Niall Mac Dowell, Nixon Sunny, Nigel Brandon, Howard Herzog, Anthony Y. Ku, Wilfried Maas, Andrea Ramirez, David M. Reiner, Gaurav N. Sant, Nilay Shah
The hydrogen economy: A pragmatic path forward
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Michael Pollitt co-authored a report “Data Centres and the Grid – Greening ICT in Europe” for CERRE that was published on 13 October 2021. You can read the report here This report was presented at CERRE webinar on 13 October 2021 Continue Reading
William (Bill) Nuttall, EPRG Associate Researcher, published an article “How nuclear energy can help make all UK electricity green by 2035” in The Conversation on 6 October 2021. You can read the article here Continue Reading
Karim L. Anaya and Michael G. Pollitt An evaluation of a local reactive power market: the case of Power Potential Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | Text Continue Reading
David Newbery National Energy and Climate Plans for the island of Ireland: wind curtailment, interconnectors and storage Energy Policy, volume 158, article #112513, November 2021 Based on EPRG Working Paper 2020 Continue Reading
K. Mohaddes, C. Couharde, O. Damette, and R. Generoso The Growth Effects of El Niño and La Niña: Local Weather Conditions Matter Annals of Economics and Statistics, volume 140, pages 83–126, December 2020 Continue Reading
K. Mohaddes, R. Debnath, R. Bardhan, S. Darby, M. Sunikka-Blank, A. C. Villaça Coelho, and A. Isa Words Against Injustices: A Deep Narrative Analysis of Energy Cultures in Poverty of Abuja, Mumbai and Rio de Janeiro Energy Research & Social Science, volume 72, pages 1-17, February 2021 Continue Reading
R. Ritz, S. Evans, M. Mehling and P. Sammon Border carbon adjustments and industrial competitiveness in a European Green Deal Climate Policy, volume 21, pages 307-317, December 2020 Continue Reading
B-C. Xie, Z. Zhen-Jiang, K. Anaya Has the unbundling reform improved the service efficiency of China’s power grid firms? Energy Economics, issue #95, article #104993, March 2021 Continue Reading
Bowei Guo and David Newbery The cost of uncoupling GB interconnectors Energy Policy, Volume 158, article #112569, November 2021 Also published as EPRG WP#2102 Continue Reading
Stephen Littlechild wrote an article “The challenge of removing a mistaken price cap” that is forthcoming in Economic Affairs Journal in October 2021 issue. You can read a pre-proof copy of the article here Continue Reading
Victor Ajayi and Tom Weyman-Jones State-Level Electricity Generation Efficiency: Do Restructuring and Regulatory Institutions Matter in the US? Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | Text Continue Reading
Bill Megginson (Price Chair in Finance, George Lynn Cross Research Professor, University of Oklahoma) visited EPRG and the Economics & Policy Group at the Judge Business School on 16 September 2021 and gave a talk on “Energy Finance” You can watch a video of the talk here The slides are available from here Abstract Defined… Continue Reading
Robert Ritz presented on “Understanding Overlapping Climate Policies: Internal Carbon Leakage and the Punctured Waterbed” at the 2021 BIEE Research Conference: Energy for a Net Zero Society held at Worcester College, Oxford on 13-14 September 2021 | PDF Continue Reading
Yang Liu, Zhigao Jiang and Bowei Guo Assessing China’s Provincial Electricity Spot Market Pilot Operations: Lessons from Guangdong Province Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | Text Continue Reading
Paul Simshauser, Farhad Billimoria and Craig Rogers Optimising VRE plant capacity in Renewable Energy Zones Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | Text Continue Reading
Visiting Researcher, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea E-mail: [email protected] Supervisor: David Reiner Research Interests: Energy policy; Energy economics; Energy social science research Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt The further economic consequences of Brexit: energy Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | Text Continue Reading
Paul Simshauser was quoted in a News & Views article in Nature Energy that reported on his recent EPRG WP paper 2108 The article “Widening the safety net” was written by Sefa Awaworyi Churchill and Russell Smyth on 23 August 2021. You can read the article here Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt and Karim Anaya were quoted in the article “Why state control of the UK power system can help drive the energy transition” by Michael Goodier published in Energy Monitor on 17 August 2021. The full text of the article can be viewed here Continue Reading
Stephen Littlechild published an article “The Energy Price Cap Must End” in Daily Telegraph on 6 August 2021. You can read the printed version of the article here. Continue Reading
Pierre Noel and Chi Kong Chyong published an article “German-American Support for Ukraine After Nord Stream 2 Won’t Be Enough” in The National Interest magazine on 2 August 2021. You can read the article here “ Continue Reading
David Newbery published a Policy Brief “Reforming Renewable Electricity Support Schemes” on 2 August 2021. The full text of the brief can be viewed here Continue Reading
IEA published a report “Renewables Integration in India” in July 2021. Ramit Debnath, EPRG PhD student, was one of the main contributors to some parts of this report. You can download and read this report here Continue Reading
Robert Ritz presented on “Overlapping Climate Policies” at the NBER Summer Institute 2021 Energy & Environmental Economics Workshop, 26-27 July 2021 | PDF Continue Reading
IEA published a report “Empowering Cities for a Net Zero Future” in July 2021. Ramit Debnath, EPRG PhD student, was one of the main contributors to some parts of this report. You can download and read this report here. Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt recorded a podcast on EU Emission Trading System organized by Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) and hosted by CERRE’s Head of Energy & Sustainability, Albéric Mongrenier. You can listen to the podcast here Continue Reading
