Crowd Power Plant was born in January 2014 but the business plan has already won an award. Its founder explains
Money makes the world go round: whoever said that first was correct. If we want to solve climate change and change our energy infrastructure, we need to be innovative and entrepreneurial. We need to have green ideas that make more money than their dirty predecessors. We all know that the UKs fossil-fuel-heavy energy mix is a big problem for our future. The solution must include increased revenue and increased profits, but for a cleaner alternative.
At the start of this year I decided to commit to making a difference. I took what I called a productive gap year to have a go at setting up a business to tackle this problem. It meant moving back in with my parents, scratching around in the penny jar for a pint at the weekend and eating far too many tins of baked beans. But my efforts paid off: a few weeks ago my business Crowd Power Plant won the mayor of Londons low carbon entrepreneur award.