Andrei Covatariu
@andreicovatariu.bsky.social
Energy Policy | Track 1.5 Energy Diplomacy | Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council | Views My Own
Extremely honored and privileged to have been selected as a 2026 Marshall Memorial Fellow by @gmfus.bsky.social !
Thankful to everyone who has supported me so far (you know who you are!) & especially grateful to my old friend Yasen Georgiev for inspiring me to embark on this journey.
#GMFMMF
Thankful to everyone who has supported me so far (you know who you are!) & especially grateful to my old friend Yasen Georgiev for inspiring me to embark on this journey.
#GMFMMF
January 13, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Extremely honored and privileged to have been selected as a 2026 Marshall Memorial Fellow by @gmfus.bsky.social !
Thankful to everyone who has supported me so far (you know who you are!) & especially grateful to my old friend Yasen Georgiev for inspiring me to embark on this journey.
#GMFMMF
Thankful to everyone who has supported me so far (you know who you are!) & especially grateful to my old friend Yasen Georgiev for inspiring me to embark on this journey.
#GMFMMF
Very excited to head to @globsec.bsky.social's #TatraSummit2025 this weekend, to join high-level stakeholders from Brussels & across #CEE to discuss the EU’s #energysecurity, the energy transition, & their role in shaping Europe’s competitiveness.
Check out my first “In About 100 Words” below⬇️
Check out my first “In About 100 Words” below⬇️
Europe’s competitiveness gap is no longer abstract. Letta & Draghi warn the EU will lag without decisive reform. Act now—unlock investment, complete the single market, and scale innovation.
Ahead of #TatraSummit2025: What single step matters most?
Ahead of #TatraSummit2025: What single step matters most?
October 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Very excited to head to @globsec.bsky.social's #TatraSummit2025 this weekend, to join high-level stakeholders from Brussels & across #CEE to discuss the EU’s #energysecurity, the energy transition, & their role in shaping Europe’s competitiveness.
Check out my first “In About 100 Words” below⬇️
Check out my first “In About 100 Words” below⬇️
On 22 Sep, I’ll be back at the Vienna Energy Security Dialogue 2025 by OSCE & the WEC_Austria. Thanks so much for the invitation, Giulia Manconi & Daniel Kroos!
Looking forward to the exchange w/ Julia Reinaud, Tatiana Mitrova, Roberta Boscolo, Isabelle Dupraz & Berislav Gaso
Looking forward to the exchange w/ Julia Reinaud, Tatiana Mitrova, Roberta Boscolo, Isabelle Dupraz & Berislav Gaso
September 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
On 22 Sep, I’ll be back at the Vienna Energy Security Dialogue 2025 by OSCE & the WEC_Austria. Thanks so much for the invitation, Giulia Manconi & Daniel Kroos!
Looking forward to the exchange w/ Julia Reinaud, Tatiana Mitrova, Roberta Boscolo, Isabelle Dupraz & Berislav Gaso
Looking forward to the exchange w/ Julia Reinaud, Tatiana Mitrova, Roberta Boscolo, Isabelle Dupraz & Berislav Gaso
Honoured to be spending the next months in #Florence as a Policy Leader Fellow at the @eui-eu.bsky.social 's @eui-stg.bsky.social
Over the 5-month residency, I’ll continue advancing my work on #energy & #climate policy as part of this vibrant community of scholars and practitioners.
Over the 5-month residency, I’ll continue advancing my work on #energy & #climate policy as part of this vibrant community of scholars and practitioners.
September 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Honoured to be spending the next months in #Florence as a Policy Leader Fellow at the @eui-eu.bsky.social 's @eui-stg.bsky.social
Over the 5-month residency, I’ll continue advancing my work on #energy & #climate policy as part of this vibrant community of scholars and practitioners.
Over the 5-month residency, I’ll continue advancing my work on #energy & #climate policy as part of this vibrant community of scholars and practitioners.
