Breaking grid bottlenecks

When: Tuesday, 21 April 2026, 14:00 - 14:45
Where: "Powering the Future" stage - Hall 9

Session description

Streamlining grid access and strengthening system readiness offers valuable lessons as electrification accelerates. Speakers will highlight practical solutions, regulatory innovations and planning tools that help system operators, developers and policymakers ease bottlenecks and build a more resilient, flexible and future‑proof European grid.

Session chair

Vidushi Dembi

Senior Analyst – Energy System Integration, WindEurope

Panel

Gro Waeraas de Saint Martin

Director Strategy & Development Offshore Grids and Interconnectors, RTE International

Nina Bhogal

Head of Finance, Fees & Securities - Connections Reform, NESO

Marta Castro

Director of Regulation, AELEC

Carlos Redondo

Deputy Director for Electricity, Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Spain