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adambell.bsky.social
Director of Policy at Stonehaven. Ex BEIS. Energy geek. All skeets in a personal capacity. @adam_grant_bell on the bird site
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It's impossible to look at these numbers and not assume that we have already lost World War 3. While we literally worry about whether the glint from panels will frighten horses, China is building a solar-fuelled industrial base capable of taking on the world.

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My latest, a deep dive into the Stewart report into HS2.

submitted 1 day ago • 17 comments

Along with many excellent colleagues, I signed this letter in support of Fiona Hill, in response to a letter from some unsurprising figures, attacking her. Text in screenshots for those who don't want to give the Guardian their money or data: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 19 hours ago • 4 comments

This dichotomy - that economics demands that we leave certain regions to decay, while democracy demands that we save them - underlies a big chunk of the UK's current problems.

submitted 17 hours ago • 1 comment

With the news that Iran plans to close the Straits of Hormuz, I thought I'd draw this helpful map.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

Prices are currently negative, so I once again ask how much we are paying that 2.4GW of gas to stay on to provide stability services.

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

I have to ask the Prime Minister: does he think demonstrating that the US will happily bomb you with impunity make it more or less likely that the Iranians will seek a nuclear weapon? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

The Government, it turns out, can actually use taxpayer monies to pay down energy bill levies - but only for industry. /1 www.thetimes.com/article/e666...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Somewhat worrying news for offshore wind today, as the latest seabed leasing round fails to find a buyer for all the sites. www.thecrownestate.co.uk/our-business...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

On Spain, I think Xiao has it right here, if not elsewhere in his response to @janrosenow.bsky.social. If the question is whether renewables-heavy grids are fundamentally unstable, then the answer is no. If the question is whether such grids require more rigorous management, the answer is yes.

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

Public in, 'Demanding that Government be capable of governing,' shocker. All the architecture of decision making that prevents this needs reform, or Reform will happen to it. I don't believe the public will actually like the second option, but they will vote for it if the first doesn't happen.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Reform might not think they need a climate policy, but they're going to need a flood risk one - their consituents are literally going to be underwater. Land below annual flood level in 2030 - Kent, Lincolnshire, Doncaster, Southport coastal.climatecentral.org/map/5/0.9412...

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

The Spanish government is reporting that the cause of the massive blackout wasn't a lack of thermal power plants - rather that they failed to provide power at the time, acting 'inappropriately'. Funny, after fossil lobbyists were so quick to blame renewables.. elpais.com/economia/202...

submitted 6 days ago • 7 comments

A carbon tax is the best way of decarbonising home heating, but not hypothecating it to compensate the least well off is a great way of shattering support for decarbonisation.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

This is intellectual integrity, of which there is too little in the public debate. Considerable kudos to Robert.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Even though I spend almost all my time chastising it, the UK's power system is one of the world's most reliable. This is thanks to the tireless work of the System Operator as well as the engineers that build and maintain the infrastructure.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Pub? Pub.

submitted 6 days ago • 13 comments

Really great on what NESO needs to run the system without fossil for the first time.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

This is an incredibly important commitment, and my congratulations to @neso-energy.bsky.social for getting this far. Running a stable electricity grid without gas isn't as simple as just switching it off. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

One thing young people genuinely should be angry about is the extent to which so much of the decline of public services is driven by the need to pay for a state pension that has gone from 3% of GDP in the 1980s to nearly 5% now. It's time for it to be means tested as a minimum.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment