As the world moves away from fossil fuels, the electricity grid will need to be able to handle a greater and greater load. In the second installment of Zero’s grid series, Akshat Rathi sits down with Scottish Power CEO Keith Anderson to talk about what that looks like in the UK. They discussed the promise of GB Energy, the challenges of hiring qualified engineers, and what the new Labour government can do to speed up the UK’s energy transition. 

Explore further:
Past Grid Series episode with National Grid’s Sanjeet Sanghera about the challenges of updating the grid around the world
Past episode about the role of the UK’s Climate Change Committee in shaping net zero policy
Past episode with Vesta’s CEO Henrik Andersen about the wind industry’s hurdles

Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Kira Bindrim, Matthew Griffin, and Anna Mazarakis. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/green.

As the world moves away from fossil fuels, the electricity grid will need to be able to handle a greater and greater load. In the second installment of Zero’s grid series, Akshat Rathi sits down with Scottish Power CEO Keith Anderson to talk about what that looks like in the UK. They discussed the promise of GB Energy, the challenges of hiring qualified engineers, and what the new Labour government can do to speed up the UK’s energy transition. 
Explore further:
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<li aria-level="1">Past Grid Series episode <a href="https://omnystudio.com/p/zero/clips/4f043f5f-7195-4ac9-9f3e-b1b700a88eea">with National Grid’s Sanjeet Sanghera about the challenges of updating the grid around the world</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Past episode about<a href="https://omnystudio.com/p/zero/clips/b30c1deb-a86f-4521-8ae3-b14700b7920e"> the role of the UK’s Climate Change Committee in shaping net zero policy</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Past episode with <a href="https://omnystudio.com/p/zero/clips/38baaa01-fa09-449e-ac21-b15c01178e6d">Vesta’s CEO Henrik Andersen about the wind industry’s hurdles</a></li>
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Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Kira Bindrim, Matthew Griffin, and Anna Mazarakis. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/green">https://www.bloomberg.com/green</a>.

Zero is about the tactics and technologies taking us to a world of zero emissions. Each week Bloomberg’s award-winning reporter Akshat Rathi talks to the people tackling climate change – a venture capitalist hunting for the best cleantech investment, scientists starting companies, politicians who have successfully created climate laws, and CEOs who have completely transformed their businesses. The road to zero emissions has many paths and everyone’s got an opinion about the best route. Listen in.

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https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/d18ce709-cef2-49fd-84c8-b1bd011e69aa/transcript

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