INTERVIEW: Chris Stark (@chrisstark.bsky.social), head of UK govt's "mission" for clean power by 2030
Over 40 mins he explains why the UK shd be an "electrostate", why attacks on climate policy are "completely crazy" & why economics are driving the global energy transition “in one direction”
Read @chrisstark.bsky.social's feature article by Jonathan Leake in The Telegraph where he call calls for UK to embrace the "cold, hard economics" of going green, Chris highlights the immense economic opportunity that the renewable energy industry could bring to communities across the UK:
Everything Electric Podcast | Inside the UK’s Clean Energy Culture War – Chris Stark Explains
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Head of the Mission Control for Clean Power 2030 @chrisstark.bsky.social on the UK's action plan to hit 95% clean electricity
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Great interview with @everythingelectric.bsky.social
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"𝘐𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳"🔌
@chrisstark.bsky.social Head of UK’s Mission for Clean Power at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Energy UK Power Talks - Dhara Vyas with Chris Stark CBE, Head of Mission Control, Clean Power by 2030, free online event Wednesday 12 March, 8.30am
Join us this Wednesday for Power Talks - an in-depth discussion on the Govt's energy transition plans between @chrisstark.bsky.social, Head of Mission Control for Clean Power 2030, and our CEO @dharavyas.bsky.social.
📅 12 March 2025 🕒 8.30am 🔗 Register: buff.ly/OUmaB8W
We’re consulting on potential reforms to the CfD for the next renewables allocation round, later this year - among them, longer contracts as we as some other new parameters.
These are some of the most important changes that we can implement for the 2030 clean power mix.
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An image for an IfG event. How can the government accelerate its clean power mission? Tuesday 04 February 2025, 12:30 — 13:30 This IfG event will bring together an expert panel, including: Rosa Hodgkin, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government Fintan Slye, CEO of the National Energy System Operator Chris Stark, Head of Mission Control for Clean Power 2030 Dhara Vyas, CEO of Energy UK The event will be chaired by Jill Rutter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government.
TODAY: Decarbonising the power system by 2030 is one of Labour's missions. But what more could be done to speed up delivery?
Tune in at 12:30 with @rosahodgkin.bsky.social @neso-energy.bsky.social @chrisstark.bsky.social and @dharavyas.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/govern...
Spaces are going quickly for our 10th Anniversary lecture with @chrisstark.bsky.social💡
Register and submit questions for Chris and Professor Karen Turner, CEP Director
(question form is in the last step of getting your Eventbrite ticket)
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Last week, we welcomed @chrisstark.bsky.social, Head of UK’s Clean Power Mission, to the Academy for a Clean Power 2030 workshop.
Alongside top leadership and expert engineers, they discussed steps needed for the UK's Clean Power mission. Learn more: nepc.raeng.org.uk/enabling-a-d...
Scientists developed the first climate models in the late 1960s (for which the Nobel Prize in physics was recently awarded!).
How have these models held up against what happened in the real world after they were published? Surprisingly well, it turns out:
Fankoo!
Miss you guys.
The Committee and secretariat congratulate @chrisstark.bsky.social on being awarded a CBE in the New Years Honours list. Chris oversaw the production of over 100 publications, including six UK progress reports. www.theccc.org.uk/2024/12/31/c...
Thanks Ed. So nice of you.
These last two weeks are providing a lot of reasons to talk about electricity market decarbonization and risk.
Here, the UK is setting a good example of how to accelerate decarbonization by addressing risk allocation problems that otherwise hinder renewables and energy storage investment. 🧵🔌💡
Deep dive: How the UK plans to reach clean power by 2030
With my colleague Molly I've dug deep into the govt's 136-page action plan for decarbonising the grid by 2030
If achieved, it'd see offshore wind become backbone of power sector – in just 6yrs
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Huge.
What @chrisstark.bsky.social's Clean Power 2030 Action Plan gets right? ➡️ Consumers
Clean power transitions rest on consumers shifting energy choices, e.g. how & when they use electricity to match supply from renewables and to avoid overwhelming the grid⚡
📈⬇️ 2030 consumer demand flex growth
There will be a more accessible version of this (time pressures prevented us getting done on time). It’ll be on the .gov website.
Great to see this put together quickly - as is needed for a pacy switch away from gas
Government has experienced bumps and missteps in first 6 months, for sure, but plenty of serious policy activity, manifested publicly, like this. (Whether one happens to agree with it or not on specifics.)
You can probably imagine the nature of some of my recent private correspondence there.
Fascinating UK polling on clean power from @luketryl.bsky.social and @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
Maybe ‘skim’ again. Perhaps you’ll be less ‘shocked’. Control F only takes you so far.
(Top tip: you’ll get much more from social media interactions with me if you’re less aggressive.)
Thanks Jon!
Clean Power 2030 Action Plan https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/675bfaa4cfbf84c3b2bcf986/clean-power-2030-action-plan.pdf
Our brand new Clean Power 2030 Action Plan is published today.
We’ve produced this at lightning pace - it’s packed with new steps towards clean power. We’re moving quickly and making big decisions to open the path to 2030.
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We aim to please
Big day tomorrow. Lots for you to read. We’ve been busy.
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We’re building our own. But we’re using tools developed in govt.
I don’t think we have a URL. I’d like one of course.
We’ll shortly have a dashboard - and we will hopefully be able to publish live progress. So that might be the moment.
Make sure you follow the great Laura Young @lesswastelaura.bsky.social