The UK Government has a goal to achieve net zero by 2050, but in order to get there we need to radically increase renewables, and as a result, scale up the grid to support all of the new, renewable energy generation. But how do we connect these new wind farms, hydro schemes, solar farms and other low-carbon energy sources to the electricity grid? In this episode of the Clean Energy Pod, powered by SSE, we talk to Laura Fleming, Country Managing Director for Hitachi Energy in the UK and Irela...
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The UK Government has a goal to achieve net zero by 2050, but in order to get there we need to radically increase renewables, and as a result, scale up the grid to support all of the new, renewable energy generation. But how do we connect these new wind farms, hydro schemes, solar farms and other low-carbon energy sources to the electricity grid? In this episode of the Clean Energy Pod, powered by SSE, we talk to Laura Fleming, Country Managing Director for Hitachi Energy in the UK and Irela...
What is a just transition? And what does it mean for people and communities?
Clean Energy Pod
25 minutes
1 year ago
What is a just transition? And what does it mean for people and communities?
What exactly is a just transition? Or a just energy transition? What impact will a just transition have on people and communities? Rachel McEwen, SSE's Chief Sustainability Officer, and one of the pioneers of what is the world's first corporate just transition strategies joins us on the latest episode of the #CleanEnergyPod.Rachel shared what a just transition to net zero really means. And the impact it has on people, communities and jobs. And how it will help us tackle climate change.SS...
Clean Energy Pod
The UK Government has a goal to achieve net zero by 2050, but in order to get there we need to radically increase renewables, and as a result, scale up the grid to support all of the new, renewable energy generation. But how do we connect these new wind farms, hydro schemes, solar farms and other low-carbon energy sources to the electricity grid? In this episode of the Clean Energy Pod, powered by SSE, we talk to Laura Fleming, Country Managing Director for Hitachi Energy in the UK and Irela...