{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65aa870b43029e00165401f4/67ed78d49524713132c63298?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Flexing our grids","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65aa870b43029e00165401f4/1743676180847-c9a08d93-cd27-4c77-8026-d4b58db508ef.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on </strong><a href=\"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/foresight-climate-energy/id1533422616\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Apple</strong></a><strong> or </strong><a href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foresight.climate&amp;pcampaignid=web_share\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Android.</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p>A flexible grid underpins Europe’s energy transition and helps bring more renewables online. According to statistics from SolarPower Europe, it could also bring big benefits, including saving the European Union €30 billion and avoiding 151 million tonnes of CO2 emissions every year by 2030.</p><p><br></p><p>However, to make all of this a reality, Europe’s energy system infrastructure and energy market need to support flexibility.</p><p><br></p><p>On this special, live episode of Watt Matters, recorded at the Solar Power Summit in Brussels, a panel of experts joins Kira to discuss flexibility's role in the energy transition and how Europe can improve it.</p><p><br></p><p>The panel comprises:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Joachim Balke, head of unit for infrastructure and regional cooperation at the European Commission’s energy department, DG ENER&nbsp;</li><li>Juan Fernandez, chief operating officer at international renewable energy producer, Sonnedix</li><li>Catarina Augusto, senior grids and flexibility advisor at SolarPower Europe</li><li>Sarah Van Cleve, vice president of sales and commercial excellence for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa at energy storage company Fluence</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Enjoy the show.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on </strong><a href=\"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/foresight-climate-energy/id1533422616\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Apple</strong></a><strong> or </strong><a href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foresight.climate&amp;pcampaignid=web_share\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Android.</strong></a></p>","author_name":"FORESIGHT Media Group"}