Redefining resilience for a modern power system

Episode 19 June 06, 2023 00:22:09
Redefining resilience for a modern power system
Energy Transitions
Redefining resilience for a modern power system

Jun 06 2023 | 00:22:09

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Hosted By

Pamela Largue

Show Notes

It has been a tumultuous time in Europe’s power sector, with a variety of internal and external shocks impacting energy markets and net zero progress.

Pamela Largue has a candid conversation with Kristian Ruby, Secretary General of Eurelectric, about whether we are on track to meet the 1.5 degree goal, the impact of the war in Ukraine and the importance of protecting our grids from physical, military, and cyber threats.

Ruby unpacks the new threat landscape and the radical resilience needed to mitigate these threats and talks about how to unlock a significant uptick in investments needed to speed up the pace of change in the sector. 

“If it was just about integrating renewables and connecting a lot of heat pumps, that was the challenge a few years ago. Now on top of that we have a military threat dimension, a very present threat of sabotage that we need to integrate into this.”

“Security of supply is the new prerequisite for delivering on net zero – system reliability becomes a critical climate objective”

 

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