This week's guest is Kayla Ente, founder and CEO of BHESCO, who joined me to talk about the politics and economics of the clean energy transition. We covered a lot of ground, and there's lots here to inspire and encourage as well as a deep dive into the complexities, obstacles and opportunities in the landscape at the moment. Topics include
- How the margins involved in PV hamper traditional financial investors from supporting uptake
- Property ownership mix in generation rent as a drag on retrofit and the move to reduce energy use and decarbonising fuel
- How property owners can get involved, and why the new retrofit coordinator role is so important in our net zero strategy
- How homes of the future will be heated and powered, and how fast the changes are happening
- The psychology of clean growth
- The failure of the green new deal and the impact on the ecosystem of expertise needed to undertake the clean energy transition
- The opportunities for British higher education to pivot to clean energy training
- Stacking the benefits of decarbonising gas-dependent villages
- The political economy of nuclear power vs renewables
- Biomethane and fuel from food & agricultural waste
LINKS
BHESCO
Retrofit Works
Energy Vault
Community Energy South
Community Energy England
This Changes Everything - Naomi Klein
Energy Revoution - Howard Johns
Resurgence Magazine
Satish Kumar
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