Supporting materials

Downloads

Policy Brief - Breaking Borders: Interconnection in Europe - PDF (2 MB)

Methodology

Data sources

ENTSO-E Reference Grid (2030 and 2040) for the 2022 TYNDP cycle: data here

ENTSO-E System Needs Study was the source of the following data:

ENTSO-E 2025 Starting Grid developed for the 2022 TYNDP (extracted manually from the map on page 14)
Interconnection needs in 2030 and 2040, for the NECP+ scenario

The 2021 existing network of interconnectors was estimated using the 2025 Starting Grid and reducing capacity on certain borders according to the list of projects expected to be commissioned around 2025. These projects are considered in the 2025 Starting Grid on top of the existing grid in late 2021.

ENTSO-E TYNDP 2022 Projects Platform for all existing interconnection projects (this includes those included in the reference grid, as well as all others at various stages of development).

ENTSO-E TYNDP 2022 scenario data provided the wind and solar share in the power generation mix for the NECP+ scenario.

System needs for Clean Europe and Green Europe are sourced from the data of Ember’s New Generation Report. The wind and solar share in the power generation mix can be found in the same file.

All the data can be downloaded from Ember’s interconnection data tool.