Energy company Ripple Energy is launching the UK’s first consumer-owned wind farm, entering into a deal with Octopus Energy for the energy it generates.
Changes in public policy are still needed to encourage a switch from gas boilers to hybrid systems now, but the Future Homes Standard should be implemented now.
Co-op Energy has launched the first tariff that uses entirely community sourced power, in order to support decentralisation efforts and local schemes it says.
Octopus Energy's founder and CEO Greg Jackson talked to Current± about the challenges of being a new contender in the energy sector, the future of infrastructure and technology evangelists.
