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Contents Summer 2020 European Energy Innovation 3

CONTENTS

6 There is no recovery without the European Green Deal 6
Ditte Juul-Jørgensen, Director-General, DG Energy, 30
European Commission 38
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10 Covid-19’s impact on the energy sector
Mechthild Wörsdörfer Director of Sustainability, Technology and
Outlooks – International Energy Agency

14 Let’s make Covid-19 a green stepping stone
Morten Helveg Petersen, MEP, Denmark Renew Europe

18 Energy efficiency: green recovery ‘made in Europe’
Monica Frassoni, President of the European Alliance to Save Energy

20 Reigniting Europe’s economy with the cleanest electricity in history
Kristian Ruby, Secretary General of Eurelectric

24 Turning the energy system upside down. How consumers are leading the
energy transition
Frauke Thies, Executive Director, smarten

27 Achieving Paris Agreement: One Covid-19 crisis per year until 2050
Adel El Gammal, Secretary-General of the European Energy Research
Alliance (EERA), on why post-Covid economic recovery choices will be a
defining moment for human society

30 An energy transition for all – Socially innovative policy making
Nea Pakarinen, ICLEI Europe

34 Goodbye oil, hello renewables! How Upper Austria is eliminating oil heating
Christiane Egger & Megan Gignac, OÖ Energiesparverband, Upper Austria

38 What does it mean to be a good environmental citizen?
Dr Andreas Hadjichambis, Chair of the European Network for
Environmental Citizenship and Scientific Director of Cyprus Center for
Environmental Research and Education CYCERE

42 Benefits for cities and recovery of the local economies
Arnulf Jäger-Waldau, European Commission, Joint Research Centre

46 Solar power – less means more
Monica Lira-Cantu, Group Leader of the Nanostructured Material for
Photovoltaic Energy Group at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology (ICN2)

48 Our future is charging
Anna Lisa Boni, Secretary General, EUROCITIES

50 Wolfgang Teubner, Regional Director Europe, ICLEI – Local Governments
for Sustainability: “Mannheim2020 provides the opportunity for a dialogue
between all levels of government and key stakeholders on how we can turn
the Green Deal into reality”

54 Fuel cells and hydrogen technologies: Europe drives ahead
Bart Biebuyck, Executive Director of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint
Undertaking (FCH JU)

56 Let’s not reinvent heat pumps! For a successful “Renovation Wave”, spread
the right word!
Eirini Litina & Oliver Jung, EHPA

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