Renewables Grid Initiative

📢 The latest RGI newsletter is out! 📢

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🔹GINGR hiring
🔸RGI & OCEaN plans for @windeurope.bsky.social annual event
🔹Good practices on climate-proofing grids
🔸RGI at a World Bank webinar on climate risk
🔹Summaries of recent grid-related news & more
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In the Netherlands, Tennet’s preventive design helps avoid climate hazards for electricity grids🇳🇱

Adaptation measures include
⬆️Elevating crucial substation components
⚠️Using adapted mast designs
🤝Integrating the latest flood risk data into grid planning

Learn+👉 renewables-grid.eu/database/ten...

📢 We’re hiring!

RGI is seeking a Communication Manager for GINGR - Global Initiative for Nature, Grids and Renewables.

Help shape the story of a Nature- & People-Positive energy transition, turning technical insight into powerful narratives.

Interested? Apply here 👉 renewables-grid.eu/careers/

YouTube video by mindjazzpictures DIE WILDE NORDSEE // Trailer // Deutsche Sprachfassung

🤝 ⭐ RGI is proud to support the upcoming German-language premiere of the film 'Die Wilde Noordzee' (the Wild North Sea)! This film beautifully showcases the marine creatures living in the North Sea & their relationship with human activities.

📺 Check out the trailer👇

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DestinE - Renewables Grid Initiative Developing innovative tools from Destination Earth’s (DestinE) models of Earth to integrate climate and weather information into energy system planning, ensuring climate-resilient electricity infrastr...

🔗 Learn more about RGI’s involvement in DestinE: renewables-grid.eu/resources/de...

🌍 Want to turn complex climate data into clear, interactive stories - without coding?

On 26 February, 11:00-12:00 CET, DestinE is hosting a webinar on its DEA storytelling platform.

💡 Features, examples, and best practices included.

🔗 Register: destination-earth.eu/event/webina...

European climate-resilient energy system - Renewables Grid Initiative This webinar will explore how climate adaptation and resilience strategies are being integrated into European energy systems.

📣RGI co-organised @theworldbank.bsky.social webinar on climate-proofing electricity grids with ENTSO-E & Terna SpA.

With ENTSO-E, we presented our work on a new indicator for quantitative cost estimation of climate adaptation & resilience measures.

Rec & slides 👉 renewables-grid.eu/resources/we...

🌊 Join our CEO, Antonella Battaglini, at @economist.com’s 13th annual World Ocean Summit & Expo on March 4th-5th 2026 in Montreal, Canada, focusing on the transition to a sustainable ocean economy, ocean stewardship, strategies to restore ocean health & marine technology.

🔎 More: lnkd.in/dmMqgVCX

🌱Our 3rd #ChampionofChange of 2026 is Czechia!🇨🇿

In Czechia, only officially approved ‘bird-safe’ power line designs & mitigation measures are permitted. Enduring collaboration with grid operators and NGOs make power lines safe for birds!

Find the factsheet here 👉 renewables-grid.eu/news/five-ne...

Ensuring a secure electricity supply to European communities means addressing a changing climate & increasing extreme weather events⛈️

💡Highlighting that solutions exist, we will share real-world cases on how grid operators are keeping #ResilienceOnTheLine⚡

+Info👉 renewables-grid.eu/news/practic...

European climate-resilient energy system - Renewables Grid Initiative This webinar will explore how climate adaptation and resilience strategies are being integrated into European energy systems.

📣Happening today!

How can Europe’s energy systems stay reliable as the climate changes?

Join us for a webinar co-organised with The World Bank, ENTSO-E & Terna to explore how climate adaptation & resilience are integrated across the investment cycle💡

Register: renewables-grid.eu/resources/we...

🌀👏🏽 The UK recently announced the results of its latest offshore wind auction: 8.4GW of projects awarded & the largest auction so far in Europe!

These projects will support UK plan to decarbonise their electricity sources by 2030💪

🔍 @windeurope.bsky.social's insights: windeurope.org/news/uk-awar...

🇪🇺⚡EU electricity hit a turning point in 2025 (@ember-energy.org’s European Electricity Review 2026)

Highlights:
🟢 Wind + solar: 30% (now above fossil at 29%)
🟢 Solar: 369 TWh (13%), 20%+ growth 4 years running
🟢 Renewables: 48% of EU power

Read full review 👉 ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

🌱 Our second #ChampionofChange of 2026 is… Portugal! 🇵🇹

Integrated Vegetation Management (IVM) is reducing maintenance costs, increasing the grid’s resilience to wildfires, building value for local people & supporting local biodiversity!

