The European Commission will provide nearly €1.25 billion in grants through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) to support 41 cross-border energy infrastructure projects. The largest grant, €645 million, will fund the Bornholm Energy Island project, a hybrid interconnector in the Baltic Sea that will link Denmark and Germany while integrating 3 GW of offshore wind capacity.
In total, nearly €750 million is allocated to eight electricity grid projects, including offshore and smart grids. Another grant of nearly €33 million will support the Danube InGrid project, a cross-border smart electricity initiative between Hungary and Slovakia, designed to integrate renewable energy and improve grid efficiency. Additional funding will support studies for six other projects in Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Slovakia, and Spain.
