In recent years, the world has been grappling with a global energy crisis.
As we struggle to cope with increasing energy costs, the environmental impacts of using non-renewable fossil fuels, and the transition to more green and sustainable alternatives, there has been a drive for new innovations within the energy sector, as well as a call for decentralising the power grid, and to empower local communities to create their own electricity, through new renewable energy infrastructure and initiatives.
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In this Step Change Conversation, we are joined by Dr. Ana Trbovich, Vice Chair of the Energy Web Foundation, and Grid Singularity, an awarded energy technology innovator that enables peer-to-peer energy marketplaces. Ana is also a professor of entrepreneurship, as well as a member of the Step Change Advisory Board.
We talk about:
- The current challenges that face innovation and change within the energy sector,
- How emerging smart tech and blockchain are driving change in communal energy projects,
- The current and future role of citizen science in driving innovation and policy changes in the energy sector.
- The role of citizens and other stakeholders in energy de-centralisation, and bottom-up approaches to policy change.
Watch the full conversation here!
A huge thank you to Ana, for joining us for this enlightening conversation, and for all your contributions to the Step Change Project.
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