In this podcast, David Ledesma talks to Professor Michael Grubb of UCL and Malcolm Keay of the OIES on the proposed dual market designs for electricity. In recent months,...
Month: November 2021
The European energy crisis and electricity market (re)design
The European energy crisis was driven by gas, but amplified through electricity – where fossil fuels largely set the price, even though more than half the system is now...
Indian lecture tour
It seems fitting to launch this website against the background of a brief Indian lecture tour and engagements: fitting for three reasons, last offering a broad window into a...
Welcome to my Website
Welcome to my website. I’ve worked on energy systems, economics & policy dimensions of climate change over decades. This site offers a gateway to the research, much of it...
An energy revolution is possible – but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it
Limiting climate change will require an unprecedented global movement to make low-carbon technologies the norm. COP26 – the UN climate conference held last November in Glasgow –...
Towards Net Zero in UK manufacturing: Options and challenges for the biggest emitting sectors
Energy-intensive industries are vital to modern economies but are also a major source of greenhouse gases (GHG). In the UK, manufacturing accounts for 12% of our overall GHG...
The IPCC Mitigation Assessment – key insights
This event, held on 5th April the day after the publication of the IPCC Sixth Assessment of Climate Change Mitigation, offered an opportunity to learn about the key findings and...
The UK energy strategy is both incoherent and cowardly
FULL VERSION OF A FINANCIAL TIMES OP-ED (Abridged, FT 7 APRIL 2022) WITH THIS TITLE. SIX MONTHS LATER THE UK GOVERNMENT RELAXED ITS DE-FACTO BAN ON ONSHORE WIND ENERGY IN ENGLAND...
Renewables are cheaper than ever – so why are household energy bills only going up?
Not for the first time, global energy markets are in turmoil. Internationally traded gas prices more than quadrupled in 2021. In their wake, many energy suppliers have gone bust...
EEIST: Transformative Energy Innovation Dialogues, COP26 Discussion
Launch of the 2021 EEIST flagship report: The New Economics of Innovation and Transition, including case study examples of transformative energy policy initiatives from Brazil,...