Repowering Coal - Are you in?

Emissions need to be reduced urgently and energy output needs to be increased. Trillions of dollars have been invested in coal power equipment. Millions of people are working in the coal industry, who can be retrained for clean power jobs. We are running out of our carbon budget, and the climate crisis is intensifying. So how to address this?

Repowering - reutilising existing fossil fuel infrastructure and upgrading coal units with new and clean, low-carbon tech - is one of the ways forward. We believe it is vital for the survival of our future generations

At the Repower World Summit 2025 in Katowice, Poland, we teamed up with the inestimably talented filmmaker/director/camera operator/script writer/editor Joris Skudra to work on a short film to introduce Repowering to the world – to be produced in a style that entertains, educates, and inspires.

JORIS: "Since the topic touches on the whole 'going green' thing and let’s be real, we’ve all seen enough of the tired 'save the planet' visuals and corporate fake laughs, it felt like this needed a different, braver angle to actually cut through. Repower team totally got that and let me go all in.

We spent hours in interviews, encouraging everyone to drop the polished, academic tone and just be real, human, honest, imperfect.

In one scene, where I wanted to touch on the greenwashing issue and wasn’t sure it would make it through, the Repower team actually pushed me to go even harder, at a point where most organizations would’ve backed off. I think it’s important to try and be honest, and they clearly value that too.‍

Spending time inside this organization, I saw how many people genuinely care and pour their heart into it. That kind of honesty is rare—and refreshing.

Hope that comes through in the film."

We are excited to share his cinematic vision with the world.

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The Repower movement is growing

Are you in?

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