Marta Rocha and Thomas Greve Contracting in a market with differential information Continue Reading
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EPRG Working Paper 1623
Michael Pollitt Electricity Network Charging for Flexibility Continue Reading
EPRG Workshop “Implications of Brexit for UK and EU Energy and Climate Policy”, 6 September 2016
EPRG held a workshop on “Implications of Brexit for UK and EU Energy and Climate Policy” on 6 September 2016 at Sidney Sussex College. The Workshop comprised of 3 panel discussions sessions and finished with a dinner which included a keynote speaker, Vicky Ford, MEP and Chair of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European… Continue Reading
Public comment outline for FTC investigation by M. Pollitt and W. Strielkowski
Michael Pollitt and Wadim Strielkowski submitted public comment Consumer solar distributed generation (DG): net metering and some competition issues to Federal Trade Commission (USA) under FTC initiative on Competition and Consumer Protection Issues in the Rooftop Solar Business, on 22 August 2016. To read the comment please click here Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1622
Manuel Llorca and Tooral Jamasb Energy Efficiency and Rebound Effect in European Road Freight Transport Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1621
Francisco D. Munoz, Adriaan Hendrik van der Weijde, Benjamin F. Hobbs and Jean-Paul Watson Does risk aversion affect transmission and generation planning? A Western North America case study Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1620
Rowan Adams and Tooraj Jamasb Optimal Power Generation Portfolios with Renewables: An Application to the UK Continue Reading
Article “Is cheap oil really good for the global economy?” by K. Mohaddes
Kamiar Mohaddes, EPRG Associate Researcher, published an article “Is cheap oil really good for the global economy?” in Financial Times on 14 July 2016. To read the article, please click here. Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1619
Ibrahim Abada and Andreas Ehrenmann The prisoner’s dilemma in Cournot models: when endogenizing the level of competition leads to competitive behaviors Continue Reading
CEEPR & EPRG European Energy Policy Conference, Paris, France, 7-8 July 2016
EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2016 CEEPR/EPRG Annual Conference with support from EDF Energy. The Conference took place in George C. Marshall Centre in Paris, France, on 7 – 8 July and comprised of 1,5 day of sessions and dinner. Continue Reading
Presentation “Oil Prices and the Global Economy: Is It Different This Time Around?” by K. Mohaddes
Kamiar Mohaddes, EPRG Associate Researcher, gave a presentation “Oil Prices and the Global Economy: Is It Different This Time Around?” at the IIEA Conference on Iran’s Economy at Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany on 18 June 2016 | Slides Continue Reading
S. Littlechild’s latest submission to Energy and Climate Change Committee
Stephen Littlechild and other former energy regulators of the UK submitted a paper to Energy and Climate Change Committee for Committee’s oral hearing on the CMA energy market report that took place on 5 July 2016. The full text can be read here Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1618
David Newbery Pricing Electricity and Supporting Renewables in Heavily Energy Subsidized Economies Continue Reading
D. Newbery’s latest contribution to DECC, 10 March 2016
David Newbery’s latest contribution to DECC “How do we get to an electricity market with government making as few decisions as possible by 2025?”, 10 March 2016. To full text can be found here. Continue Reading
Presentation “What are the prospects for electrical energy storage (EES)? Lessons from Europe and California” by M. Pollitt
Michael Pollitt gave a presentation “What are the prospects for electrical energy storage (EES)? Lessons from Europe and California” at the International Conference on the Frontier of Advanced Batteries, CIBF2016 and the 6th China International Energy Storage Conference in Shenzhen, China, on 25 May 2016 | PDF Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1617
David Newbery Questioning the EU Target Electricity Model – how should it be adapted to deliver the Trilemma? Also published in Energy Policy under the title “Tales of Two Islands – Lessons for EU Energy Policy from Electricity Market Reforms in Britain and Ireland” and available here Continue Reading
Presentation “In Search of ‘Good’ Energy Policy: why multi-disciplinary approaches to Energy and Climate problems are so important” by M. Pollitt
