Op-eds and guest articles
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...
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 –...
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...