UrbanChain CEO appears on The Centrist Podcast
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07 Feb 2023
07 Feb 2023
In this episode host Will Barber-Taylor speaks to Dr Somayeh Taheri, the CEO and Founder of UrbanChain. They spoke about how we can scale up renewables, whether nuclear power should be part of the move to net zero and how the government can encourage the use of renewables.
The Centre Think Tank’s Centrist Podcast is hosted by Will Barber-Taylor and includes interviews with a wide variety of politicians, academics and activists.
Previous guests on the show have included Stephen Kinnock, Ed Davey, Melissa Benn, Josiah Mortimer, Tobias Ellwood, Penelope Hope, Wendy Chamberlain and Heledd Fychan.
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