{"id":248944,"date":"2016-11-17T14:13:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T14:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lightsourcebp.com\/news\/nick-boyle-speaks-about-lightsource-bps-origins-at-energy-live\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T10:11:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T10:11:53","slug":"nick-boyle-speaks-about-lightsource-bps-origins-at-energy-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.lightsourcebp.com\/uk\/news\/nick-boyle-speaks-about-lightsource-bps-origins-at-energy-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Boyle speaks about Lightsource bp&#8217;s origins at Energy Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block-page-title bg-color-white\">\n  <div class=\"pt-60 pt-lg-100\"><\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-12\">\n                <h1 class=\"fg-color-gradient\">Nick Boyle speaks about Lightsource bp&#039;s origins at Energy Live<\/h1>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"pt-60 pt-lg-100\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n  \n\n\n<section class=\"banner-single position-relative\">\n  <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-12 px-0\">\n                <div class=\"position-relative w-100 h-100 aspect-ratio-banner object-fit-cover\">\n          <picture>\n                    <source srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.lightsourcebp.com\/app\/uploads\/2016\/11\/27035513\/Nick-Boyle-1500x800-1-450x240.jpg, https:\/\/assets.lightsourcebp.com\/app\/uploads\/2016\/11\/27035513\/Nick-Boyle-1500x800-1-1000x533.jpg 2x\"\n                          media=\"(max-width: 575px)\">\n                    <source srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.lightsourcebp.com\/app\/uploads\/2016\/11\/27035513\/Nick-Boyle-1500x800-1-1000x533.jpg, https:\/\/assets.lightsourcebp.com\/app\/uploads\/2016\/11\/27035513\/Nick-Boyle-1500x800-1.jpg 2x\"\n                          media=\"(min-width: 576px) and (max-width: 991px)\">\n                    <source srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.lightsourcebp.com\/app\/uploads\/2016\/11\/27035513\/Nick-Boyle-1500x800-1.jpg, https:\/\/assets.lightsourcebp.com\/app\/uploads\/2016\/11\/27035513\/Nick-Boyle-1500x800-1.jpg 2x\"\n                          media=\"(min-width: 992px)\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.lightsourcebp.com\/app\/uploads\/2016\/11\/27035513\/Nick-Boyle-1500x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\n                       srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.lightsourcebp.com\/app\/uploads\/2016\/11\/27035513\/Nick-Boyle-1500x800-1.jpg 2x\"\n                       sizes=\"auto, 100vw\"\n                       class=\"position-absolute w-100 h-100 left-0 top-0 object-fit-cover\"\n                       width=\"1500\"\n                       height=\"800\">\n                <\/picture>\n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"text align block_b21f0ec78fb911c6462d40b9062a2e82 block bg-color-white position-relative z-1 overflow-hidden\">\n    <div class=\"pt-60 pt-lg-100\"><\/div>\n\n  \n  <div class=\"container \">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-12\">\n        <span class=\"rich-text standard-text fg-color-navy\">\n          <p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sNSEGBK4h5g\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Missed the Energy Live Next sessions at EL2016? Watch our CEO Nick Boyle tell the story of how he got into the industry!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.energylivenews.com\/2016\/11\/14\/energy-live-next-with-nick-boyle-at-el2016\/\">Read the article here<\/a><\/p>\n\n        <\/span>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"pt-60 pt-lg-30\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"multi-column-cards align block_5fc64751c255c758039493c1e8ad5a92 block bg-color-orange-3-percent\">\n  <div class=\"pt-60 pt-lg-100\"><\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-12\">\n                <h3 class=\"mb-35\">Related news <\/h3>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"row\">\n                        <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-4 mb-30\">\n  <div class=\"multi-column-cards__image-container h-300px h-lg-250px\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/sandbox.lightsourcebp.com\/uk\/news\/hett-moor-solar-farm-awarded-a-contract-in-uk-ar7-renewables-auction\/\" class=\"d-block w-100 h-100\">\n    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