Energy - Map of electricity networks in the European Union and neighboring countries. The thermoelectric and hydroelectric plants of all countries, high power lines, interconnectors appear on the map. Atomic power plants are classified as thermoelectric, given the process of obtaining energy and the lack of seasonality in energy production, as is the case with hydro energy.
Non-conventional energy sources – wind farms and photovoltaics – do not appear on the map. Although their contribution is increasing, the share in global energy production is still low. In Romania, its share, including biomass - which, however, is thermal transformation - amounts to approx. 3% of the country's total production during the summer. In other countries the share is much higher. Denmark briefly managed to produce wind power to cover the country's entire domestic consumption. In the case of these states, the map turns out to be slightly outdated.
The main objective of making the map is not represented by power plants, which are only figured as source and network nodes, but by the capacity of the electricity transmission network, conversion points, mains and national interconnectors, to highlight the export/import capacity of energy in the context of the European single market.
The map was made in 2003 by UCTE – Union for the co-ordination of transmission of electricity. See the UCTE website LINK
This version of the map is available in high resolution, in PDF / 5MB format on the Transelectrica website LINK
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Points of Interest: Interconnectors with Ukraine, Turkey, Albania, Morocco, Norway and the United Kingdom.
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