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Offshore grids: standalone lines versus combined solutions / Leonardo Meeus, Florence School of Regulation, EU Energy Policy blog, 25/01/2012http://www.energypolicyblog.com/2012/01/25/offshore-grids-standalone-lines-versus-combined-solutions/Grids are already developing offshore, and this development will continue even though at what pace and how they will develop is still uncertain. Indeed, there are different possible configurations for a future offshore grid: it can be a simple multiplication of standalone lines that provide each a single service (either connection of generation, or connection between transmission grids); or it can be a more integrated infrastructure like an offshore meshed grid that combines and interconnects dozens of offshore lines and generation units (hereafter combined solution)...