The US Department of Energy (DOE), through its Office of Electricity, announced on March 12, 2026, a $1.9 billion notice of funding opportunity to accelerate upgrades to the US electric transmission system. The initiative, called Speed to Power through Accelerated Reconductoring and other Key Advanced Transmission Technology Upgrades (SPARK), aims to modernise the US power grid to meet rising electricity demand.
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For Bangladesh, the next phase of the energy transition will be shaped not only by domestic policy, but by regional energy flows, costs, and infrastructure. The immediate task is to scale clean capacity while managing near-term energy security risks. Pakistan’s RE landscape is evolving rapidly, driven by shifting policies, rising consumer adoption, and growing private sector interest. Hydropower remains the largest renewable source in RE generation, supplying over 11.5 GW, followed by 2.4 GW of wind and about 1.4 GW of utility-scale solar.
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Revera Energy, an independent energy infrastructure platform backed by Carlyle, has completed the expansion of its credit facility to $150 million. The expanded facility is intended to support the development and construction of battery energy storage system (BESS), solar, and green hydrogen projects in pipeline across Australia’s National Energy Market (NEM) and UK.
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Stronger regional transmission is not just a win for just a few states — it’s the backbone of the western grid. Every state relies on and supports this shared system, ensuring reliable and affordable power for millions of homes and businesses across the West. Looking ahead, the grid faces both challenges and opportunities. Rising demand from AI and manufacturing will require more generation — and more regional transmission. To secure lasting economic growth, maintain energy affordability, and ensure long-term reliability, the West must continue investing in regional transmission planning and expansion.
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The limited capacity of Türkiye’s electricity grid is negatively affecting the growth of renewable energy capacity. Across both transmission and distribution levels, the available capacity for unlicensed plants in Türkiye is only 0.52 GW. This slows down the realisation of new solar investments in Türkiye, a country with high solar potential. The investment costs required for new grid infrastructure are among the main barriers to increasing capacity allocations. According to TEİAŞ’s 2024–2028 Strategic Plan, 74% of the total 362 billion TL budget planned for the five-year period will be allocated to the renewal and development of the electricity grid. According to the analysis conducted by TEİAŞ and published in its Strategic Plan to assess external factors that may affect its operations and strategic decisions, economic factors have been identified as the second most important element likely to impact the organisation in the future, after technological factors.
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Utility grids in the United States are at an inflection point. This brief “Regulatory Agility: Responsive and Adaptable Regulation for a Shifting Energy System” by RMI concludes that State public utilities commissions (PUCs) play a critical role in ensuring the health and economic vitality of families and businesses across the country. However, PUCs face increasingly complex mandates, continued rate increase requests, and a rapidly changing energy system. PUCs must continue to modernize to keep pace with the need to transition to a decarbonized, equitable, and flexible energy system.
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The New England power system is undergoing a major transformation as five of its six states commit to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by at least 80 per cent by 2050. The ISO New England (ISO-NE) recently released the 2050 Transmission Study: Offshore Wind Analysis final report, which examines the reliable integration of large-scale offshore wind (OSW) projects into the regional grid, assessing their impact on the transmission system and identifying strategic planning requirements for future development. The findings of the report are based on N-1 direct current (DC) thermal steady-state analysis, providing a high-level view of system constraints but not replacing the need for more detailed full interconnection studies.
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Northwest Europe is at the forefront of low-emissions hydrogen1 development. This region accounts for around 40% of Europe’s total hydrogen demand, and it has vast and untapped renewable energy and carbon storage potential in the North Sea. It also has a well developed, interconnected gas network that could be partially repurposed to facilitate the transmission and distribution of low emissions hydrogen from production sites to demand centres. The development of the low-emissions hydrogen market in Northwest Europe could gradually scale up in the short- to medium-term. Northwest European countries now have ambition to develop up to 30 to 35 GW of electrolyser capacity by 2030.
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With the rise of clean energy technologies, renewables in the region are set to grow exponentially to meet increasing demand. There is no better time than now for ASEAN member countries to focus on stronger grids to keep pace with competition for foreign investments with requirements for clean energy, namely modernisation, expansion, adoption of flexibility options, regional integration, market reforms, and mobilisation of finance. Additionally, ASEAN’s commitment to ensure all member countries grow together means market-level development in the renewable energy sector is fuelling larger demand for interconnections. Sharing of renewable energy resources will happen at a more rapid pace in the future. Grids and interconnections, as enablers of these evolving dynamics, will bring cost reduction potential, faster net-zero emission vision, enhance energy security, attract more investment and create more jobs.