Michael Pollitt gave a presentation “In Search of ‘Good’ Energy Policy: why multi-disciplinary approaches to Energy and Climate problems are so important” at CEEP, Beijing Institute of Technology, China, on 20 May 2016 | PDF Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1616
Laura-Lucia Richter and Michael Pollitt Which Smart Electricity Services Contracts Will Consumers Accept? The demand for compensation in a platform market Continue Reading
S. Littlechild’s latest contributions to CMA Provisional Decision on Remedies
Stephen Littlechild’s latest response to CMA Provisional Decision on Remedies from 11 April 2016 and Supplementary Submission on Provisional Decision on Remedies from 20 April 2016. Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1615
Laura-Lucia Richter and Melvyn Weeks Flexible Mixed Logit with Posterior Analysis: Eliciting Willingness to Pay for Grid Resilience Continue Reading
David MacKay’s final interview and tribute
The final interview with David MacKay (22 April 1967 – 14 April 2016) appeared in the article “Idea of renewables powering UK is an ‘appalling delusion’” in The Guardian on 3 May 2016. To read the article and listen to the interview, please click here Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1614
Francisco Castellano Ruz and Michael G. Pollitt Overcoming barriers to electrical energy storage: Comparing California and Europe Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1613
Thomas Greve and Michael Pollitt A VCG Auction for Electricity Storage Continue Reading
Article “The Folly of Hinkley” by S. Taylor
Simon Taylor, Director of the Master of Finance Programme, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, and EPRG Associate Researcher, published an article “The Folly of Hinkley” in Prospect magazine on 21 April 2016. To read the article, please click here. Continue Reading
Presentation ” Strategic investment, multimarket interaction and competitive advantage: An application to the natural gas industry” by R. Ritz
Robert Ritz gave a presentation ” Strategic investment, multimarket interaction and competitive advantage: An application to the natural gas industry” during the Seminar in Energy Economics, at Ecole des Mines & Paris Dauphine, France, on 13 April 2016 | PDF Continue Reading
Professor Sir David MacKay (22 April 1967 – 14 April 2016)
We were saddened by the death of our colleague and associate Sir David MacKay, Regius Professor of Engineering at Cambridge, DECC’s former Chief Scientific Advisor, on 14 April 2016 at the age of 48. The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Amber Rudd, posted that “David was the model of a scientist in… Continue Reading
Article “What is needed for battery electric vehicles to become socially cost competitive?” by D. Newbery and G. Strbac
The article “What is needed for battery electric vehicles to become socially cost competitive?” by David Newbery and Goran Strbac was published on ScienceDirect website on 6 April 2016. To read the article in PDF, please click here. To access the online version (available till 26 May 2016), please click here Continue Reading
Comment on Future of Nuclear Industry, House of Commons Select Committee, by S. Taylor
Simon Taylor, Director of the Master of Finance Programme, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, and EPRG Associate Researcher, was invited to the House of Commons Select Committee on Energy and Climate Change to give evidence on the future of the Nuclear Power and Hinkley Project industry on 23 March, 2016. To listen to the recording, please… Continue Reading
Article “Hinkley Point is a costly mistake, but only France can pull the plug” by S. Taylor
Simon Taylor, Director of the Master of Finance Programme, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, and EPRG Associate Researcher, published an article “Hinkley Point is a costly mistake, but only France can pull the plug” in The Guardian on 14 March 2016. “Vincent de Rivaz, chief executive of EDF Energy, once boasted that British customers would… Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1612
Alberto Behar and Robert A. Ritz OPEC vs US shale oil: Analyzing the shift to a market-share strategy Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1611
Musiliu O. Oseni and Michael G. Pollitt The prospects for smart energy prices: observations from 50 years of residential pricing for fixed line telecoms and electricity Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1610
Robert A. Ritz How does renewables competition affect forward contracting in electricity markets? Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1609
Karsten Neuhoff, Nolan Ritter, Aymen Salah-Abou-El-Enien and Philippe Vassilopoulos Intraday Markets for Power: Discretizing the Continuous Trading? Continue Reading
