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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

Michael Grubb and Karsten Neuhoff – recipients of Marcel Boiteux International Award

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

Presentation “Some issues in the UK retail energy market” by S. Littlechild

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

Panel Discussion “A Global Economic System in Turmoil: What is at Stake for the MENA region?” with K. Mohaddes

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

CERRE Public Event “How fit is DSO regulation for a decarbonised Europe? Empirical assessment and regulatory pathways” with M. Pollitt and K. Anaya

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

Mark Carrington

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

Daniel Navia

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

Blog “How do Businesses Deal with Uncertainty Effectively?” by K. Mohaddes

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