Osborne vs Davey: The Big Fight!
So in the big green battle in the UK's Coalition Government, it looks like round 1 to Energy and Climate Change Secretary (and my political...
Sustainability Champions, Subsidy Junkies and Green Canoeing
Jun 29, 2012
I gave two keynote speeches this week: one at The Value of Sustainability organised by Newcastle University Business School and TADEA, the other at the...
Are we on the cusp of Energy 2.0?
Jun 13, 2012
The Facebook/Twitter/Flickr/YouTube/Wordpress revolution of the last 5-7 years has famously been dubbed Web 2.0. Web 1.0 was like a huge electronic catalogue of information to...
Book Review: Mad Like Tesla by Tyler Hamilton
Jun 7, 2012
As soon as I walked into the meeting room, I knew I had made a mistake. The huge table was at least 6 inches deep...
Who owns solar energy?
May 16, 2012
I saw this cartoon on Facebook last week and it made me giggle. Then it made me think. While it is primarily a pop at...
Green Technology: It’s the S-Curve, Stupid
May 2, 2012
When I were a lad in the late 1970s, I dreamed of having my own computer. In my room. I would lie awake at night...
It’s about Leadership, Mr Cameron
Apr 27, 2012
All green eyes were on UK Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday as he made the first environmental speech of his tenure at the Clean Energy...
Make the Leap
Apr 25, 2012
Interesting article in the Guardian this morning from Maria van der Hoeven, executive director of the International Energy Agency saying clean energy is both feasible and...
Book Review: The Third Industrial Revolution by Jeremy Rifkin
Apr 18, 2012
International energy adivsor Jeremy Rifkin's newish book The Third Industrial Revolution has been getting quite a lot of attention in the press, so I thought...
Greetings from (occasionally) sunny Northumberland
Apr 5, 2012
I'm away with family in Budle Bay in Northumberland - just south of Lindisfarne or Holy Island. Budle Bay is part of the Lindisfarne nature...