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Posted on December 8, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleThe EU is planning a strategic overhaul to fix energy grid bottlenecks, focusing on cross-border coordination and investment to meet decarbonisation goals.
Dec 6 (Reuters) - The EU will take a top-down approach to building a cross-border energy grid, as the bloc's Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen warned of billions lost from bottlenecks and failures to match supply with demand, the Financial Times reported on Saturday.
Brussels will develop a plan to identify where investment is needed and will find projects to fill those gaps to push EU countries to better co-ordinate energy infrastructure across borders and sectors, the report added.
Jorgensen told the Financial Times that the "biggest danger" to the bloc’s decarbonisation and energy security goals was the slow construction of its power grid.
(Reporting by Angela Christy in Bengaluru; Editing by Sam Holmes)
Decarbonisation refers to the process of reducing carbon dioxide emissions associated with energy production and consumption, aiming to combat climate change and promote sustainable energy sources.
Energy infrastructure includes the physical systems and facilities necessary for the production, transmission, and distribution of energy, such as power plants, grids, and pipelines.
Energy bottlenecks occur when there are limitations in the energy supply chain, causing delays or inefficiencies in the generation, transmission, or distribution of energy.
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