This fall, I’m excited to team up with @globsec.bsky.social to contribute a dedicated section on #energysecurity and #criticalrawmaterials for the think tank’s Competitiveness Tracker. Preliminary conclusions will be discussed during GLOBSEC's upcoming 2025 Tatra Summit, in October.
How realistic are EU plans on energy costs & security? Is grid investment enough? What blocks cross-border markets?
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Energy Security & Critical Raw Materials in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
GLOBSEC is developing a paper to assess current targets of the European Union aimed at enhancing the EU's competitiveness and strengthening its position on the global stage.
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August 29, 2025 at 7:55 AM
This fall, I’m excited to team up with @globsec.bsky.social to contribute a dedicated section on #energysecurity and #criticalrawmaterials for the think tank’s Competitiveness Tracker. Preliminary conclusions will be discussed during GLOBSEC's upcoming 2025 Tatra Summit, in October.
In my latest piece for @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social, I discuss a topic I’ve been following for a while — the pressing impact of #cooling needs on Europe’s #energysecurity and its transition goals.
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#energytransition #heatwaves
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#energytransition #heatwaves
July 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
In my latest piece for @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social, I discuss a topic I’ve been following for a while — the pressing impact of #cooling needs on Europe’s #energysecurity and its transition goals.
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energy...
#energytransition #heatwaves
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energy...
#energytransition #heatwaves
In the seconnd part of my conversation with Divya Gopalan for @taiwanplusnews' CONNECTED, alongside Tsaiying Lu (DSET), we delved into more detail about the new layers of the #energysecurity concept, the race to #AI-driven data centers & the impact on power grids/generation.
Taiwan’s semiconductor factories and rapidly growing AI data centers are energy-hungry. Can the island’s power grid keep up with soaring demand?
🎙️ Tsai Ying Lu (DSET) and Andrei Covatariu (ECERA)
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🎙️ Tsai Ying Lu (DSET) and Andrei Covatariu (ECERA)
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July 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In the seconnd part of my conversation with Divya Gopalan for @taiwanplusnews' CONNECTED, alongside Tsaiying Lu (DSET), we delved into more detail about the new layers of the #energysecurity concept, the race to #AI-driven data centers & the impact on power grids/generation.
Had a great two-part conversation a few days ago with Divya Gopalan for TaiwanPlus' CONNECTED, alongside Tsaiying Lu (DSET). Thanks so much for the invitation, Khloe Kai Hui Wong!
In this part, I discussed the #EU’s lessons on #energysecurity, adaptation & diversification plans
In this part, I discussed the #EU’s lessons on #energysecurity, adaptation & diversification plans
If China blockades Taiwan, the island’s economy could lose access to 95% of its imported energy. Can Taiwan make its power system futureproof before the next crisis strikes?
🎙️ Tsai Ying Lu (DSET) and Andrei Covatariu (ECERA)
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🎙️ Tsai Ying Lu (DSET) and Andrei Covatariu (ECERA)
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July 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Had a great two-part conversation a few days ago with Divya Gopalan for TaiwanPlus' CONNECTED, alongside Tsaiying Lu (DSET). Thanks so much for the invitation, Khloe Kai Hui Wong!
In this part, I discussed the #EU’s lessons on #energysecurity, adaptation & diversification plans
In this part, I discussed the #EU’s lessons on #energysecurity, adaptation & diversification plans
A big thank you to David W. Yellen, Anne-Sophie Corbeau, Albéric Mongrenier, Zuzana Pelakova, Olena Pavlenko, Ján Mykhalchyk Hradický, Mara Balasa, and the rest of the Clean Air Task Force team for your valuable inputs along the way!
July 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A big thank you to David W. Yellen, Anne-Sophie Corbeau, Albéric Mongrenier, Zuzana Pelakova, Olena Pavlenko, Ján Mykhalchyk Hradický, Mara Balasa, and the rest of the Clean Air Task Force team for your valuable inputs along the way!
