S5 Ep.3 Policy, risk and public trust – Is the UK energy transition rolling back?

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of recent policy signals on the UK energy transition and the credibility of Clean Power 2030.

In the latest episode of Beyond Curious, Nigel Timperley talks to Sam Hollister and Mark Watts about how recent policy signals are landing with investors and consumers, whether Clean Power 2030 is still credible, and what happens when ambition meets physical and human constraints in the real system.

People in this episode

Host: Nigel Timperley

Guests: Sam Hollister, Mark Watts

Topics covered

• UK energy transition
• policy signals
• investors
• Clean Power 2030
• public trust
• human constraints
• ambition

Keywords

• energy transition
• policy
• public trust
• investors
• Clean Power 2030
• constraints
• ambition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Clean Power 2030

Places: UK

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