Jonny Bairstow

Jonny is rubbish at cricket (a bit like his namesake) but very good on old bikes. A charmingly well-educated young man, he is both the most polite reporter we have had and the most laid back. A top performer who is never easily distracted his languid cool has made him very popular. He is trying, very trying but we love his manners so much we think he will take the sector by storm. He’s also very good at sounding interested at conversations.
Banning stickers on fruit ‘would avoid 100m pieces of plastic waste a week’
Jonny Bairstow

BusinessWaste has urged the government to introduce new regulations to tackle the stickers, which are used as branding and to display bar code information

Britain hits 34-day coal-burning streak
Jonny Bairstow

The grid’s carbon intensity so far in 2021 is already higher than in 2020, marking the first year-on-year increase of this kind since 2012

Britain smashes record with grid flexibility up 45% on previous year
Jonny Bairstow

A total of 1.6GW has been contracted by national electricity distribution networks this year to date, freeing up this volume of capacity on the networks during peak periods of demand

‘Damaging climate change is already evident in UK weather’
Jonny Bairstow

The State of the UK Climate 2020 report emphasises that the national climate emergency is not a problem for the future – it is already here

Government sets out plans for UK’s next-gen nuclear fleet
Jonny Bairstow

It is now seeking views on its proposed plans to approach building the country’s first Advanced Modular Reactor demonstrator project

‘Government must ensure EV charging is convenient and inexpensive’
Jonny Bairstow

The Transport Committee has set out a series of recommendations for the government to follow if it is to deliver on its target of 100% of new vehicle sales being zero emission by 2035

Boris Johnson reportedly considers pushing gas boiler ban back to 2040
Jonny Bairstow

The move would delay the government’s plans to ban all new homes from installing gas and oil boilers from 2025

Government pledges to tackle energy bill ‘loyalty penalty’
Jonny Bairstow

It has announced new proposals to trial automatically switching longstanding customers on default energy tariffs to more affordable options

Nottingham City Council seeks £140m to tackle fuel poverty
Jonny Bairstow

It will spend the money on installing energy efficiency retrofits, improving housing stock and adopting more affordable renewable power

Energy Assets’ AI tech gives energy managers an extra set of eyes
Jonny Bairstow

I spoke with George Catto, Client Services Director for AMR DNA, about what Energy Assets AMR DNA, powered by kWIQly, machine learning technology is capable of – listen to the full podcast to find out more