We can lead the world in clean energy – if we ‘rewire’ Britain

When I took the role as chair of Great British Energy in July 2024, I knew I would be doing so at a time when the comfort of policy consensus in energy was starting to fracture. It has now become a major fault line, and at the frontline of a misinformation battle.

- Juergen Maier

Renewable power and cheaper bills are not mutually exclusive. The energy industry and civil society must push back on forces that would seek the easy, "maybe later" options.

Transforming our energy system is, bluntly, a major overhaul. It was built decades ago for a different world - a world powered by coal, with a handful of large power stations dominating Britain.

And while we are at it, we might as well design for the future, to support many, distributed sources of clean generation - from offshore wind to rooftop solar - all feeding into a grid that is being transformed.