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Greener intelligence: AI powered by the Sun

As the use of AI grows, so does its environmental footprint. But, argues Darren Evans, solar-powered AI stations in sun-rich regions, using advanced cooling technology, could support a future that is both digitally advanced and environmentally accountable.
18 Dec 2025 Darren Evans FRSA
In Conversation

In conversation with Greg Jackson

For Greg Jackson, Founder and CEO of Octopus, the energy transition feels so close he can almost touch it. The iconoclast entrepreneur invited the RSA into Octopus HQ in central London for an interview with writer and broadcaster Lucy Siegle. Their conversation spanned the power of electrification, UK energy chaos, why populists have a point on bills, and how to deal with oil executives planning for Armageddon.
10 Dec 2025 Lucy Siegle
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Action by design

Chair of the RSA’s Trustee Board Sir Loyd Grossman introduces the Journal’s ‘Action’ issue, which includes interviews with the latest Royal Designers for Industry, an investigation into future-thinking by Nick Foster RDI and an ‘In Conversation’ with Greg Jackson, CEO of Octopus Energy
10 Dec 2025 Sir Loyd Grossman
Fellowship events

Carbon literacy training – Stratford

Friends and Fellows in Stratford-on-Avon District are invited to join this two-day free Carbon Literacy Training course.
23 Jan 2025 Stratford Climate Hub, CV37 6QB
Solar panels in the foreground capture sunlight on a clear day, while wind turbines stand tall in the background on a grassy hill. The sun is near the horizon, casting warm light across the landscape, highlighting the renewable energy theme.
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Towards a people-powered future for energy

A panel gathers to consider how the energy sector can draw on the power of collective, community-driven change to navigate the demanding journey of recovery and transformation that lies ahead.
07 Apr 2022
Row of buildings with solar panels on their red roofs, set against a backdrop of leafless trees and a clear blue sky. A plowed field is visible in the foreground, and green grass borders the buildings.
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The story of disorder

How should we understand the turbulent age we’re living through? Professor Helen Thompson examines the geopolitical, domestic, and economic histories of the current moment, and what we can learn from the challenges of today.
03 Mar 2022
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Power struggle

European leaders must strike a grand bargain to untangle the crisis in the energy market.
29 Nov 2022 Ben McWilliams, Giovanni Sgaravatti, Simone Tagliapietra, Georg Zachmann
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