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Lights Out in Spain! IEA Energy Security Summit | Atlantic Council's Landon Derentz

Alex Wolfe Season 1 Episode 40

Experience the insights from the IEA Energy Security Summit, where global energy leaders convened to discuss pressing national interests and the urgent need for investment in energy infrastructure. Join Atlantic Council's Senior Director of Global Energy Center Landon Derentz, shares his expertise, with host Alex, on how energy security has evolved post-COVID and amid the Ukraine crisis. Learn from the summit's key outputs and explore strategies to prevent disruptions like the recent Heathrow incident, ensuring global ports and airports remain operational. We also dive into the latest reports on the massive power outage that struck Spain and Portugal, proving why energy security is more important than ever.


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Landon Derentz is senior director and Morningstar Chair for Global Energy Security at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center. Under his leadership, the Global Energy Center devises solutions to the geopolitical, sustainability, and economic challenges of the changing global energy landscape. 


During his career, Derentz has engaged in all facets of US energy and climate policy, including as director for energy at the White House, director for Middle Eastern and African affairs at the US Department of Energy, as an energy policy advisor in the US Department of State’s Bureau of Energy Resources, and as a presidential management fellow in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy. Derentz has deep experience building diverse coalitions across governments, the private sector, and civil society. He led US efforts to establish the Net-Zero Producers Forum and served as the US representative and vice chairman of the International Energy Agency’s standing groups on emergency questions and the oil market.

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