Here we go again. European energy markets are reeling from another gas shock, and politicians, consumer groups and many others are asking again why gas sets the price of...
Carbon Pricing
COP30 Belem and the Chinese dog that didn’t bark
At COP30 in Belem, the dog that didn’t bark was China. That was key to a weak outcome, tilted heavily towards the lowest common denominator. To understand future prospects for...
UK electricity market design: Seven Propositions and launch of the UCL Centre for Net Zero Market Design.
UCL has launched a new business-funded research Centre for Net Zero Market Design, that brings academics together with industry and government to inform reform of the UK’s...
Climate change progress and Paradox
Despite scepticism, parts of the world have been making real progress on cutting emissions. But the latest push for carbon pricing has fallen flat. Its advocates need to learn from the accumulated evidence – and recalibrate fast.
Discussions on REMA: Splitting the wholesale market
Following on from their first REMA seminar in May where Locational Marginal Pricing (LMP) was discussed, BIEE held a second seminar on Tuesday 26 September to discuss another of...
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...
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 –...