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Will the EU’s grid initiative address industry concerns about connections?

By Eleonora Rinaldi ( August 19, 2025, 08:31 GMT | Comment) -- EU countries must improve how they manage grid-connection requests to reduce long lines that are holding back billions in investment in renewables, storage and data-center projects, industry representatives told MLex. The European Commission’s upcoming grid initiative is an opportunity to address these concerns, but industry stakeholders and lawmakers are divided on whether doing so would require reopening the EU electricity market rulebook.Power sector stakeholders, system operators and major tech firms are urging the European Commission to reform what they describe as an inefficient grid-connection system that is delaying projects, weighing on developers’ balance sheets, and discouraging investors in several EU countries....

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