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Inside Energy

Inside Energy

Written by: Ofgem
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Inside Energy by Ofgem is a podcast series that uncovers how the energy industry in the UK was formed, what shapes it today, and where it will be in the future. Clare Nasir guides us through the Industrial Revolution, the oil crisis of the 1970s, privatisation, and the dash for gas, all the way to the rise of renewable energy. We’ll hear from industry experts and leading voices within the energy regulator on how our needs have evolved and the work underway to ensure a cleaner, greener future for us all.Ofgem Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Britain's Energy Future and Global Lessons
    Jan 9 2026

    Welcome to 2050. AI manages your solar panels, heat pump, and EV, making thousands of daily decisions to slash your bills. In this episode, Ofgem CEO Jonathan Brearley stares deep into Britain's energy future, and explains how it's arriving faster than 2013 projections dared imagine.


    We also look beyond the UK. Climate futurist Michael Barnard explains the rise of ‘crocodile economics’, where GDP rises while emissions fall. Discover how the Netherlands captures CO2 for greenhouse farming, how Pakistan installed 17GW of solar in one year using YouTube tutorials and why Africa's transformation comes next.


    From coal to AI-powered grids, Britain's green revolution accelerates. The future isn't coming - it's here.

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    27 mins
  • Powered by the People - Flexibility and How Consumers Will Shape The Future
    Dec 19 2025

    By 2030, the UK government aims to achieve 95% clean energy, driven by a switch to wind, solar, hydro, battery storage and EVs. To make it happen, we as consumers need to be flexible with our energy consumption. But what does that look like?

    Ofgem’s Marzia Zafar, Ashley Malster and Nina Klein talk about the road to Clean Power 2030, the role of automation, and how consumer choice, convenience and cost are about to matter more than any time in the past 300 years.


    Meanwhile, Tom Luff from innovation experts, Energy Systems Catapult, explains what the data tells us about current consumer behaviour and how it can shape the energy products and services of the future.


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    21 mins
  • Hydrogen - the energy of the future?
    Dec 12 2025

    The universe's most abundant element, Hydrogen has long promised to be the energy of the future. Has its moment finally arrived?


    Discover why green hydrogen is dividing experts. While critics call it "70% inefficient," pioneers like Lhyfe are building commercial plants in Tyneside that produce 6.5 tonnes daily.


    Ofgem's Hilary Hill, Lhyfe’s Boris Davis, and energy author Chris Goodall reveal hydrogen's true potential: not heating homes, but decarbonising heavy industry.


    With 10GW targeted by 2030, could hydrogen finally stop being tomorrow's fuel and become today's solution?

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    21 mins
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