EU TSOs need carrot to tackle congestion – EEX's Reitz

Power grid operators and capacity mechanisms seen as impeding cross-border trade

The need to invest in the grid has been exacerbated by the rise of renewables, such as wind and solar

European Union grid operators do not have enough incentive to build and maintain the infrastructure needed for efficient cross-border electricity trading, argued participants at a September 3 panel discussion in London hosted by the Leipzig-based European Energy Exchange (EEX).

Poor infrastructure poses a major challenge to EU efforts to forge a single market for power and natural gas. The European Commission (EC) is adamant that none of the EU’s 28 member states should be isolated from its gas