25 years ago this month, the UK’s clean energy revolution started – in Blyth
On the wall of my office is a dreamy picture of two wind turbines taken by my friend, neighbour and photographer Jack Lowe - my...
Jeremy Leggett: Solar and Rewilding Pioneer
Sep 5, 2025
When Jeremy Leggett decided to abandon the fossil fuel industry in favour of fighting climate change, he didn't take half measures. Cutting his teeth in...
The Future of Energy (it’s electrifying!) with Richard Black, Ember
May 16, 2025
This week I'm joined by the legendary Richard Black, former BBC environment editor, founder of the ECIU and now Director of Strategy and Policy at...
Can renewables reduce home energy bills to zero? Octopus Energy’s Emma Fletcher explains how
Apr 17, 2025
Emma Fletcher is one of those quite extraordinary people whose ability to get things done is unparalleled. She led a community project to develop a...
It’s a disgrace that we pay wind farms not to generate energy – or is it?
Mar 6, 2025
On Tuesday, there was yet more harrumphing from the press about payments to windfarms not to generate electricity. This from the Telegraph: The so-called constraint...
“Is the electricity grid ready for Net Zero?” with Paul Glendinning, Northern Powergrid
Feb 21, 2025
With electrification emerging as the prime route to the decarbonisation of transport, space heating and many industrial processes, the gazillion dollar question is, can the...
What business students think about renewable energy
Feb 17, 2025
So, after a long grinding couple of weeks marking assignments, my work at Newcastle Business School comes to an end. I have to say I...
From molecules to electrons: how the economy is changing
Feb 5, 2025
Did you know that 40% of global shipping movement is simply moving fossil fuels around the world? That's an incredible statistic, but even that is not...
Sustainability in 2023: My ‘Predictions’
Jan 9, 2023
For a few years, every January an environmental website used to ask me for my predictions for 2023. I never liked doing it as I...
Message to our next PM: Climate Cakeism Won’t Cut It
Sep 5, 2022
Here in the UK, the long, tedious slog to take over as Prime Minister from the disgraced Boris Johnson finally comes to an end today....