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The UK needs to think bottoms up this Christmas, not more top down.
I read the Great British Energy strategy paper this week — what a disaster. It’s big, top-down, 20th-century, communist-era thinking on energy. Whenever a government says it wants to “shape markets” and “respond to market failures”, allow me to translate: “subsidise uneconomic energy with taxpayers’ money” and “waste billions we don’t have”. Solar and storage are already the lowest-cost solutions, but stupid bureaucracy is holding them back. The UK should focus on bottom-up
Andrew Birch ("Birchy")
5 days ago2 min read


Stop COPlicating things: apply the 80/20 rule and build the grid of the future with Solar and Storage
How to solve 80% of climate: just digitise the grid and let solar fly! I love the global village that is COP, especially in the polarised, war-mongering world we’re now in. Honestly, it is quite beautiful mingling with all the cultures and peoples of humanity, together physically in one venue – I met scores of amazing, caring people – it’s an environmentalist’s mecca and a beacon of hope for multilateralism. I felt really proud to be a sponsor of the Global Solar Council’s 10
Andrew Birch ("Birchy")
Nov 246 min read


Solar Down Under: Australian Solar Visit
From an inspiring visit to India with 70% solar growth and an ambitious 10m rooftop program, to a week in Australia - another solar star country! We’re seeing huge growth in battery adoption to add to the 35% solar penetration. Aussie pros have installed 2GWh of distributed battery installs in just the first 4 months of the new battery initiative! The market feels a little scarily hot right now so watch out everyone (I’d prefer a market-driven policy to de-risk this) but the
Andrew Birch ("Birchy")
Nov 232 min read


$20M Equity Raise to Accelerate AI Innovation and Global Electrification
We’ve recently completed a $20 million equity raise from leading technology investors including Titanium Ventures, Google, and 2150 Sustainability Fund, among others, who share our belief that clean-energy progress comes from empowering the people who deliver it.
Andrew Birch ("Birchy")
Oct 152 min read
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