Europa baute Wasserstoffinfrastruktur statt des benötigten Stromnetzes* - CleanTechnica

The article from CleanTechnica critiques Europe's approach to decarbonization, highlighting a critical policy failure: prioritizing hydrogen infrastructure over the necessary expansion of the electricity transmission grid. Despite early recognition in the late 2000s that electrification of transport, buildings, and industry would significantly increase electricity demand—by 40% to 70% by mid-century—Europe, particularly Germany, failed to expand its transmission capacity at the required pace. While renewable generation capacity, especially onshore wind, grew rapidly (from 27 GW in 2010 to over 60 GW in the early 2020s), the central north-south transmission corridors lagged by a decade or more. This mismatch caused substantial curtailment of renewable electricity—over 6 TWh in some years—wasting power that was already paid for and could have displaced fossil fuels or met electrification demand. This curtailment undermined investor confidence, increased system costs for consumers, and created a misleading impression of electricity