Book “The Fall and Rise of Nuclear Power in Britain” by S. Taylor
Simon Taylor, Director of the Master of Finance Programme, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, and EPRG Associate Researcher, published his new book “The Fall and Rise of Nuclear Power in Britain”. The book is now available here. The review of the book in the latest Nature Energy by Prof Gordon Mackerron can be read… Continue Reading
Report “Delivering future-proof energy infrastructure” by M. Pollitt
The report “Delivering future-proof energy infrastructure” written by Goran Strobac, Ioannis Konstantelos, Michael Pollitt and Richard Green for the National Infrastructure Commission was mentioned in BBC Business News in the article Smart energy could save £8bn a year, say advisers by Roger Harrabin on 4 March 2016. To read the article, please click here To read the… Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1608
Michael Pollitt A Global Carbon Market? Continue Reading
Executive Summary of Climate Change and Energy After Paris Conference, 22 January 2016, Cambridge
The Executive Summary of the Conference What Now? Climate Change and Energy After Paris that took place in Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, on 22 January 2016. The full text of the Summary can be found here. Continue Reading
S. Taylor quoted in “What’s the (Hinkley) Point?”, The Economist, 27 February 2016
The new book ” The Fall and Rise of Nuclear Power in Britain” by Simon Taylor was featured in the article What’s the (Hinkley) Point? published in The Economist on 27 February 2016. To read the article, please click here Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1607
David Newbery Policies for decarbonizing a liberalized power sector Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1606
Olaf Corry and David Reiner It’s the Society, Stupid! Communicating Emergent Climate Technologies in the Internet Age Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1605
Janusz Brzeszczyński, Binam Ghimire, Tooraj Jamasb, and Graham McIntosh Socially Responsible Investment and Market Performance: The Case of Energy and Resource Firms Continue Reading
Stephen Littlechild’s latest contribution to CMA’s current Energy market investigation
Stephen Littlechild’s latest contribution to CMA’s current Energy market investigation “The CMA energy market investigation, the well-functioning market, Ofgem, Government and behavioural economics“. This paper is forthcoming in the European Competition Journal, March 2016. Executive Summary | Text Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1604
Kamiar Mohaddes and Mehdi Raissi The U.S. Oil Supply Revolution and the Global Economy Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1603
Arjun Mahalingam and David Reiner Energy Subsidies at Times of Economic Crisis: A Comparative Study and Scenario Analysis of Italy and Spain Continue Reading
Comment on Effect of El Niño on CCTV by K. Mohaddes
Kamiar Mohaddes, EPRG Associate Researcher, was invited as a panelist on the programme The Heat: El Niño and its Global Effects broadcast on 21 January 2016 on CCTV America. To view the programme, please click here Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1602
Chi Kong Chyong and Roman Kazmin The Economics of Global LNG Trade: The Case of Atlantic and Pacific Inter-Basin Arbitrage in 2010-2014 Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1601
David Newbery The long-Run Equilibrium Impact of Intermittent Renewables on Wholesale Electricity Prices Continue Reading
David MacKay Received Knighthood for His Work in Energy and Climate Change
David MacKay, Regius Professor of Engineering, Cambridge University Engineering Department, lately Chief Scientific Advisor at DECC, and EPRG Associate Researcher, has been awarded a Knighthood in the 2016 New Year Honours List for “services to Scientific Advice in Government and Science Outreach”. Congratulations to Professor MacKay! We at EPRG are very proud to count him as one of… Continue Reading
Comment on effects of El Niño on BBC by K. Mohaddes
Kamiar Mohaddes, EPRG Associate Researcher, was interviewed by BBC World Service on 30 December 2015. The interview covered Dr. Mohaddes’s recent research on El Niño and its economic effects around the world. The interview can be found here (5:36 min onwards) Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1525
Thomas Triebs and Michael Pollitt The Direct Costs and Benefits of US Electric Utility Divestitures Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Note: This Working Paper replaces EPRG WP#1024 Continue Reading