Redefining Energy25 Nov 2024

160. Financing the Residential Energy Transition - Nov24

Deploying solar and heat pumps in the residential sector is all well and good, but many attempts to scale have unfortunately failed.
Beyond the king Octopus, Simon Phelan and his company Hometree have managed to become an unlikely challenger in the deployment of the Energy transition inside home. And Simon has achieved this feat by flipping the system onto his head.
Hometree is a company that offers its customers home emergency breakdown insurance, plus installations and financing for energy efficient hardware. The achievements of Hometree are truly remarkable: 100,000 homes covered, a network 5,000 engineers, 100mEUR VC raised (Legal & General, Blackrock), 400mEUR securitisation of behind the meter asset portfolio (Barclays and CPPIB).
How has the Hometree system cracked the code of home energy decarbonisation?
They don’t “push” a product or a technology, they “pull” the client towards the best decarbonised solution. It starts with insurance, making sure that your heating system always work and thus creating long term relationships with clients.
Then comes the financing with fully wrapped solutions that lower the prices; the financing is then securitised to investors. And it is a good risk. Finally, having boots on the ground to serve clients to repair, maintain or build.
The eco-system is so versatile and powerful that all Utilities are looking to partner with Hometree … in the secret hope of staying relevant against the Octopus juggernaut. We call Hometree: “the Best of the Rest”.

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242. HVDC & the Grid of the future - Michael Barnard - Aug26

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17 Aug 41min

241. The Great Oxford Debate: “Energy and Aristotle" - Aug26

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10 Aug 34min

240. The CHINT Blueprint, or the Chinese Solar revolution from the inside - Aug26

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3 Aug 29min

239. Space PPAs for satellites - Jul26

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27 Jul 26min

238. Revealed: CIP’s Playbook (Live from DLA Piper) - Jul26

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20 Jul 35min

237. Datacenters: "Let’s get Physical" with Quinbrook - Jul26

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13 Jul 31min