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EU Launches Strategy to Boost Cross-Border Energy Grid

12/6/2025

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The European Union will adopt a top-down strategy to develop a cross-border energy grid.
Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen highlighted financial losses from existing bottlenecks and mismatched supply and demand.
The EU will identify investment needs and promote projects to improve coordination among member states' energy infrastructure.
Jorgensen emphasized that slow power-grid construction poses the greatest threat to the EU's decarbonization and energy security.

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The European Union will adopt a top-down strategy to develop a cross-border energy grid.
Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen highlighted financial losses from existing bottlenecks and mismatched supply and demand.
The EU will identify investment needs and promote projects to improve coordination among member states' energy infrastructure.
Jorgensen emphasized that slow power-grid construction poses the greatest threat to the EU's decarbonization and energy security.