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Journal Article “State-level electricity generation efficiency: Do restructuring and regulatory institutions matter in the US?”, Energy Economics, Vol. 104, December 2021

Victor Ajayi and Tom Weyman – Jones State-level electricity generation efficiency: Do restructuring and regulatory institutions matter in the US? Energy Economics, Volume 104, Article Number 105650, December 2021 Continue Reading

Blog: “Energy Transition Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Using Ghana as a case study” with R. Debnath

Dr Ramit Debnath (EPRG Associate Researcher) together with others was awarded a Small Grant by the Energy IRC for a project titled: ‘Energy Transition Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Using Ghana as a case study’. The blog by Sandile Mtetwa  “Energy Transition Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Using Ghana as a case study” was published by Energy… Continue Reading

Op-ed “Russian gas will fund Putin’s war on Ukraine no matter what decisions Europeans might take” by CK Kong

Chi Kong Chyong published an article “Russian gas will fund Putin’s war on Ukraine no matter what decisions Europeans might take” in which he discusses the implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It was published on 8 March 2022 on University of Cambridge website You can read the article here Continue Reading

EPRG Working Paper 2204

Nicholas Gohdes and Paul Simshauser Renewable entry costs, project finance and the role of revenue quality in Australia’s National Electricity Market Gohdes, N. Simshauser, P. & Wilson, C. (2022), “Renewable entry costs, project finance and the role of credit quality in Australia’s National Electricity Market”, EPRG Working Paper 2204. Published: Energy Economics, 2022 Vol.114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106312  Abstract | Non-Technical… 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

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