Sam Fenwick
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941 appearances
9 recordings
2 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 3 Aug
Sam Fenwick’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Which brings us to our last link, power grids.
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Professor Diana Ulget-Vorsetz is vice chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the UN's climate panel, and a professor at Central European University.
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So while everyone is worried about what data centres are doing to the grid, the bigger concern is what the unit in the corner of your bedroom is pumping out.
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An air conditioner doesn't destroy heat, it moves it out of your flat onto the pavement, which makes our cities hotter and therefore makes it more likely that everyone else will buy air con units too.
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And we all switch them on at the same time.
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Our grids are not prepared for this.
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So the grid has to grow, more capacity, more generation.
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And the cheapest power on the continent is no use to you at 10 o'clock at night.
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It sounds hugely expensive as well.
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You're saying that we need to invest more in that in order to be able to meet our energy demands going forward into the future.
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Across the European Union, the cost of building and running the grid is recovered through network charges.
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Those charges already make up around a quarter of a typical household electricity bill.
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And here's what ties it back to the box on your window.
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Most of what the grid costs has nothing to do with how much electricity you use over a year.
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It's about developing a grid that is resilient and can cope with spikes in demand.
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And a hot European evening is a peak that didn't used to exist.
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Now, Gideon, do we know what that is going to cost?
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And does everyone accept that, Gideon?
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So a lot of investment to come into our electricity grids in the future.
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But Gideon, who's actually making money out of this boiling hot summer?
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