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BESTGRID results published
The final report "Testing Better Practices" summarises all experiences and insights gained, including the 10 most valuable lessons learned. It is available here.
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3rd BESTGRID workshop
The focus of our 3d public workshop was the exchange of good practices. Summary and more impressions can be found here.
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2nd Workshop
On October 23 our 2nd workshop "Innovation through Collaboration" took place in Berlin. Have a look at the presentations and pictures here!
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1st Workshop
During our first BESTGRID workshop in Hamburg, more than 70 participants from TSOs, civil society, politics, industry and academia came together to discuss the future of social acceptance. Read more here.
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Why grids?
Modernising and expanding the European electricity grid is an imperative building block to enable the transition of Europe’s energy system from fossil fuel dependence towards renewable energy.
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Challenges
Planning and realising grid development projects is often difficult and time consuming due to local opposition, complex permitting procedures and the challenges of minimising impacts on nature and host communities.
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BESTGRID
The BESTGRID project tackles these problems by approaching four current European grid development projects in innovative ways. It works through close cooperation between environmental NGOs and grid operators.
News
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BESTGRID activities completed in October
At the end of October 2015, the project BESTGRID officially ended. All publications are available on this website. We will keep you informed here and via our newsletter about future activities that the consortium will implement beyond BESTGRID. Read
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Society demands clear and continuous explanation of the need for new power lines
Grid operators and environmental groups jointly working on five grid development projects found that the decision about the need of a new power lines has to be addressed with a high level of transparency and throughout all planning stages; the findings are relevant for the implementation of the TEN-E regulation and should inform the European ten-year network development plan (TYNDP)Read
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Our pilot projects explained in two minutes
A picture is worth a thousand words - that is why we have developed short movie clips that give you impressions from our pilot projects in a quick and easy format. Learn about the measures implemented during BESTGRID in three youtube clips.Read
Past Events
The final BESTGRID Conference on "Implementing Projects of Common Interest" took place on 23 September in Brussels. Click here for more information.
Newsletter
The first issues of our newsletter have been published. Have a look.
Newsletter #4 - September 2015
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With nine partners comprising European non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and transmission system operators (TSOs), and one research institute, the EU-funded BESTGRID project works towards modernizing and expanding the current European electricity grid
Contact
Renewables Grid Initiative
Neue Promenade 6
10178 Berlin
+49 30 767719455
info (at) bestgrid.eu
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The BESTGRID project is a joint learning exercise to find out how to become best. However, it cannot guarantee that all actions applied are automatically best practice.