Britain | An energy unicorn
The battles of Greg Jackson, Britain’s clean-energy disruptor
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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Some clumsy EV targets will probably get revised. After that, the road should get smoother
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