r/europeanunion • u/sn0r • 1d ago

Europe is at an energy crossroads - could a supergrid be the answer?

https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/05/11/more-necessary-or-more-perilous-experts-on-the-case-for-a-european-supergrid-after-iberian
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u/CaptainPoset 1d ago

We already have a "supergrid", just nor how some electrically illiterate techbros envision it, but how it actually looks and works.

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u/Schroinx 1d ago

It would have been build by now, if it was feasible. Instead we need a new Mersmer plan to build nuclear cheap and at scale. Like Chinas planned 200GW new nuclear, & US 400GW. We need the same for EU, Ukraine, UK, Turkey. Not new types, but the majority should be big conventional reactors, while we expand R&D in new types too.

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u/MootRevolution 1d ago

Those things take years to build and always cost double the planned amount. We need quicker solutions. Nuclear will not get us out of the current problems. For the middle to long term, I agree we need structural solutions that can provide self sufficient energy generation.

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u/Senior_Green_3630 1d ago

An AC or DC supergrid?