Keynote: From Energy Sovereignty to Digital Sovereignty
summary
EU policy links digital sovereignty to increased energy capacity and open source done properly, arguing software control now sits inside the grid. A concrete failure case: the Iberian event loses 8,000 megawatts of balance, ~7,000 MW generation trips and ~15,000 MW of demand/pumped storage disconnects, leaving Spain ~16 hours and Portugal ~12 hours without power. Four required abilities are named: measurable exit velocity, build/own/patch, audit the supply chain, and operate under chosen law. Hardware note: Europe makes ~10% of chips today, aims 20% by 2030, while RISC‑V in 10+ billion chips shows open silicon can scale. CPATH is cited as an open multi‑vendor substation effort.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and open source perspective
- 1:28Iberian blackout and grid rigidity
- 4:03Historical lessons from energy collaboration
- 6:55Digital kill switches and sovereignty risks
- 9:06Digitizing grid without losing control
- 10:31Four abilities for digital independence
- 13:00Hardware sovereignty and open chips
- 14:27Open source in energy sector today
- 15:49Building together like the grid was built
- 18:37Call to action for European sovereignty
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