In conversation with one of Europe's biggest electricity company CEOs, Alistair Philips-Davies
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In this episode of the Clean Energy Pod, powered by SSE, we talk to our Chief Executive, Alistair Phillips-Davies about what it’s like to run one of Europe’s biggest electricity infrastructure companies. Alistair shares:
• what made him an early mover in clean energy
• which clean energy technologies and trends are inevitable
• why he decided to sell the UK domestic supply business
• how the business decides on who and where to invest billions of pounds
• what policy makers need to do to speed up the clean energy transition
This recording took place during our full year financial results announcement in May 2024. Alistair also talks about how the company performed in financial year 2023/24. And perhaps more importantly, how SSE is investing more than £20 billion by 2027, and much more than that in the years to come.
Find out more about our 2023/24 financial year results on our website: https://www.sse.com/news-and-views/2024/05/inside-sse-s-2023-24-financial-year-results-with-our-chief-executive/
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Chapters
1. Introduction (00:00:00)
2. How has SSE performed in the markets over the last 12 months? (00:00:26)
3. Why is SSE investing more than £20 billion by 2027? (00:01:54)
4. Why did you decide to focus on renewables, electricity networks and flexible power? (00:04:44)
5. Why have electricity networks been under appreciated for such a long time? (00:08:17)
6. Why is that combination of renewables, electricity networks and flexible power so important? (00:09:25)
7. Do people understand the growth opportunity for electricity because the world is changing? (00:12:05)
8. What is the capacity market predicting a future increase in electricity demand? (00:13:52)
9. What markets are SSE investing in? (00:16:19)
10. What impact has COVID and the war in Ukraine had on supply chains? (00:18:28)
11. What would be your advice to policymakers on how they can accelerate the energy transition? (00:22:24)
12. What is a just transition? (00:25:08)
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