About this episode
Howard Johns discusses his journey in clean energy and the founding of POP Energy.
Howard Johns has spent more than two decades doing exactly one thing: putting clean energy in the hands of people. POP is the natural culmination of that work. Following a degree in Energy and Environmental Technology, his journey began in the 90s as an activist and protestor - trying to stop a coal mine in South Wales and various roads across the UK. Realising you can’t solve the problem by saying no he set about building solutions; building his first solar PV system in 1999. His journey tra...
People in this episode
Host: David Hunt
Guest: Howard Johns
Topics covered
- clean energy
- solar PV
- activism
- entrepreneurship
- environmental technology
Keywords
- clean energy
- solar power
- activism
- environmental technology
- entrepreneurship
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: POP Energy
Places: South Wales, UK
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