Net Hero Podcast – With Sumit Bose

‘Net zero solutions must not only be green but also prove economically sustainable’

Net zero solutions must not only be green but also prove economically sustainable to ensure fast-paced and effective decarbonisation.
That’s the suggestion from Nikki Flanders, Managing Director of Energy Customer Solutions at SSE, who spoke to future Net Zero Founder Sumit Bose about the global mission to reach net zero by 2050 and how it can be achieved.

‘Post-coronavirus, businesses will increasingly seek outside assistance to finance clean heat projects’

 In the post-coronavirus era, big business will increasingly seek the aid of professional firms to help finance heat decarbonisation projects, rather than funding them themselves.
That's the suggestion from Richard Burrell, CEO of AMP Clean Energy, who spoke to future Net Zero about the UK's journey to net zero and what he thinks will happen next.

Social and economic structures ‘must be more in tune with sustainability’

It is vital to build new social and economic structures that are more in tune with sustainability to enable longer and healthier human lives.
That’s the suggestion from Mike Hughes, UK & Ireland Zone President at Schneider Electric, who spoke to future Net Zero Founder Sumit Bose last week.

Louise Kingham - Coping with Corona

One word can be used to sum up the global energy sector in the face of the ongoing coronavirus crisis – resilience.
That’s the verdict from Louise Kingham OBE FEI, Chief Executive of the Energy Institute, who stressed the importance of recognising the vital work being carried out by the sector’s workers every day.

We need to “embrace nuclear” to get to net zero

Small scale local distributed energy networks, community energy schemes and off-grid storage has a cruicial role to play in getting us to net zero but only if the government has a rethink on regulations.
That’s the opinion of leading energy analyst Peter King, Head of Energy and Utilities at Capgemini Invent.

The global carbon market ‘will grow rapidly in the next decade’

The global carbon market will grow rapidly in the next decade.
That’s the suggestion from Vaughan Lindsay, CEO of ClimateCare, who spoke to future Net Zero Founder Sumit Bose about the development of corporate integrated carbon strategies and the ‘inevitable’ steps that every business will have to follow in the near future.

‘Fossil fuels will continue to need to be used in the future’

Fossil fuels will continue to need to be used in the future.
That’s the suggestion from Andreas Schierenbeck, CEO of Uniper SE, who spoke to future Net Zero Founder Sumit Bose about the issue of decarbonisation.

UK Power Networks: ‘Uncertainty is the new normal in the energy sector’

‘Uncertainty is the new normal in the energy sector.’ 
That’s the suggestion from Suleman Alli, Director of Strategy and Customer Service at UK Power Networks, who spoke to future Net Zero Founder Sumit Bose earlier this week
 

Choice in power will facilitate the route to net zero

The electricity network will need to be flexible enough to deliver choice for consumers in the future.
That’s the view of Basil Scarsella, the CEO of UK Power Networks, who told Shravan Joshi from the City of London, the challenges of future power are not about one particular energy source.

 

‘Retrofits are the way forward in cutting emissions from buildings’

The potential ‘big wins’ possible when cutting emissions from the building sector lie with the retrofitting of existing structures rather than relying solely on more sustainable methods of construction.
That’s the suggestion from Paul Sheffield, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, who spoke to future Net Zero Founder Sumit Bose about the role of the organisation in helping green the built environment sector.