Europe’s energy systems need to be overhauled to facilitate a sustainable future

Excerpt from Volt Europa:

Globally, there has been a significant policy shift towards renewable energy due to its affordability and low carbon footprint, offering a path away from environmentally damaging fossil fuels. However, upgrading our energy systems to accommodate this will be one of the most complex tasks as fossil fuels maintain a grip on power grids thanks to their reliability, cost-effectiveness and established infrastructure. Renewable energy’s lower carbon outputs, cheaper operating costs and consumer prices, as well as its ability to tap into locally accessible resources is counterbalanced by high initial implementation costs in a system that was not built to accommodate it. Even without going into lobbying efforts against it and disinformation campaigns attempting to  delegitimise it, renewable energy is facing an uphill climb for large-scale deployment.

As Europe prepares to reach net-zero by 2050, this perfectly highlights the conundrum we face. 

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