...geopolitical dependence on authoritarian energy exporters, the CEE region can convert existing vulnerabilities into strategic assets. This will strengthen its own agency and enhance the EU's collective geopolitical power within a swiftly changing global energy landscape."
July 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
...geopolitical dependence on authoritarian energy exporters, the CEE region can convert existing vulnerabilities into strategic assets. This will strengthen its own agency and enhance the EU's collective geopolitical power within a swiftly changing global energy landscape."
The paper looks at the energy transition in CEE as a "geopolitical necessity, rather than merely a technological or economic undertaking. By designing long-term scenario planning, aligning national interests with EU-wide industrial and energy strategies, and mitigating...
July 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The paper looks at the energy transition in CEE as a "geopolitical necessity, rather than merely a technological or economic undertaking. By designing long-term scenario planning, aligning national interests with EU-wide industrial and energy strategies, and mitigating...
Honored to share this report I've been working on,exploring the #geopolitics of the #energytransition in #CentralEasternEurope. Grateful to Tamara Lagurashvili and the @cleanaircatf.bsky.social for commissioning this study—many thanks Tamara for the fantastic cooperation
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July 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Honored to share this report I've been working on,exploring the #geopolitics of the #energytransition in #CentralEasternEurope. Grateful to Tamara Lagurashvili and the @cleanaircatf.bsky.social for commissioning this study—many thanks Tamara for the fantastic cooperation
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Reposted by Andrei Covatariu
📢The EPG Summer School has officially began!
Day 1 of our educational programme brought 4 insightful lectures: EU’s path to #net0, #energytrends, energy policy in the #Baltics, Moldova’s energy #transition.
Many thanks: Mihnea Cătuți, Olga Bogdanova, Carolina Novac & @andreicovatariu.bsky.social!
Day 1 of our educational programme brought 4 insightful lectures: EU’s path to #net0, #energytrends, energy policy in the #Baltics, Moldova’s energy #transition.
Many thanks: Mihnea Cătuți, Olga Bogdanova, Carolina Novac & @andreicovatariu.bsky.social!
July 1, 2025 at 7:43 AM
📢The EPG Summer School has officially began!
Day 1 of our educational programme brought 4 insightful lectures: EU’s path to #net0, #energytrends, energy policy in the #Baltics, Moldova’s energy #transition.
Many thanks: Mihnea Cătuți, Olga Bogdanova, Carolina Novac & @andreicovatariu.bsky.social!
Day 1 of our educational programme brought 4 insightful lectures: EU’s path to #net0, #energytrends, energy policy in the #Baltics, Moldova’s energy #transition.
Many thanks: Mihnea Cătuți, Olga Bogdanova, Carolina Novac & @andreicovatariu.bsky.social!
Very glad to have discussed energy efficiency and the role of digitalization earlier today at the World Utilities Congress in #AbuDhabi, in the “Amplifying the impact of energy efficiency, the first fuel in energy transition” panel.
May 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Very glad to have discussed energy efficiency and the role of digitalization earlier today at the World Utilities Congress in #AbuDhabi, in the “Amplifying the impact of energy efficiency, the first fuel in energy transition” panel.
Incredibly honoured to share that I’ve been awarded a Policy Leader Fellowship at the @eui-eu.bsky.social in Florence, beginning Sep 2025.
Over the 5-month residency, I’ll be affiliated with the @eui-stg.bsky.social.
Also excited to reconnect with colleagues and friends from @fsr-eui.bsky.social.
Over the 5-month residency, I’ll be affiliated with the @eui-stg.bsky.social.
Also excited to reconnect with colleagues and friends from @fsr-eui.bsky.social.
May 6, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Incredibly honoured to share that I’ve been awarded a Policy Leader Fellowship at the @eui-eu.bsky.social in Florence, beginning Sep 2025.
Over the 5-month residency, I’ll be affiliated with the @eui-stg.bsky.social.
Also excited to reconnect with colleagues and friends from @fsr-eui.bsky.social.
