Inside the UK’s Clean Energy Culture War – Chris Stark Explains | Everything Electric Podcast
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🗓️ 14 July 2025
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Everything Electric Podcast, we sit down with Chris Stark, Head of the UK’s Mission Control for Clean Power 2030 within the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. From building the UK’s energy dashboard to delivering on ambitious targets, Chris takes us behind the scenes of the nation’s clean power revolution. We cover everything from offshore wind auctions and retrofitting homes, to the huge challenge of delivering 95% clean electricity by 2030. Listen to Chris' insights on:
🔋What "Mission Control for Clean Power" actually looks like
🔋The UK's action plan to hit 95% clean electricity
🔋Why offshore wind is make or break for the UK
🔋Challenges of grid expansion and planning
🔋Demand-side flexibility & consumer transformation
🔋Working with Ed Miliband & the urgency of climate delivery
🚗 This episode was Recorded while driving through Glasgow – and comes with a side helping of a slightly frazzled Imogen Bhogal as her and Chris talk about the UK's energy future!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to another episode of the Everything Electric podcast where today we're in Glasgow to chat with Chris Stark, who is the new head of the UK's Mission Control for Clean Power 2030 within the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero. |
| 0:18.0 | Now for regular listeners of the show, you'll know that a few weeks ago I sat down with Ed Miliband, |
| 0:22.6 | the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. |
| 0:25.6 | And so this conversation is all around drawing on some of the threads that we started to explore in that particular conversation |
| 0:31.6 | and actually start to look at the practical realities of delivering this clean power future. |
| 0:36.6 | Now, we were driving around Glasgow, so I would say that my face throughout this interview is a little bit stressed, |
| 0:42.3 | and I will say that it's more about driving in Glasgow than it is the topic of our conversation. |
| 0:47.3 | All of that to look forward to, but first, a very quick advert break. |
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| 1:05.0 | Next up, we're in Canada for Everything Electric Vancouver. |
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| 1:12.2 | vehicle or more at Everythingelectric.store. Back to the episode. Chris, thank you so much for coming |
| 1:19.5 | on the podcast today in this slightly unusual format. For those listening, we are actually in the car |
| 1:25.3 | and we're driving around Glasgow. We've been in the car for some time |
| 1:28.3 | we've already had a lot of really really interesting chat |
| 1:30.4 | so we need to make sure that we go over |
| 1:31.9 | all of this territory again |
| 1:33.2 | but Chris I wonder if you could kick us off |
| 1:36.5 | by telling us exactly what you do |
| 1:40.2 | and what it actually means |
| 1:42.1 | I can do that and it is an unusual circumstance, |
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