""I'm probably not offending anybody by saying that sometimes France has been somewhat reluctant to have more interconnections," Dan Jorgensen, the European Union's commissioner for energy, told a press conference in Brussels. The commission presented Wednesday plans to speed up permitting and coordinate planning of cross-border grid projects, which it says are crucial to support the green energy transition and reduce high energy prices affecting businesses and families. The construction of two new interconnections linking France and Spain across the Pyrenees topped a list of eight \"energy highways\" Brussels wants to fast track."
"Interconnections play a central role in securing supplies, allowing countries to import or export energy according to their needs. Teresa Ribera, the EU's vice president for the clean transition, said better exchanges were key to improving response to energy shocks across Europe. "The more connected we are, the more possibilities we have to react," she said. The Iberian Peninsula's grid operates as an energy island, linked to the rest of Europe only through a small number of interconnections with France -- something that was partially blamed for a slow blackout recovery in April."
EU plans prioritize strengthening electricity links between France and Spain to secure power supplies and advance the green energy transition. The commission proposed speeding up permitting and coordinating planning for cross-border grid projects to enable faster delivery. Two interconnections across the Pyrenees are prioritized among eight transnational "energy highways," alongside a Portugal-to-Germany hydrogen corridor and Baltic connections upgrades. Improved interconnections are intended to allow import-export flexibility, diversify supplies, reduce high energy prices, and improve responsiveness to energy shocks. The Iberian Peninsula currently functions as an energy island with limited links to continental Europe, which hindered outage recovery.
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