The Building Podcast
Mark Wakeford is Chairman of the National Federation of Builders, vice-chair at Constructing Excellence Midlands and a Governor at Construction College, Moulton College. He has run a large regional building contractor and now chairs Evoenergy, one of the UK's foremost renewable companies, bringing low carbon solutions to corporate Britain.
Mark talks to leading experts from across the construction sector to discuss issues facing the built environment. He explores various challenges with his guests, who offer solutions, information and ideas that listeners can apply to their own situations, be it in a company, on a project or studying at college.
The Building Podcast aims to provide CPD on the go. Supporting the sector with easily digestible ideas to support a rapidly changing industry!
The Building Podcast
Mark talks to Ross Grier
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The Solar Taskforce, a joint UK Government and industry collaboration has just published it long awaited Solar Road Map. This charts how the UK will grow solar generation to over 50GW to meet the targets of clean power by 2030 and net-zero by 2050.
Ross Grier is the Chief Investment Officer for Next Energy Capital, one of the large global investors in renewables. Ross was on the Taskforce, ensuring that the voice and requirements of investors was paramount at all times. His interest is ensuring that targets are fundable and that investment risks are reduced as much as possible.
Ross talks about the investment market and the attraction of solar to his investors. He discusses the role of Contracts for Difference, which is the Government mechanism for support in the sector and why investors are looking for quality developments that are reliable and perform as designed. As Ross says, no funds then no solar development, and we are in an international market for funds.
https://www.nextenergycapital.com/
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/solar-roadmap