Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The UK plans for its National Grid to be entirely run on renewable energy by 2035 but a huge connection backlog means that many clean energy projects must wait for over a decade to be connected. How is this impacting green investment? How does it threaten UK’s progress towards its climate targets? And what can be done to speed up Britain’s green transition?
Speakers include:
Emma Pinchbeck—Chief Executive of Energy UK.
Greg Jackson—Founder and Chief Executive Office, Octopus Energy
Nick Winser CBE FREng—Chair of Energy Systems Catapult and the UK Government’s first Electricity Networks Commissioner.
Samira Ahmed (Chair)—Award-winning journalist and broadcaster, presenter of Radio 4's Front Row and BBC1's Newswatch.
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The UK plans for its National Grid to be entirely run on renewable energy by 2035 but a huge connection backlog means that many clean energy projects must wait for over a decade to be connected. How is this impacting green investment? How does it threaten UK’s progress towards its climate targets? And what can be done to speed up Britain’s green transition?
Speakers include:
Emma Pinchbeck—Chief Executive of Energy UK.
Greg Jackson—Founder and Chief Executive Office, Octopus Energy
Nick Winser CBE FREng—Chair of Energy Systems Catapult and the UK Government’s first Electricity Networks Commissioner.
Samira Ahmed (Chair)—Award-winning journalist and broadcaster, presenter of Radio 4's Front Row and BBC1's Newswatch.
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