On the train to Glasgow for #COP26 and gratified to see the man opposite has come equipped with his own beer tap
Clem Cowton
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Clem Cowton
@ClemCowton
Director of External Affairs @OctopusEnergy Group || Board, EnergyUK || Board, UK100 || Board, Sussex University Energy Group
- This letter in the @Telegraph made me cry this week. It’s wonderful to take the time to recognise and thank people for helping, but to go out your way to write something so thoughtful when you’re enduring the worst life can throw at you is superhuman, I reckon. 💔
- This is what EPCs should be. Heat loss calculation, plain and simple.
- A stark lesson from the US for energy policy in the UK: You don’t get the chance to make grand plans about climate or anything else if people feel poorer when they go to the polls in 5 years.
- On my way to Labour Party Conference. VERY excited to see our Zero Bills home - which was built in *two days* on site within the secure zone
- 🌬️SWIPE RIGHT FOR WIND🌬️ Octopus Energy’s matchmaking platform Winder (Tinder for wind) has found 2.3GW of onshore wind could be built where local communities want it. Enough to power 1.85m homes - and if we move fast it could be ready for next winter.
- An observation: I’ve been doing more tweets than usual over the past few days about women’s safety, rather than energy policy. It seems to be losing me followers. I’m not delighted about what that implies.
- I live in a Low Traffic Neighbourhood. We have a car - it is currently parked on the street outside my house. LTNs do not ban cars.
- Heat pumps are all very well but this may be my favourite innovation in our Slough centre: A little shelf to rest your mug while you’re opening the door. Our Centre Manager, Lisa, is a bloody genius. ☕️
- 🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 @g__j announces @OctopusEnergy’s Cosy Heat 6 heat pump, manufactured in the UK and costing an average 2 bedroom house £3k, potentially available FREE for some homes once government grant is taken into account #EnergyTechSummit
- A common myth is that switching to heat pumps and electric vehicles adds strain to the grid. In fact, because they act as massive batteries, they become assets that keep the whole system running smoothly, saving us all billions.
