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Adam Bell is Director of Policy at Stonehaven.

Countdown: Can Labour Meet Its 2030 Clean Power Mission?
Energy
By Adam Bell
Countdown: Can Labour Meet Its 2030 Clean Power Mission?
The success of the latest wind power auction has put Ed Miliband within sight of realising the goal of decarbonising the UK’s electricity network by 2030. But, as Adam Bell reports, daunting obstacles remain – and any success may be bittersweet
How The King Stands To Make Millions From Government’s Net Zero Plans
Economy
How The King Stands To Make Millions From Government’s Net Zero Plans
Meeting net-zero requires a massive increase in offshore wind farms and a bonanza for the seabed landlord, the Crown Estate. Adam Bell suggests ways to reduce the embarrassment of riches
A Bolt From The Blue: Inside Britain's Energy Revolution
Energy
By Adam Bell
A Bolt From The Blue: Inside Britain's Energy Revolution
A 40-year consensus that the market could best predict and provide for the nation’s energy needs has been dispatched almost overnight and replaced by an all-knowing ‘system operator’. Illustrations by Tracy Worrall
The new electric Leviathan
Environment
By Adam Bell
The new electric Leviathan
Adam Bell, Director of Policy at Stonehaven and former Head of Energy Strategy at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, discusses the coming debate about how we get to net-zero
Green with envy: The politics of decarbonisation
Environment
By Adam Bell
Green with envy: The politics of decarbonisation
By installing heat pumps and buying electric vehicles, the wealthy are insulating themselves from current and future energy price shocks while avoiding paying for the investment needed to help the less well-off join the party. That’s not going to help the politics of decarbonisation, says Adam Bell. Illustration by Tracy Worrall
A hot mess – the difficulties of decarbonising home heating
Energy
By Adam Bell
A hot mess – the difficulties of decarbonising home heating
Adam Bell, head of policy at Stonehaven, walks us through the perils and pitfalls in trying to decarbonise the heating of our homes