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Karim Anaya

Associate Researcher (UK) DPhil, MPhil (Cambridge) Email: [email protected] Research interest Economics and regulation of transactive energy, future regulation of electricity distribution and transmission networks, innovation in electricity market design, local flexibility markets, ancillary services markets, sustainable and green energy technologies, benchmarking for utilities price regulation. Biography Karim holds a PhD degree in Energy Economics and… Continue Reading

Journal Article “The Role of Regulators in Promoting the Procurement of Flexibility Services within the Electricity Distribution System: A Survey of Seven Leading Countries”, Energies, Vol 14(14), July 2021

Karim Anaya and Michael Pollitt The Role of Regulators in Promoting the Procurement of Flexibility Services within the Electricity Distribution System: A Survey of Seven Leading Countries Energies, volume 14(14), 6 July 2021 Continue Reading

Journal Article “How to Procure Flexibility Services within the Electricity Distribution System: Lessons from an International Review of Innovation Projects”, Energies, Vol 14 (15), July 2021

Karim Anaya and Michael Pollitt How to Procure Flexibility Services within the Electricity Distribution System: Lessons from an International Review of Innovation Projects Energies, volume 14(15), 26 July 2021 Continue Reading

Journal Article “Climate Change and Fiscal Sustainability: Risks and Opportunities”, National Institute Economic Review, Vol 258, 30 December 2021

Matthew Agarwala, Matt Burke, Patrycja Klusak, Kamiar Mohaddes, Ulrich Volz and Dimitri Zenghelis Climate Change and Fiscal Sustainability: Risks and Opportunities National Institute Economic Review, volume 258, pages 28-46, 30 December 2021 Continue Reading

Journal Article: “Long-Term Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Change: A Cross-Country Analysis”, Energy Economics, Vol 104, December 2021

Matthew E. Kahn, Kamiar Mohaddes, Ryan N.C. Ng, M. Hashem Pesaran, Mehdi Raissi, Jui-Chung Yang Long-Term Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Change: A Cross-Country Analysis Energy Economics, volume 104, article # 105624, pages 1-13, December 2021 This article is based on EPRG WP 1925 Continue Reading

2021 EPRG Virtual Winter Seminar

EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2021 Virtual Winter Seminar. The event took place on 8 and 9 December 2021 and consisted of 4 sessions. The first day concluded with a keynote speech. PROGRAMME 8 DECEMBER 2021 SESSION 1 – Electricity market design Chair: Michael Pollitt (EPRG) David Newbery (EPRG) Designing efficient renewable electricity support… Continue Reading

Journal Articles: Trilogy by S. Littlechild, Utilities Policy, Vol 73, December 2021

Utilities Policy, Volume 73, December 2021, contains a Special Issue on the Liittlechild Trilogy. These are three articles by Stephen Littlechild on the theme of Exploring customer satisfaction in the GB retail energy sector. The first two describe the use of the Trustpilot customer review site, particularly by GB energy suppliers, and the third calculates… Continue Reading

Article “Climate finance: it’ll be cheaper in the long run if poorer countries receive it as a matter of urgency” by K. Mohaddes et al

Kamiar Mohaddes, Matthew Agarwala, Matt Burke and Patrycja Klusak wrote an article “Climate finance: it’ll be cheaper in the long run if poorer countries receive it as a matter of urgency” that was published in The Conversation on 5 November 2021.  In the article, the authors argue that: Climate change will shrink the economies of… Continue Reading

Report “Greenovate for a better environment and economy” by Z. Hasna and K.Mohaddes

Zeina Hasna, Henry-James Hatton and Kamiar Mohaddes wrote a report “Greenovate for a better environment and economy” for KPMG International in November 2021. Drawing on patent data from 92 patent-application authorities (24 million observations) and the last three decades for 43 OECD and BRICS countries (roughly 24 million observations), the report shows that green patent… Continue Reading

Journal Article: “National Energy and Climate Plans for the island of Ireland: wind curtailment, interconnectors and storage”, Energy Policy, Vol 158, November 2021

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

Journal Article: “Words against injustices: A deep narrative analysis of energy cultures in poverty of Abuja, Mumbai and Rio de Janeiro”, Energy Research & Social Science, Vol 72, February 2021

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

Presentation “Energy Finance” by B. Megginson

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

Presentation “Understanding Overlapping Climate Policies: Internal Carbon Leakage and the Punctured Waterbed” by R. Ritz

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