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 Peter Wooders
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The UK plans to have over 50GW of solar capacity installed by 2030. The global solar Council is projecting 8TW of solar capacity in the same timeframe. The UK accounts for just over half of one percent, yet we are part of a holistic worldwide industry with global supply chains, prone to geopolitical risks.
Peter Wooders founded Geneva Platform to examine and promote solutions to international supply chain risks. Geneva Platform works for a wide variety of Governments and other organisations to understand supply chain risks. Peter is their expert on renewable energy; the markets and the countries that support and deliver it and the effects of competition on the various actors.
Peter is very positive about the opportunities that solar faces, noting that it is a relatively easy technology to install, it is modular and scalable and very cheap, when compared to other forms of energy production. Listen to this podcast if you want to understand the supply chain risks that solar faces and the ways that solar has to combat the subsidies and support that Governments provide the fossil fuel sector. Peter also talks about the Solar Sustainability Initiative and the power that this has to standardise investors’ approaches to recording and satisfying themselves that no slavery exists in these products.