The pandemic and electricity transformation in the United States and the European Union: Developments in 2020
Representation of coronavirus pandemic impact on the energy industry (Maha Heang 245789/Shutterstock)
As the United States under the new Biden-Harris administration and the European Union (EU), now minus the United Kingdom, pursue pandemic economic recovery packages that involve major investments in clean energy and energy efficiency, it is useful to examine what happened in 2020 and evaluate what these developments portend. Both the US and EU governments are embracing a strategy of increasing green electricity to lower emissions and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. This endeavor is critical to global climate efforts given that the United States and the EU countries account for over 20 percent of world energy CO
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EnergySource Innovation Stream with Energinet: The world’s first energy islands hubs for aggregation and distribution of offshore wind power
Tue, Mar 2, 2021 9:00 AM
Hanne Storm Edlefsen, vice president of Energinet, discusses how Denmark is establishing the world’s first energy islands, marking the beginning of a new era for large-scale offshore wind power.
Event recap
On March 2, 2021, the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center hosted
Hanne Storm Edlefsen, vice president of Energinet, the Danish state transmission system operator (TSO), as part of its
EnergySource Innovation Stream, a series highlighting emergent technologies reshaping the global energy system. Edlefsen discussed Denmark’s plans for the world’s first energy islands, ushering a new era for large-scale offshore wind power.