On the need for a plan to proceed things - so true. And yes, how slowly things move, despite the urgency of tackling climate change. I have (like many others here I'm sure), been working in what we now call the low-carbon sector for nearly 20 years now. And whereas Denmark and Iceland have done amazing things in that time, while the PV offer has transformed way beyond what many of us in the business thought possible, here in Britain - with some of the best renewable resources in the world - we've done precious little.
However, the supergrid is getting built, incrementally, bit by bit. More interconnectors are springing up all the time; some additional storage hydro is getting built; organisations such as the ETI are doing decent work with relatively small budgets (compared to our continental neighbours), Ireland are busy planning for 50% wind penetration; the
Desertec Industrial Initiative is getting its act together;
Georg Adamowitsch has done fantastic stuff in the EU on working towards the North Sea Grid.
So, plenty of reasons to be cheerful, but absolutely no grounds for complacency - so much remains to be done.
