Tackling Fuel Poverty (with Killian O'Connor)

Energy Matters

English - April 15, 2021 08:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MB
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In this first ever episode of Energy Matters, we set about tackling one of the energy industry's — and indeed one of society's — biggest issues: fuel poverty.

More than 10% of households in the UK today cannot afford to pay their energy bills or heat their homes, a situation which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

We talk to renewable energy expert, Killian O'Connor, about how fuel poverty is defined, some of the Government policies aimed at alleviating the problem, and how — importantly — technology-led and finance-backed solutions might just hold the answer.

Killian talks about one such solution on the market: SMS's Solopower, which offers smart battery storage and solar generation to social housing landlords and their tenants at zero upfront cost.

Created and presented by Aled Bryon.

For more information on fuel poverty, visit our blog.
To find out more about Solopower, click here.