Subsurface technology important for achieving a just transition

The energy transition is fundamentally an underground transition, says geoscience software company Seequent CEO Graham Grant, because 80% of the energy consumed globally currently comes from or is comprised of metals and minerals from the underground.

Additionally, as the clean energy transition unfolds, production of these technologies to generate power is increasingly demanding the use of critical metals. For example, an offshore wind array consumes ten times the amount of critical metals than a traditional gas-fired power station.