The battles of Greg Jackson, Britain’s clean-energy disrupter
The boss of Octopus Energy wants to change the way the world uses electricity
They are both 53-year-old futurists. One wrote his first video game aged 12; the other dropped out of school at 16 to program games. Both studied economics and came to lead sprawling technology businesses involved in the defining 21st-century goal of electrification. Each dresses casually and retains a boyish enthusiasm for invention.
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This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Disrupter-in-chief”
Britain December 14th 2024
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- Britain’s House of Lords purges itself
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- The battles of Greg Jackson, Britain’s clean-energy disrupter
- British politics enters the “death zone”
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Britain’s aid budget is less generous than it looks
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Britain’s House of Lords purges itself
The toffs are being culled
Britain’s government has only half a plan to improve infrastructure
It is taking on NIMBYs, but has not focused on projects that will boost the economy
British politics enters the “death zone”
Every party in British politics is in danger, whether they think it or not
A search for roots is behind a surge in Scottish tourism
Americans are especially keen on their Caledonian ancestry