Clean energy transition, with Kayla Ente

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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