Enlightenment Evening - Energy: The Route to Cheap and Abundant

Since as far back as the Industrial Revolution, the primary currency of civilisation has been energy—the means by which we power the machines that make our society truly "modern". But with the highest industrial energy costs in all of Europe and home energy costs only rising, Britons are increasingly unhappy with the state of Joules per Pound in the country. And yet there is no shortage of solutions to Britain's wattage woes. From Small Modular Reactors to onshore wind to Great British Energy, policy boffins and engineers are constantly arguing about how to do it best. So how do we balance our national need for cheap, abundant and secure energy with the sentiments of local stakeholders, all within a new era of global instability? Come and discuss how we can keep the lights on, for cheaper and longer.