Chris Rosslowe

Aug 5, 2024 | pv-tech.org | Chris Rosslowe |JP Casey

Grid infrastructure has emerged as a key stumbling block in Europe’s transition to a cleaner energy system. Chris Rosslowe of Ember considers how the EU’s power network can be made fit for purpose as an enabler rather than an impediment to greater renewables deployment. Europe’s power grids are under the spotlight like never before, having emerged as a key bottleneck in the energy transition, which is rapidly gaining pace.

Mar 12, 2024 | ember-climate.org | Elisabeth Cremona |Chris Rosslowe

Grid development plansGrid development plans published by Transmission System Operators (TSOs) constituted the primary source of information, along with data published in their websites. The editorial deadline was set at 31 December 2023. New plans or updates published after this date could not be taken into account. Where no English version was available, these were downloaded in their original language and translated to English using Google Translate.

Apr 26, 2023 | ember-climate.org | Chris Rosslowe |Harriet Fox |Sarah BRown |Sarah Brown

We identify peak hours in a way that matches as closely as possible to the definition set out in the emergency EU legislation. The legislation states that “Each Member State shall identify peak hours corresponding in total to a minimum of 10% of all hours of the period between 1 December 2022 and 31 March 2023′.

Mar 28, 2023 | ember-climate.org | Chris Rosslowe

Both wind and solar set annual installation records in the EU in 2022. This is good news for the energy transition and shows that accelerating clean energy has been a core part of Europe’s response to the energy crisis exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. However, the outlooks for these two technologies reveal different challenges ahead. Solar power is experiencing strong tailwinds, with future projections increasing markedly just in the last 12 months.