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Chang: Energy companies claiming 100% renewable tariffs are lying
“So any energy company that's claiming their harm sent renewables is a complete lie. Right. They're simply buying renewable certificates, right, to claim the harm sent renewables, and it's completely false.”
Chang: Fuse Energy is generating over $400M in annualized revenue
“So the company is doing over four hundred million revenue, annualized revenue,”
Chang: Energy consumption per capita correlates strongly with quality of life
“There's actually, A very strong correlation between how much energy you use per capita and quality of life.”
Chang: UK energy consumption dropped 25% while China's grew 7x
“So if you look at energy consumption per capita in the last 25 years, UK has dropped 25%. In the US, it's been flat. In China, in the same period of time, it's gone up by seven times.”
Chang: China deploys more solar power than all Western economies combined
“In China, they deploy more solar than the all Western economies combined.”
Chang: Americans consume almost eight times more energy than Europeans
“The Americans use, you know, almost eight times more energy than Europeans and look at the quality of life.”
Chang: Electricity costs 25-30 cents in Europe, 10-15 in US, 8 in China
“So, like, if you look at the, what the Brits and Europeans pay in terms of, you know, cost per kilowatt, it's roughly 25 to 30 dollar cents. And the US is 10 to 15 dollar cents. In China, it's eight dollar cents.”
Chang: China has laid more grid cables than all Western economies combined
“They've laid more cables of grid than all Western economies combined.”
Fuse built its energy MVP with a $750K Scottish wind turbine
“So we found a single wind turbine in north of Scotland that the seller is willing to sell for 750 K. We found a license for 75 K. We convinced the former CEO of Ofgem to become an advisor with just equity and no cash. And my co-founder Charles became a qualifi…”
Chang: Crypto and trading revenues offset Revolut's COVID interchange collapse
“During the COVID lockdowns the interchange revenue, so, you know, revenue from people spending on cards, especially abroad, went basically near zero, right? However there was a lot of stimulus checks, right? From the COVID times and the stock market was boomin…”