Q What do you see as the role of infrastructure when it comes
to achieving net zero?
Silke Goldberg: Infrastructure is the anchor
that will help deliver net-zero policy ambitions. Decarbonisation
and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are the right things
to do, of course. But to achieve those goals you need physical
implementation and that means infrastructure. And you don't
only need the infrastructure required to create green energy in the
first place, you also need to upgrade the grid, for example, to
cope with higher renewables penetration and the associated
intermittency. The grid needs to be digitised for the same
reason.
Infrastructure is critical for the decarbonisation of transport
and of industry, as well. In short, no infrastructure, no
decarbonisation.