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U.S . energy infrastructure consists of facilities and related infrastructure needed to generate electricity from various sources (natural gas, petroleum, coal, solar, wind, nuclear, hydroelectricity), and transmission and distribution (T&D) networks needed to move this energy from its source to communities nationwide. To best serve the needs of the public, balanced investments in both generation and T&D systems are essential to ensure reliable performance. These investments, largely driven by user rates, can prevent disruptions to energy services that have become critical to the nation’s safety, health, and economic efficiency. Energy interruptions bear significant costs on U.S. industries and consumers, as even a brief power outage increases production costs and disrupts supply chains.
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Terna, the Italian national grid operator, and IPTO, the Greek Transmission System Operator have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly develop a new electricity interconnection named GRITA 2 between the two countries. It is a three-year agreement which establishes a joint governance framework to oversee project planning and coordination, along with future agreements for managing the procurement of cables and converter stations.
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The Ministerio de Energía or Ministry of Energy of Chile, published the final Planificación Energética de Largo Plazo (PELP) or Long-Term Strategic Planning (PELP) 2023-27 on April 22, 2025, which is in accordance with Articles 83-86 of the Ley General de Servicios Eléctricos (LGSE) or General Law of Electric Services. PELP is a public policy instrument released every five years to ensure sustainable, resilient, and fair development of Chile’s power sector.
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This report provides information, strategies, tools and case studies that California policymakers, regulators, and others could use to support equitable transmission planning and development that avoids harm and maximises benefits for underserved communities and Tribal Nations, collectively referred to as environmental justice (EJ) communities. These EJ communities have long hosted fossil fuel infrastructure, facing cumulative health, environmental, and economic harms.
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Georgia Power’s 2025 IRP addresses the state’s growing energy demand and the need for infrastructure upgrades. While it proposes new transmission lines and some renewable energy projects, it also continues reliance on fossil fuels, raising environmental and cost concerns. The PSC reviews the plan to ensure reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy. Expanding transmission is vital, but must be done fairly, considering costs, environmental impact, and access for renewable energy sources, especially in rural areas.
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Building on the analysis Electricity Grids and Secure Energy Transitions, this report identifies actionable strategies to address challenges related to the supply chain for grid infrastructure, with a focus on transmission lines with voltages that exceed 66 kilovolts. It highlights growing constraints in the supply chain, the need for long-term procurement mechanisms, and the importance of coordinated planning to ensure timely infrastructure development.
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Chile has been formulating policies and a legal framework to achieve its 2030 target of meeting 70 per cent of its energy consumption from renewable energy sources (RES) and the 2050 carbon neutrality goal. This is, however, contingent on identifying and relieving congested transmission networks, continued collaboration among all stakeholders and proactive investment. The timely and orderly implementation of the Energy Transition Law will help accelerate the expansion of the transmission system, unlock the country’s RES potential and ensure a sustanable energy future.
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Morocco’s transformative approach towards its energy sector, through strategic investments and policy reforms, exemplifies its commitment to sustainable development, energy security and economic growth. With ambitious plans to expand its renewable energy capacity, modernise its electricity infrastructure and develop its green hydrogen economy, Morocco is not only addressing its domestic energy needs but also emerging as a key player in regional and international energy markets. These efforts, underpinned by a defined strategy, highlight Morocco’s role as a model for energy transition in Africa and beyond.
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Planners and regulators are actively evaluating new investments in transmission projects to address growing electricity demand; integrate new, lower-cost electricity generation resources into the grid; and maintain a reliable and resilient system, among other drivers. As the need for and scale of proposed transmission investments grow, so do concerns about rising costs, underscoring the importance of a wellplanned and coordinated regional and interregional transmission system to maximize benefits and reduce costs for families and businesses. This report uses evidence from seven case studies of operational regional and interregional transmission projects to show the savings that large-scale transmission can bring to ratepayers — residential, commercial, and industrial.
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The board of managers for Pennsylvania-based PJM Interconnection, on February 25, 2025, approved a set of about $5.9 billion in transmission projects across Indiana, West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio, and Maryland, to bolster reliability across the grid operator’s footprint. These projects should be in service by 2029, and are in the early stages of development and do not have a firm timeframe yet for permitting, regulatory approvals, and construction.
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US electricity demand is projected to grow nearly 16% by 2029, putting new urgency behind the need for grid upgrades and the addition of new generation resources. The surge in renewable energy projects aiming to connect to the grid has highlighted longstanding transmission capacity challenges. Total U.S. transmission capacity must expand 2.7–4.1 times the 2020 level. A modernized approach to grid planning and operation is critical in order to safely, reliably, and affordably meet the electricity demands of the future. Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETs) can play a critical role in grid modernization by optimizing the efficiency of existing infrastructure and unlocking unused capacity.
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