Pipeline cyberattack lessons, Dutch carbon contract for difference + MORE
💥Energy Flux💥| Wednesday, 12th May 2021
There are parallels to be drawn between climate adaptation, the energy transition and cyber threats. The ransomware attack that downed the Colonial fuel pipeline highlights the risks posed by digitalisation of analogue assets in the quest for cost efficiencies. That’s the lead item in today’s issue, which looks like this:
💥Colonial pipeline ransomware debacle holds lessons for the energy transition
💥Netherlands subsidises Porthos CCS project with carbon ‘contract for difference’
⚡Transition lines – Energy transition stories you might’ve missed
🧠Energised minds – Critical thinking on crucial energy issues

💥Colonial pipeline ransomware debacle holds lessons for the energy transition
Cyber threats are now a fact of life, and any company failing to prepare for them is failing in its fiduciary duties. The operator of the Colonial Pipeline and the US government both seem to have distracted from this point by deflecting attention onto DarkSide, the allegedly R…