Wolfe Power Club Podcast

Britain is now entering a £2 a litre world. So what’s really happening at the pump?! It means that, since February, a return trip in a car from London to Liverpool is £33 up, and a truck is £168 up!!!
Almost six months after our last major fuel price discussion, Alex Wolfe is joined again by Tom Highland, Managing Director of Highland Group; Sarah Kind, VP Customer Success of EdgePetrol; and Gordon Balmer, Executive Director of the Petrol Retailers Association, alongside Gideon Carroll, Founder and CEO of EdgePetrol.
Together, they look at what’s driving fuel prices higher, how retailers are coping and what £2 a litre means for drivers, businesses and the people running petrol stations.
We get into rising wholesale costs, squeezed retailer margins, the cost of buying fuel, changing customer behaviour and the wider pressure on the economy.
We also get into what the government could do, from fuel duty and VAT to supporting UK refining and North Sea production.
See Alex's interview with Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/1fdf6289-bc99-4263-af79-da1060a09394?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Biographies
Tom Highland is the Managing Director of Highland Group. A family-run fuel retail business for over 45 years with 6 sites across Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Suffolk. He has taken a leadership role in running the sites for 10 years. Winner of several Forecourt Trader awards, including the Special Recognition award in 2024. First to trial Co-op's new & Co-op fascia offer. The business currently has 5 sites with BP and 1 with Esso, and previously with Shell. Tom runs a TikTok account to show what it's like to run a petrol station from under the @thepetrolretailer channel.
Sarah Kind is VP Customer Success at EdgePetrol, a fuel pricing and analytics platform supporting around 1,000 independent forecourts. She joined in 2018 to build the Customer Success function when the business was in its early stages, and has since moved into a commercial leadership role. Sarah works closely with retailers to help them navigate fuel pricing, improve performance, and stay competitive in a fast-changing market. She is passionate about building customer relationships and bringing practical insight to the complexities of fuel pricing.
Gordon Balmer is the Executive Director of the UK Petrol Retail Association. Gordon has worked for the PRA since 2013, primarily as Commercial Manager, where he was responsible for all marketing and commercial activities and represented the PRA in meetings with a number of Government Departments. Gordon has extensive experience in the fuel industry, having worked for BP for 30 years. During this time he worked in fuel sales, strategic planning, project management, UK Fuel Card Manager and UK Country Manager where he was responsible for fuel cards, commercial fuel, automotive lubricants and fleet performance management.
EdgePetrol's founder and CEO Gideon Carroll has a commodity trading background specifically gasoline trading. Gideon founded EdgePetrol in 2015 in the UK and has been at the forefront of helping independent retailers manage margins and profit. EdgePetrol proudly works with 33 of the top 50 independent retailers in the UK and is now expanding into the US market. 
About The Host
Alex Wolfe is CEO of the Renewable Transport Fuel Association, podcaster and host of the Wolfe Power Club Podcast, reaching 300,000 listeners weekly. He has over 20 years of experience in the energy industry, including senior roles at Certas Energy, responsibility for 900 fuel HGVs, and leading M&A activity within the UK fuel sector.
Alex also chairs The Spectator Energy Summit and brings extensive experience across energy, transport and fuel markets to the Wolfe Power Club Podcast.
Season Three is in Partnership with The Spectator
Tickets for the upcoming The Spectator Energy Summit, on Monday 30th November 2026, are available on sale. Use code: WPC50 for 50% off your purchase
If you would like to partner with The Spectator Energy Summit, please contact Alex on LinkedIn or emilia@wolfepowerclub.com

