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EU’s electrification plan is a chance to overhaul market for low-carbon, renewable power -think tank

Published 07:00 on July 15, 2026 / Last updated at 13:29 on July 13, 2026 / / EMEA (Europe), Net Zero Transition (Power/Electrification)

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The EU's electricity market architecture, largely unchanged since its waves of liberalisation waves in the 1990s and 2000s, is buckling under the weight of a power system it was never built for and needs significant reform in order to speed up electrification, a think tank warned on Wednesday.
The EU's electricity market architecture, largely unchanged since its waves of liberalisation waves in the 1990s and 2000s, is buckling under the weight of a power system it was never built for and needs significant reform in order to speed up electrification, a think tank warned on Wednesday.


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