Over the 5-month residency, I’ll be affiliated with the @eui-stg.bsky.social.
Also excited to reconnect with colleagues and friends from @fsr-eui.bsky.social.
Great conversations, awful weather.
A full day of back-to-back meetings in #DC today, discussing the transatlantic energy partnership, the geopolitical impact on energy security, & the strategic role of #CentralEasternEurope in ensuring that security.
#TransatlanticPartnership
A full day of back-to-back meetings in #DC today, discussing the transatlantic energy partnership, the geopolitical impact on energy security, & the strategic role of #CentralEasternEurope in ensuring that security.
#TransatlanticPartnership
April 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Great conversations, awful weather.
A full day of back-to-back meetings in #DC today, discussing the transatlantic energy partnership, the geopolitical impact on energy security, & the strategic role of #CentralEasternEurope in ensuring that security.
#TransatlanticPartnership
A full day of back-to-back meetings in #DC today, discussing the transatlantic energy partnership, the geopolitical impact on energy security, & the strategic role of #CentralEasternEurope in ensuring that security.
#TransatlanticPartnership
Really great to be back and attend another #GLOBALENERGYSUMMIT by the @columbiauenergy.bsky.social | Columbia University today in New York.
April 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Really great to be back and attend another #GLOBALENERGYSUMMIT by the @columbiauenergy.bsky.social | Columbia University today in New York.
Interesting session yesterday at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center - 'How Implementation Makes Environmental Policy Cheaper and Easier Than Expected,' featuring a presentation by Professor Beth DeSombre.
April 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Interesting session yesterday at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center - 'How Implementation Makes Environmental Policy Cheaper and Easier Than Expected,' featuring a presentation by Professor Beth DeSombre.
Despite this context, optimism in #Brussels is at historic highs.The Electrification Action Plan & European Grids Package are expected-at best-by the end of this year, most probably in Q1 '26-critical documents to increase the EU electrification by the unrealistic 50% by 2030.
April 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Despite this context, optimism in #Brussels is at historic highs.The Electrification Action Plan & European Grids Package are expected-at best-by the end of this year, most probably in Q1 '26-critical documents to increase the EU electrification by the unrealistic 50% by 2030.
Additionally, on average, the YoY power transformer order backlog for some of the main manufacturers has increased by more than 30% in 2024. For these reasons (and many others), it takes an average of 8 years to develop an extra-high-voltage line in regions like Europe & the US.
April 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Additionally, on average, the YoY power transformer order backlog for some of the main manufacturers has increased by more than 30% in 2024. For these reasons (and many others), it takes an average of 8 years to develop an extra-high-voltage line in regions like Europe & the US.
It takes 4 years to deploy large power transformers, according to the "Building the Future Transmission Grid" report recently issued by the @iea.org.
#energytransforms #energygrids #EU
#energytransforms #energygrids #EU
April 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
It takes 4 years to deploy large power transformers, according to the "Building the Future Transmission Grid" report recently issued by the @iea.org.
#energytransforms #energygrids #EU
#energytransforms #energygrids #EU
One interesting question is whether US secondary sanctions may be an option for other Russian commodities, which may, in turn, hurt Europeans more than China or India, as is the case for oil.
April 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
One interesting question is whether US secondary sanctions may be an option for other Russian commodities, which may, in turn, hurt Europeans more than China or India, as is the case for oil.
Even if that were to happen, the above-mentioned demand destruction would lead (in the medium and long term) to a bearish market, also influenced by other factors, such as the OPEC+ supply increase.
April 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Even if that were to happen, the above-mentioned demand destruction would lead (in the medium and long term) to a bearish market, also influenced by other factors, such as the OPEC+ supply increase.
…fewer goods produced by these countries, including for their main importer, the US) has pushed prices. However, as long as sanctions are not actually imposed, the effect will only be temporary.
April 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
…fewer goods produced by these countries, including for their main importer, the US) has pushed prices. However, as long as sanctions are not actually imposed, the effect will only be temporary.