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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Tags : electricity supply, United Kingdom
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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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Tags : biodiversity, climate change, sustainability, Sustainable, sustainable development, United Kingdom
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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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Tags : city, low carbon growth, United Kingdom
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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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Tags : Electricity market reform, United Kingdom
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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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Tags : nuclear energy, United Kingdom
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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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Tags : renewable energy, United Kingdom
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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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Tags : gas storage, security of supply, United Kingdom
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Audition de David Newbery, EPRG Cambridge, à la chambre des Lords
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Tags : energy policy, United Kingdom
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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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Tags : Building Stock, buildings, Dwellings, EPC, SAP, United Kingdom
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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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Tags : Engel, Household energy spending, Price modelling, United Kingdom
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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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Tags : China, European Union, gas market, gas prices, the netherlands, United Kingdom, USA
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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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Tags : electricity market, reform, United Kingdom
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"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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Tags : Environmental Attitudes and Behaviours, Green Tariff, Household Decision Making, United Kingdom
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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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Tags : low-carbon technologies, United Kingdom
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