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Britain’s refining industry is under growing pressure, with just four oil refineries remaining compared with nine in 2000. At the same time, the UK now imports 55% of its fuel, compared with 20% at the start of the century.
Host Alex Wolfe is joined by Kathryn Porter of Watt Logic and Elizabeth de Jong, CEO of Fuels Industry UK, to examine what is happening to Britain’s refining capacity and what it means for fuel security and the wider UK energy system.
Kathryn returns to the podcast following her previous episode, which became our most popular and debated episode. This time, the discussion covers carbon costs, overseas competition, carbon leakage, and government policy, and asks whether the UK can maintain a viable refining industry while meeting its wider energy and environmental ambitions.
Resources
Fuel Industry UK website: https://www.fuelsindustryuk.org/
Kathryn's refinery report: https://watt-logic.com/2026/08/31/refineries-report-says-abolish-the-ets/
Biographies
Kathryn Porter is an independent energy consultant, with experience across the energy and finance sectors, who runs the energy consultancy Watt Logic. She advises companies across the energy value chain on new projects, procurement, risk management and regulatory and market changes, with particular expertise in utilities, oil and gas.
She holds a Master’s Degree in Physics from the University of Exeter and an MBA from London Business School. Kathryn is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments, a member of the Institute of Directors and an associate member of the Executive Council of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies.
As CEO of Fuels Industry UK, Elizabeth de Jong is responsible for the overall management and effectiveness of Fuels Industry UK as the UK's principal advocate for the downstream oil sector. An economist by background, Elizabeth has deep experience in public and private sector interface roles including at industry representative bodies and in central government, plus commercial, delivery, and strategy roles for UK plcs. Elizabeth was Director of Policy at Logistics UK prior to joining Fuels Industry UK and has worked for the UK Government's Department for Transport and the Rail Delivery Group.
About The Host
Alex Wolfe is CEO of the Renewable Transport Fuel Association, podcaster and host of the Wolfe Power Club Podcast, reaching 300,000 listeners weekly. He has over 20 years of experience in the energy industry, including senior roles at Certas Energy, responsibility for 900 fuel HGVs, and leading M&A activity within the UK fuel sector.
Alex also chairs The Spectator Energy Summit and brings extensive experience across energy, transport and fuel markets to the Wolfe Power Club Podcast.
Season Three is in Partnership with The Spectator
Tickets for the upcoming The Spectator Energy Summit, on Monday 30th November 2026, are available on sale. Use code: WPC50 for 50% off your purchase
If you would like to partner with The Spectator Energy Summit, please contact Alex on LinkedIn or emilia@wolfepowerclub.com

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Wolfe Power Club Production Team
Director of Government Relations: Max Austin
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Editor: Adam Woodward
Social Media Manager: Bella Carter
 
This episode was produced at Studio 55

Can AI help tackle the climate challenge ahead of COP31?
Season Three of the Wolfe Power Club Podcast begins during New York Climate Week, with Alex Wolfe joined by Ambassador Patricia Espinosa, former Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and former UK Energy Minister Chris Skidmore OBE.
They discuss the 1.5°C target, the prospect of the world temporarily moving beyond it, and whether the current approach to climate policy is still fit for purpose. They also discuss the role of the UN, energy costs and the politics around climate policy, including Chris’s argument that climate action needs to be seen as an opportunity for growth and new jobs.
They also look at AI and what it could mean for energy and emissions. The discussion covers AI's potential to reduce energy use across industry and transport, as well as the growing energy and water demands of data centres.
With COP31 ahead, they discuss what governments, businesses and international organisations need to address next.
Biographies
Ambassador Patricia Espinosa has over 40 years of experience in diplomacy, international relations and sustainable development. She has served as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia and the UN in Vienna. She is now Founding Partner and CEO of onepoint5.
The Rt Hon Chris Skidmore OBE is a British historian, author and former Conservative MP for Kingswood. He served as Minister for Universities and Science and was the independent chair of the UK’s Net Zero Review, producing the Mission Zero Report. He is now Chair of the Climate Action Coalition, focusing on climate policy, higher education and international strategy. The Wolfe Power Club Podcast was the first public platform to share his UK Clean Power Taskforce Report.
About The Host
Alex Wolfe is CEO of the Renewable Transport Fuel Association and the founder and host of the Wolfe Power Club Podcast, which reaches 300,000 listeners weekly. He has over 20 years of experience in the energy industry, including senior roles at Certas Energy, responsibility for 900 fuel HGVs, and leading M&A activity within the UK fuel sector.
Alex also chairs The Spectator Energy Summit and brings extensive experience across energy, transport and fuel markets to the Wolfe Power Club Podcast.
Season Three is in Partnership with The Spectator
Tickets for the upcoming The Spectator Energy Summit, on Monday 30th November 2026, are available on sale. Use code: WPC50 for 50% off your purchase
If you would like to partner with The Spectator Energy Summit, please contact Alex on LinkedIn or emilia@wolfepowerclub.com

