Author Archives: neilclappertononskye

We can do it! Government, gonnae flex those change muscles and put the big girl’s trousers on for a just energy transition?  Bill Gates has been saying this for years; climate crisis is just too wicked for the private sector and needs the big state.  But in our moment of need, is the state aContinue reading “We can do it!”

The Power of Circles Fuel poverty is a national disgrace in one of the richest countries on the planet, worse for one with our embarrassment of energy riches.  There, I’ve said it.  It hurts people and we shouldn’t stand for it.  I’m not throwing blame around, this is a hugely complex or “wicked” problem thatContinue reading “The Power of Circles”

Power to Change Maitland Mackie of ice cream fame gifted me two things: two inches on my waistline; and the concept of democratising energy, marrying renewable generation with communities and local enterprise.  Peppered across Scotland are wonderful examples, from Mackie’s own renewable ice cream in Aberdeenshire to Berwickshire’s housing turbine, and from Findhorn’s green villageContinue reading “Power to Change”