Find the factsheet 👉 https://ow.ly/nIq150Y8MVv

New International LIFE Project to Protect Globally Threatened Bird Species by Making Power Distribution Networks Safe | БДЗП Photo: Dimitar Gradinarov/BSPB Elektrorazpredelenie Yug EAD (EP Yug) (part of EVN Group), as the lead partner, in cooperation with the Bulgarian Society for ...

Work will span 14 Natura 2000 sites in Bulgaria 🇧🇬 and 48 IBA/KBA areas in North Macedonia 🇲🇰 and Turkey 🇹🇷. ℹ️ Read more 👉 bspb.org/en/new-inter...
@lifeprogramme.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

Good news from @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social's Bulgarian partner! 🦅 BSPB and Elektrodistribution Yug are launching an international EU LIFE project to make power networks safer for birds, supporting the Eastern Imperial Eagle and Egyptian Vulture.

Climate Hazards Dataset - Renewables Grid Initiative Summarising Europe’s climate risks affecting electricity infrastructure, the dataset categorises hazards and shares good practices.

📥The dataset was developed to support our joint work w/ ENTSO-E on embedding climate resilience into long-term grid planning. A public consultation is now open until 6 February – provide your feedback & support climate-resilient grids!

Learn + & check the dataset👉 renewables-grid.eu/resources/cl...

New from RGI 🎉 Our Climate Hazards Dataset, mapping climate risks to grid infrastructure & showcasing real-world adaptation measures to tackle them across Europe!

⛈️ Designed for grid planners, policymakers, researchers and the public, it provides climate-hazard definitions & their impact.

European climate-resilient energy system - Renewables Grid Initiative This webinar will explore how climate adaptation and resilience strategies are being integrated into European energy systems.

How can Europe’s energy systems stay reliable in the face of a changing climate?⛈️

Join our webinar w/ World Bank, ENTSO-E & Terna on 🗓️12 Feb to learn how climate adaptation & resilience are being incorporated into grids from planning to operation

#RegisterNow👇 renewables-grid.eu/resources/we...

@ember-energy.org

Good news from Ember’s European Electricity Review 2026: In 2025, EU wind + solar hit 30% of electricity (solar 13%, wind 17%). Coal fell to 9.2%. In 14 EU countries, wind + solar produced more than all fossil generation combined. 🌍⚡🌬️☀️🌿🤝

Read the report 👉 ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

🦅Our first #ChampionofChange of 2026 is… Slovakia!🇸🇰

Birds can fly more safely around power lines in Slovakia thanks to a history of direct communication & collaborative projects between the NGO, Raptor Protection of Slovakia & committed grid operators!

Find the factsheet 👉https://ow.ly/xGOs50Y01VP

Five new factsheets on onshore energy & nature best practices - Renewables Grid Initiative With these factsheets on onshore energy & nature, RGI details the history, development and success factors of certain aspects of nature protection alongside power lines in 5 EU countries – Austria, Cz...

We’ll be releasing a new factsheet every 2 weeks… but if you can’t wait until then, then find them all on our website here 👉 renewables-grid.eu/news/five-ne...

🗺️ What factors enable certain actors to do more for nature alongside around power lines? ⚡️

Join us over the next 10 weeks as we reveal some real energy and nature #ChampionsofChange!

Photo from @REN power lines in Portugal.

@lifeprogramme.bsky.social

🎄 RGI December newsletter is out! 🌿⚡ Highlights: Golden Pylon winners 🏆, EU Grids Package reflections 🇪🇺, UK offshore wind factsheet 🌊 and pollinator tracking 🐝. Read: mailchi.mp/renewables-g...
Happy holidays & happy 2026! ✨

👏 Huge thanks to The Jolt team for hosting this discussion and helping elevate the vital role of grids in our energy future.

Antonella reflects on what it will take to deliver at the pace and scale required: “We need to have a much more comprehensive, much more holistic approach to make sure that the Grids Package delivers the system for the future and not the system of the past.”

Building a 21st-century grid system In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks at how the European Commission plans to update Europe’s grid system in line with 21st-century needs, plus global coal exports fell in 2025

🎧Our CEO, Antonella Battaglini, joined FORESIGHT Climate & Energy’s The Jolt (with Sam Morgan and Kira Taylor) on the new #EUGridsPackage and why grids are pivotal to the energy transition.

👂Listen to the podcast episode here: foresightmedia.com/story/ssGufG...

Today, the European Commission published the long anticipated European Grids Package 🇪🇺. It aims to accelerate the EU’s energy infrastructure development – with a strong focus on electricity grids. ⚡

Read voices from executives of RGI Members and close partners ⬇️
renewables-grid.eu/news/rgi-voi...

🔌 Energy storage systems, especially batteries, are surging across Europe ⚡

They offer potential to better integrate renewables & support grid stability by adding flexibility.

This report by @eliagroup.bsky.social assesses their evolving role, offering recommendations:

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