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View from the top: Partnerships needed in the energy shift

By District Energy posted 10-12-2018 16:53

  

Danielle Lane, Utility Week

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“Vattenfall wants to be free from fossil fuels in a generation. If we tried to do it on our own, we would probably fail. So we need to forge partnerships.”

The electricity industry is undergoing a fundamental shift and I count myself lucky to have been part of that change. From working on my first offshore wind project – when people questioned why we planned to put turbines in the sea – to last month when a young student told a room full of people that wind turbines were part of the culture of her local area. The move to a greener world has been a tremendous journey and one we are continuing today.

It’s clear that the energy transformation can’t be done alone. The need for partnerships to deliver complex projects is an obvious point but one, in all humility, that we should remind ourselves of daily.

Vattenfall wants to be free from fossil fuels in a generation. It’s a big challenge, but one that is in line with what our customers and partners demand. If we tried to do it on our own, we would probably fail. So we know we need to forge partnerships – with customers, suppliers, public bodies and governments across Europe – if we are going to deliver.

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