{"id":10995,"date":"2026-08-19T18:33:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/group.voltalis.com\/?p=10995"},"modified":"2026-08-19T18:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:33:24","slug":"electricity-grids-and-secure-energy-transitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/group.voltalis.com\/en\/empty\/electricity-grids-and-secure-energy-transitions-10995","title":{"rendered":"Electricity Grids and Secure Energy Transitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>International Energy Agency <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key findings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This report notes that&nbsp;to achieve global climate targets, electricity demand needs to expand&nbsp;20%&nbsp;faster than&nbsp;in the previous decade.&nbsp;Reaching national goals also means&nbsp;adding or refurbishing a total of over 80 million kilometres of grids by 2040, the equivalent of the entire existing global grid.&nbsp;Smart digital grids that leverage flexibility of distributed energy resources are vital to managing this challenge:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>In a scenario consistent with meeting national climate goals, the need for system flexibility doubles between 2022 and 2030. Grids need to both operate in new ways and leverage the benefits of distributed resources, such as rooftop solar, and all sources of flexibility. This includes deploying grid enhancing technologies and unlocking the potential of demand response and energy storage through digitalisation.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source :<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/electricity-grids-and-secure-energy-transitions\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/electricity-grids-and-secure-energy-transitions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/electricity-grids-and-secure-energy-transitions<\/a>\u00a0(2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Press contact :<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Voltalis:<\/strong><br>Emma Corson, PR &amp; Corporate Communication Manager<br>07 60 89 81 89<br>emma.corson@voltalis.com<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Energy Agency Key findings This report notes that&nbsp;to achieve global climate targets, electricity demand needs to expand&nbsp;20%&nbsp;faster than&nbsp;in the previous decade.&nbsp;Reaching national goals also means&nbsp;adding or refurbishing a total of over 80 million kilometres of grids by 2040, the equivalent of the entire existing global grid.&nbsp;Smart digital grids that leverage flexibility of distributed energy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,188,190],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-empty","category-institutionals","category-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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