Europe remapped: What the energy utopia "Eneropa" would look like in 2050

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Europe remapped: What the energy utopia "Eneropa" would look like in 2050

Imagine it’s 2050 and the old countries of Europe are gone. In their place are entities based not on history, language, or ethnicity, but on the type of renewable energy they’re best at producing. A centralized power grid redistributes these variously sourced types of energy throughout the continent to even out temporary gaps and seasonal imbalances. Welcome to Eneropa, Europe’s hypothetical energy utopia, where the power supply is stable, susta…