The 4th International Academic Symposium on energy transition focuses on the coronavirus impact
On February 2, the 4th International Academic Symposium of the UB Chair of Energy Sustainability took place. Its focus was mainly on the effects of the coronavirus and the opportunity it represents for the transformation of the energy system. Effects based on the decentralization of the system with a complete renewable energy supply. The Symposium was opened by the vice-rector for Research of the University of Barcelona, Jordi García Fernández, together with the president of the Barcelona Institute of Economics Foundation (IEB), Martí Parellada Sabata, and the director of the Chair of Energy Sustainability and researcher at IEB, María Teresa Costa Campi.
On February 2, the 4th International Academic Symposium of the UB Chair of Energy Sustainability took place. Its focus was mainly on the effects of the coronavirus and the opportunity it represents for the transformation of the energy system. Effects based on the decentralization of the system with a complete renewable energy supply. The Symposium was opened by the vice-rector for Research of the University of Barcelona, Jordi García Fernández, together with the president of the Barcelona Institute of Economics Foundation (IEB), Martí Parellada Sabata, and the director of the Chair of Energy Sustainability and researcher at IEB, María Teresa Costa Campi.
The event started with the opening speech by Claudia Kemfert, lecturer at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), who highlighted “the need to make the European Green Deal real, combined with climate neutrality and economic recovery”. In another speech, lecturer Natalia Fabra, from the University of Carlos III, presented the main implications of the defence competition policy in the development of the energy transition. During the presentation, Fabra noted that “the antimonopoly green movement should be used to reinforce the competition policy, not to weaken it”.
The Chair of Energy Sustainability is affiliated with the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) and results from an agreement between the University and Funseam, the foundation that sponsors the Chair.
On February 1, the 4th FUNSEAM International Business Symposium took place, held within the International Academic Symposium framework. The meeting gathered top leaders of the Spanish energy companies, who explained how they adapted to the economic situation that has derived from the pandemic.