Peter Allan 🚢

@RachelMillardAS @FT Be great to see features on cleantech clusters outside of London - the midlands @EnergySysCat and Wales have interesting setups…I’m biased but great stuff going on over the bridge! #Wales @TramshedTech @devbankwales @WGClimateChange

Delighted to start today as clean energy correspondent @FT I’ll be covering UK energy & clean energy more widely Tips, coffees, thoughts - please get in touch! rachel.millard@ft.com / 07899 096 602 👍

@Ieuan_Leigh If you’re not in pontcanna inn then were you even out?

Bank hols

Thanks to @thefamousgrouse we have 2 sets of tickets to win for this weekend's game between @BristolBears and @SaleSharksRugby at Ashton Gate. To enter just RT this post and make sure you're following us and @thefamousgrouse

@BenCooke135 Hi Ben, happy to chat - we’ve designed a short-form online course to help anyone up-skill in energy efficiency, the course runs alongside the Surple software that uses real-time energy data from your building to make the learnings instantly applicable in a real world scenario

The next Times environmental supplement will be about preparing young people for climate change and net zero. I'm interested in featuring ideas to adapt the curriculum, train young people for green jobs, help them deal with climate anxiety, and so on.Who should I be speaking to?

@VitalizeVC Make energy efficiency accessible and easy for everyone

What's your big vision for your company?

Looking forward to meeting with lots of interesting startups, investors and partners @WebSummit this week, if you’re in Lisbon drop me a message!

Great to be in London today celebrating 10 years of @GoogleStartupUK with @TechNation’s CEO, Gerard Grech - both of which have been hugely supportive in our growth, not to mention @tn_wales who is an absolute hero for startups in Wales @SurpleUK

@g__j Amazing - What’s the cost??

Octopus’s first foray into hardware looks pretty dinky… what can it do?! 🐙

@brianpmccann Awesome - love the story, as a coeliac (gluten intolerant) its a pain when we go out for a drink, in British culture beer is the go-to and wine choice in pubs is poor. Just got back from France (Bordeaux) where wine is no.1, it was so great. Someone needs to make wine cool again

I quit my 9-to-5 to chase my wine dream. The spare money I had was for buying wine. So, I spent as little as I could on materials. Turns out, a printing error would be a golden opportunity. I was able to test my skills and gain confidence prior to my first interview.

@James_at_Sero @Sero_group Arriving at midnight? 🤣 catch you later then

@SurplePeter @Sero_group I’ve taken the scenic route, on the one that just left Newport! 🚂 🏞

Heading up to the Energy Innovation Showcase and Awards today, see you there #EISA2022 @Sero_group shortlisted in Digital Innovation 🤞

Earth Day. 24 hrs for our planet. What a joke. Meanwhile, the average person spends ONE-THIRD of their life working a job they don't care about. That's 90,000 hours that you could get PAID to work on climate solutions. Quit your job. Work on climate.

@intkwetrust I think this is great - I felt like I got to know you reading this, a Humans of New York style series of mini-essay interviews where people shared their experiences of privilege or lack of. Maybe in a specific job niche, VC would be cool

@SurpleUK typeshare.co/surplepeter/po…

The energy transition is going to be the defining moment in our lifetimes. I wouldn't want to be sat at home watching netflix saying I didn't try to do something to help. Which is why my team and I are building @SurpleUK #energyefficiency

Energy saving should be easy and some are trying to make it cheaper and in some cases free to access the right resources that can help too - see my short list below:

Solar panel efficiency debunked - don't get solar if you don't really 'get' solar.

5 things to consider when putting together an energy-saving plan for your business