The Energy Revolution Podcast

High carbon prices are meant to reduce gas use. But what happens when they push up everyone’s bills instead? #EnergyRevolution #AdamBell #EnergyPolicy #CarbonPricing #Gas #NetZero #EnergyTransition #UKEnergy #PowerMarkets #CleanEnergy

Adam Bell warns carbon pricing alone would make power too expensive, slow EVs and heat pumps, and risk missing carbon budgets. Gas must be controlled. #EnergyPolicy #Gas #NetZero #UKEnergy

Adam Bell says public vs private ownership of gas is a practical question, not ideology. It depends on asset value, cash, and remaining lifespan. #EnergyPolicy #Gas #NetZero #UKEnergy

In this episode, Adam Bell breaks down how the UK Capacity Market is encouraging investors to gamble on future political change, rather than delivering a managed decline of gas. #EnergyRevolution #AdamBell #EnergyPolicy #CapacityMarket #Gas #NetZero #EnergyTransition #UKEnergy #PowerMarkets

Adam Bell says using carbon pricing to force gas off the system could add £4 to £5bn to consumer bills. The market alone may not work here. #EnergyPolicy #Gas #NetZero #UKEnergy #EnergyTransition

Adam Bell explains why gas turbines still matter. They deliver instant, reliable power when wind and solar are not available, and very few technologies can match that today. #EnergyPolicy #Gas #EnergyTransition #UKEnergy

Adam Bell says reducing merchant upside in the short term is part of managing political risk. Markets mean risk, and returns are never guaranteed. #EnergyPolicy #Renewables #NetZero #UKEnergy

Adam Bell warns UK energy policy is forcing investors to bet on election outcomes. That is not how you manage a decline in gas. #EnergyPolicy #Gas #NetZero #UKEnergy #EnergyTransition

Artisanal mining in the Congo is dangerous and physically demanding. But for many workers, it is one of the only ways to earn a meaningful income. #EnergyRevolution #BenRadley #Congo #Cobalt #CriticalMinerals #ArtisanalMining #EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy #SustainableMining #GlobalDevelopment

Conditions in Congo’s mining sector cannot be understood without looking at the country’s wider underdevelopment. #EnergyRevolution #BenRadley #Congo #CriticalMinerals #Mining #EnergyTransition #GlobalDevelopment #CleanEnergy #SustainableMining #HumanRights

Mining issues in Congo reflect broader underdevelopment. You cannot fix mining without improving the wider economy, Sulaiman Ilyas-Jarrett notes. #Congo #Mining #EnergyTransition #Development #CriticalMinerals

China now dominates Congo’s largest copper and cobalt projects, a shift that has unfolded over the last decade. #EnergyRevolution #BenRadley #China #Congo #Mining #CriticalMinerals #EnergyTransition #Cobalt #Copper #CleanEnergy #Geopolitics

Ben Radley highlights how industrial mining in Congo has displaced artisanal miners and communities, pushing them to poorer deposits. #Congo #Mining #Cobalt #EnergyTransition #HumanRights

Ben Radley explains that Congo’s mining challenges are real but not the same as the conflict mineral claims often used to attack renewables. #EnergyTransition #Cobalt #Congo #CleanEnergy

As industrial mining expands in Congo, artisanal miners are being pushed out. #EnergyRevolution #BenRadley #Congo #ArtisanalMining #CriticalMinerals #EnergyTransition #Cobalt #Copper #HumanRights #SustainableMining #GlobalDevelopment

Concerns about the minerals behind the energy transition are valid, but the narrative is often distorted. #EnergyRevolution #Cobalt #Congo #EnergyTransition #CriticalMinerals #SustainableMining #CleanEnergy #GlobalDevelopment #EVBatteries

Ben Radley says seven of Congo’s ten largest copper cobalt projects are majority Chinese-owned, reflecting a decade of strategic investment. #Congo #China #Cobalt #Mining #EnergyTransition

Cobalt and copper are two of the most critical materials in the clean energy transition. #EnergyRevolution #BenRadley #CleanEnergy #CriticalMinerals #Congo #Cobalt #Copper #EnergyTransition #EVBatteries #GlobalEnergy #SustainableMining

Ben Radley explains the harsh but voluntary reality of artisanal mining in Congo, where dangerous work often pays far more than local alternatives. #Congo #ArtisanalMining #Cobalt #EnergyTransition

Ben Radley explains why Congo sits at the centre of the energy transition, supplying over two-thirds of global cobalt and major copper for electrification. #EnergyTransition #Cobalt #Copper #CleanEnergy