work to connect their energy. Currently, the individual EU countries maintain their own energy grids and have little to no cross-border connections. Such limited connections will limit the EU’s ability to reach their energy goals according to the report.

The report stated: “Transmission must develop from a minor trading and reserve-sharing role to one that enables significant energy exchanges between regions across the[...]

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