The Strategic Role of Power Grids in the implementation of a European Energy Policy

The objective of this paper is to underline the strategic role of the Power Grids in the new context of the European Energy Policy. The development of the European Power Grid should be considered in mainly two directions : a European super grid with a strong reinforcement of interconnections between EU member states and with neighbouring regionsand an implementation of smarter grids mainly in lower voltage in relation with the connection of large quantity of decentralised renewable and intermittent power generation.