Billets marqués ‘ United Kingdom ’

Global trends in Electricity Transmission System Operation: Where does the future lie?

15 mai 2013

Unbundling of the Electricity Supply Industry (ESI) has resulted in establishment of different arrangements of electricity transmission system operation. While there is a significant move away from the traditional vertically integrated utility arrangement, it remains to be seen which one arrangement will evolve as a global winner. (© EPRG)


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What the United States and the United Kingdom can teach each other about climate change and sustainable development at the national level

3 mai 2013

As the urgency of climate change, biodiversity loss, severe poverty, and other global environmental and development challenges continues to grow, concerted international action to address them is becoming even harder. National efforts are thus more important than ever. An important example is the United Kingdom and the United States, which have stronger ties with...
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Low carbon nation?

16 avril 2013

What does the transition to a Low Carbon Britain mean for the future development of cities and regions across the country? Does it reinforce existing ‘business as usual’ or create new transformational opportunities? Low Carbon Nation? takes an interdisciplinary approach to tackle this critical question, by looking across the different dimensions of technological, scientific,...
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UK electricity market reform and the EU

28 mars 2013

This OIES Comment, by Malcolm Keay, explores some of the issues and tensions which the reforms may raise at a European level.  Such issues may not be confined to the UK proposals, which may simply be revealing a more fundamental clash between liberalisation and decarbonisation agendas across the EU...


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Building new nuclear: the challenges ahead

12 mars 2013

Failure to build a new fleet of nuclear power stations in the UK could make it much more expensive to meet our climate change targets and Ministers must stop ‘crossing their fingers’ and urgently develop a back-up energy strategy, a report by the Energy and Climate Change Committee argues...


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Renewable energy targets: the importance of system and resource costs

21 février 2013

The government has an ambitious renewables programme whose costs have been much discussed. Unfortunately, due to the polarised nature of the debate, it has not produced clarity and some basic points remain obscure – are renewables cheap or expensive?...


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Gas storage in Great Britain

11 janvier 2013

Chris Le Fevre’s paper provides a thorough and comprehensive review of gas storage in Great Britain covering the practicalities of storage, the evolution of the UK storage sector and the attendant debate on security of supply.


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Energy’s contribution to economic growth

4 octobre 2012

Audition de David Newbery, EPRG Cambridge, à la chambre des Lords


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Building performance evaluation and certification in the UK: a critical review of SAP?

27 septembre 2012

Improving the efficiency and performance of the residential building stock is necessary for meeting future energy and climate change targets. Building Performance Evaluation and Certification  tools are vital for estimating and recommending cost effective improvements to building energy efficiency. In the UK, building performance is estimated using the Standard Assessment Procedure  for new dwellings...
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Household Energy Spending and Income in Britain 1991 – 2007

27 septembre 2012

The residential demand for energy is growing steadily and the trend is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. Household spending on energy services tends to increase with income. We explore household total spending on energy and on electricity and gas separately...


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Gas pricing and regulation China’s challenges and IEA experience

19 septembre 2012

This IEA report highlights some key challenges China faces in its transition to greater reliance on natural gas, then explores in detail relevant experiences from IEA countries, particularly in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States as well as the European Union (EU)


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Progress on the UK electricity market reform

31 août 2012

This David Newbery's note discusses the progress of the EMR, the strength and weaknesses of the main criticisms made, and suggests some possible solutions to the current problems...


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Determinants of the green electricity tariff uptake in the UK

28 juin 2012

"A number of countries offer domestic consumers the option of buying their electricity supply through a ‘green tariff’, whereby the supplier typically guarantees that all or part of the supply has been generated using renewable energy sources. Various studies have sought to identify variables describing and/or predicting why domestic consumers choose to purchase a...
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Growing pains: British industry and the low-carbon transition

11 juin 2012

The report explores the views of British industries that are critical to the low-carbon transition – the energy, transport and manufacturing sectors, as well as energy-intensive industries within manufacturing... (© IPPR)


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