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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