Paul Domjan argues, true energy security now lies not in stockpiling fossil fuels, but in designing an energy system capable of sustaining and stabilising a world powered by renewables.

ENODA’s Paul Domjan speaks to Hajar Yagkoubi at BETD 25, discussing the pitfalls of the current electrical grid, the new technologies required to support a truly decentralised energy system, and the role of renewables in that system.

This Trump Administration could be the last nail in the coffin for the COP process, that has continued to fail on its promises, but it does not need to mark the end of action on climate change.

Inertia has provided frequency stability since the introduction of synchronous generators in the first AC electricity networks. But as we increase the role of non-synchronous generation in the grid, we face a system-stability challenge.

The ANC's historic defeat in South Africa, is in part, due to the socio-economic impact of having a dangerously unstable energy system. The rest of the world should take note.