Commenting on recent research which has shown that schools are struggling with additional electricity capacity, Williams said: “The decarbonisation of heat is a huge challenge. It accounts for 37% of the UK’s total carbon emissions, with space heating making up 17% and industrial heat 14%.“It is well- documented that the National Grid struggles to keep up with the electrification of everything. The consequences of this are companies and renewable energy projects queuing to be connected to the grid, and simultaneously postponing progress to reach net zero. “Fortunately, there are plenty of UK businesses developing innovative and efficient grid-edge solutions to decarbonise commercial and industrial heat that don’t rely on the National Grid. The energy transition can be a success if home grown technology and talent is used efficiently. The transition to net zero is the biggest economic opportunity of our lifetimes and provides an ideal backdrop for the government to invest into ‘Made in the UK’. ”Naked Energy is a BEIS-backed UK company which offers a high-temperature photovoltaic-thermal solar energy collector that can deliver simultaneous power and high-temperature heat for hot water and heating in residential, commercial, agricultural and industrial buildings and schools and colleges. For the past few years, it has been urging Government to meet its net-zero goals by supporting distributed energy generation, including solar thermal and hybrid photovoltaic (PVT) energy.