Online lecture by Dr Lars Schernikau
In this lecture, Lars will underline the growing power needs of Europe, driven by industrial and social development and in particular the additional power needs of AI-driven data centres. As the leading European case study, Germany now openly admits its shortage of reliable and economic power generation capacity, despite having spent a €1 trillion on its so-called “energy transition”. Lars will demonstrate how any additional renewable capacity will only further increase costs without filling the generation capacity shortfall. Instead that gap will have to be filled, at least for several decades, by adding new conventionally-powered generation, be it gas, coal, hydro or nuclear. He will conclude by advocating research into longer-term options for sustainable power generation. This lecture will be highly relevant to the power situation in Ireland, particularly as it still is effectively an island grid, and so his sage advice should be heeded by politicians and the energy players alike. This will make for a highly-stimulating lecture, and will doubtless lead to an animated discussion.
Event details
- Date: 15 September 2026 – 18:00 GMT
- Location: online
- Entrance fee: request via email jim@jimobriencsr.com
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Dr. Lars Schernikau, raised in Berlin and educated in the US, France, and Germany, is a leading energy economist, commodity trader and entrepreneur, based in Switzerland. Lars joined the commodity business over 20 years ago, having previously worked in the Boston Consulting Group in the US and Germany. In parallel with his ongoing professional work, he regularly speaks at major energy & commodity conferences and universities, and also advises governments, banks, conglomerates and other institutions on energy policy. His most recent book “The Unpopular Truth” is a classic in energy economics and available in 7 languages; he is a forward-looking and positive-thinking macroeconomist with challenging views, backed up by hard science and engineering. He has a positive approach towards critical thinking, with the environment and the longerterm sustainability of our planet in mind.
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