Michael G. Pollitt and Geoffroy G. Dolphin Should the EU ETS be extended to road transport and heating fuels? Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | Text Continue Reading
Robert Ritz presented on “Overlapping Climate Policies” at the Mannheim Conference on Energy and the Environment on 20-21 May 2021 and at the Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) on 23-25 June 2021 | PDF Continue Reading
Stephen Littlechild and Lynne Kiesling Hayek and the Texas blackout Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | Text Continue Reading
EPRG is delighted to announce that Michael Grubb and Karsten Neuhoff (EPRG Associate Researchers) won 2021 IAEE Marcel Boiteux Best International Energy Economics Book Award for their book Planetary Economics. Energy, Climate Change and the Three Domains of Sustainable Development (with Jean-Charles Hourcade). Congratulations to Michael and Karsten! Continue Reading
Stephen Littlechild gave a presentation “Some issues in the UK retail energy market” on 2 June 2021. Stephen discussed the impacts of the tariff cap, including some developments in supplier pricing policies. He put some arguments for removing the cap, facilitated by a transition away from it, and discussed developments in the Overall Customer Satisfaction… Continue Reading
EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2021 Online Spring Seminar. The event took place on 12 and 13 May 2021 and consisted of 4 sessions. The first day concluded with a keynote speech. PROGRAMME 12 MAY 2021 SESSION 1 – Post Brexit Electricity Cross Border Trading Arrangements Chair: Robert Ritz (EPRG) Paul Dawson (RWE) “Trading UK… Continue Reading
Kamiar Mohaddes participated in a panel discussion “A Global Economic System in Turmoil: What is at Stake for the MENA region?“, on 17 May 2021 that was part of the plenary session of the ERF 27th Annual Conference. Together with Mahmoud Mohieldin (Executive Director, International Monetary Fund), Hala Elsaid (Minister of Planning and Economic Development,… Continue Reading
Natalia Fabra and Imelda Market Power and Price Exposure: Learning from Changes in Renewables Regulation Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | Text Continue Reading
William Nuttall, EPRG Associate Researcher, recorded a podcast on the Hydrogen Economy as part of Startupification.fm series “How technology is changing the world around us” organised by Steven Drost and Matt Farrugia. You can listen to this episode here Continue Reading
Robert A. Ritz Global carbon price asymmetry Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | Text Continue Reading
Chi Kong Chyong, David M Reiner and Dhruvak Aggarwal Market power and long-term gas contracts: the case of Gazprom in Central and Eastern European Gas Markets Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | Text Continue Reading
Visiting PhD Student, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China Email: [email protected] Supervisor: Kamiar Mohaddes Research Interests: Energy Economics; Environmental Economics Continue Reading
Jieyi Kang and David M Reiner Identifying residential consumption patterns using data-mining techniques: A large-scale study of smart meter data in Chengdu, China Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | Text Continue Reading
Jieyi Kang and David M Reiner Machine Learning on residential electricity consumption: Which households are more responsive to weather? Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | Text Continue Reading
Jieyi Kang and David M Reiner What is the effect of weather on household electricity consumption? Empirical evidence from Ireland Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | Text Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt and Karim Anaya took part in CERRE public event “How fit is DSO regulation for a decarbonised Europe? Empirical assessment and regulatory pathways” on 30 April 2021. The webinar covered CERRE’s latest Energy & Climate report, “Optimal regulation for European DSOs to 2025 and beyond”. You can view the webinar here Continue Reading
Pierre Noel and Chi Kong Chyong published an article “How to Break the Logjam Over Nord Stream 2” in Foreign Policy, on 29 April 2021 You can read the article here Continue Reading
Michael G Pollitt Measuring the Impact of Electricity Market Reform in a Chinese Context Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | Text Continue Reading
Patrycja Klusak, Matthew Agarwala, Matt Burke, Moritz Kraemer, and Kamiar Mohaddes Rising Temperatures, Falling Ratings: The Effect of Climate Change on Sovereign Creditworthiness Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | Text Continue Reading
PhD Student, Department of Chemistry Email: [email protected] Supervisors: Prof. Clare Grey & Prof. Oren Scherman Research topic: Aqueous-organic redox flow batteries for grid-scale energy storage Research interests: batteries, materials, hard-tech, techno-economics, industry, deep decarbonization, sustainable development Biography: Mark is a PhD student in the Department of Chemistry working under the joint supervision of Professors Clare… Continue Reading
PhD Student, Department of Land Economy Email: [email protected] Supervisors: Professor Laura Diaz Anadon Research topic: Interactions between the financial system and the energy sector Research interests: energy investments, energy innovation, energy policy Biography: Daniel is a PhD student at the University of Cambridge, Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG), Department of Land Economy. His research focuses… Continue Reading
Kamiar Mohaddes wrote a new blog “How do Businesses Deal with Uncertainty Effectively?” on 13 April 2021. In this blog he discusses different types of uncertainty businesses face and how climate change will be the next global extreme uncertainty entrepreneurs and businesses around the world will have to face. The blog can be found here Continue Reading
Pär Holmberg and Thomas Tangerås Strategic Reserves versus Market-wide Capacity Mechanisms Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | Text Continue Reading