David Collinson is Co-Founder of PowerUp, a company rethinking the 100-year-old approach to energy distribution. While the industry races to develop ever-larger, more energy-dense batteries, with faster charging speeds, David saw a fundamental flaw in this model: it demands a grid that will have to be "everywhere, all at once, at maximum capacity," a physical and economic impossibility.

Backed by over 20 years of experience in Utilities, David’s solution is a seemingly counterintuitive path that reimagines the entire energy system. PowerUp focuses on creating a smarter, truly decentralised, and mobile energy network by using smaller, modular batteries that are physically moved on a just-in-time basis and connect to the grid more often. This approach, enabled by AI and machine learning, allows the system to learn human behaviours and predict when and where energy is needed, thereby transforming an outdated fixed wired grid into a virtual wire network that delivers the right energy to the right place at the right time.

This entire solution is delivered through the company's Battery-based Energy Distribution System (BEDS), which redefines how energy is delivered and consumed, enabling a more efficient, secure, and affordable future for everyone whilst accelerating Net Zero and Energy Security.