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GRID

GRID

By: Business News Wales
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 "GRID is a new podcast series exploring the vital role of Wales' electricity grid in enabling the country's transition to a green energy future. This series will educate listeners on the challenges, opportunities, and innovations shaping Wales’ energy landscape through those at the heart of the strategy, technology, and policy. The series will feature expert insights from grid operators, renewable energy developers, policymakers, and industry leaders, providing a comprehensive understanding of how strengthening the grid is essential for unlocking the full potential of Wales’ renewable energy ambitions."Copyright 2025 Business News Wales Economics
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  • The Cost of Electrification – Technology vs Inaction

    The Cost of Electrification – Technology vs Inaction
    Jul 11 2025

    Welcome to Episode 2 of GRID – The Cost of Electrification: Technology vs Inaction.

    In this episode, host Carwyn Jones explores the real price of powering up Wales. It's not just a question of overhead lines versus underground cables – it's about what we lose when the grid can’t keep pace with ambition. With insights from Stephen Rowlands of Green Gen Cymru, Abi Beck from RenewableUK Cymru, and Eryl Roberts of Jones Bros, we examine both the cost of building the infrastructure and the economic risks of delay.

    From stranded renewable projects to stalled investment, this episode asks: what’s the bigger cost – the technology, or inaction?

    In this episode host Carwyn Jones and guests Stephen Rowlands, head of construction and supply chain at Green Gen Cymru, Abi Beck, head of strategic communications - Cymru at RenewableUK Cymru and Eryl Roberts, Contracts Director at Jones Bros debate both sides of the equation and ask what the real trade-offs are – and can we afford to wait?
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    33 mins

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