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Wolfe Power Club Production Team
Director of Government Relations: Max Austin
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Editor: Adam Woodward
Social Media Manager: Bella Carter
 
This episode was produced at Studio 55

What a season it's been!
Here's a look back at some of our favourite moments from Season Two of the Wolfe Power Club Podcast, covering the big stories and debates across the energy sector over the past year.
We've had some brilliant guests, plenty of strong opinions and some fascinating conversations about energy security, oil and gas, nuclear power, renewables, energy storage and transport.
Here are some of the best bits from Season 25/26. Enjoy.
About The Host
Host Alex Wolfe has over 20 years of experience in the energy industry, including previously serving as Commercial Director at Certas Energy and Director of the South, with responsibility for 900 fuel HGVs. In addition, he has led M&A activity, ran Hollies Truck Stop, and was a Director of the 5th largest fuel company in the UK. Currently, Alex not only hosts the Wolfe Power Club Podcast but also chairs The Spectator Energy Summit.
Season Three is in Partnership with The Spectator
Tickets for the upcoming The Spectator Energy Summit, on Monday 30th November 2026, are available on sale. Use code: WPC50 for 50% off your purchase
If you would like to partner with The Spectator Energy Summit, please contact Alex on LinkedIn or emilia@wolfepowerclub.com

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Wolfe Power Club Production Team
Director of Government Relations: Max Austin
Designer: Nick Pelekanos
Editor: Adam Woodward
Social Media Manager: Bella Carter
 
This episode was produced at Studio 55

Today, there are over 47,000 fewer graduate jobs. So how do you break into energy?
Adzuna reports that there are around 47,000 fewer graduate job adverts compared with nine years ago, highlighting just how challenging today’s graduate job market has become.
That statistic triggered this episode of the Wolfe Power Club Podcast.
Rather than waiting for the perfect graduate job advert to appear, we look at 5 practical ways to build a career in the energy sector and create opportunities for yourself.
Whether you’re a graduate, student or early-career professional looking to break into energy, this episode explores different routes you can take to stand out, build experience and get your foot in the door.
Enjoy the penultimate episode of our 2025/2026 season!
Resources
Top 100 Energy Companies: https://powerfulwomen.org.uk/annual-state-of-the-nation/reportscreens/2026/PfW_2026_report.pdf
Energy Institute Young Professionals Network: https://www.energyinst.org/young-professionals-network
Young Energy Professionals Forum: https://www.energy-uk.org.uk/careers/young-energy-professionals/
POWERful Women: https://powerfulwomen.org.uk/
Solar & Storage Live: https://solarandstoragelive.com/
London Climate Action Week: https://londonclimateactionweek.org/
About The Host
Host Alex Wolfe has over 20 years of experience in the energy industry, including previously serving as Commercial Director at Certas Energy and Director of the South, with responsibility for 900 fuel HGVs. In addition, he has led M&A activity, ran Hollies Truck Stop, and was a Director of the 5th largest fuel company in the UK. Currently, Alex not only hosts the Wolfe Power Club Podcast but also chairs The Spectator Energy Summit.
Season Three is in Partnership with The Spectator
Tickets for the upcoming The Spectator Energy Summit, on Monday 30th November 2026, are available on sale. Use code: WPC50 for 50% off your purchase
If you would like to partner with The Spectator Energy Summit, please contact Alex on LinkedIn or emilia@wolfepowerclub.com

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Wolfe Power Club Production Team
Director of Government Relations: Max Austin
Designer: Nick Pelekanos
Editor: Adam Woodward
Social Media Manager: Bella Carter
 
This episode was produced at Studio 55