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New Thinking Blog: Will the negawatt solution work in the domestic sector?
Will the negawatt solution work in the domestic sector? Matthew Lockwood, IGov Team, 14th May 2013 About Matthew: http://geography.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Matthew_Lockwood Twitter: https://twitter.com/climatepolitics The idea that the best way to provide energy is simply to avoid unnecessary use in the first place has been around for some time. Back in 1989, Amory Lovins coined the term “negawatts” (energy saved by cutting out waste) to emphasise the contrast with megawatts of power or heat that needs to be generated if that waste is not eradicated. With the current Energy Bill potentially providing the biggest chance in a decade for rethinking
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New Thinking Blog: British energy policy: descending to a combination of pork barrel politics and desperation?
British energy policy: descending to a combination of pork barrel politics and desperation? Catherine Mitchell, IGov Team, 10th May, 2013 About Catherine: http://geography.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Catherine_Mitchell Given that everyone – householders through to businesses – use energy, and that its use is a major cause of climate change, energy policy has significant implications for everyone in society. It can be a force for good – providing jobs; making lives more comfortable as houses become more energy efficient (warmer and free of draughts); be a stimulator of innovation, skills and new economic growth; and enabling those individuals and
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Guest Blog: Heat Policy – Cinderella or Wicked Step-Mother
Heat Policy: Cinderella or Wicked Step-Mother Richard Lowes, IGov Advisory Group – 2nd May 2013 We are hugely import dependent to secure enough of it, its costs are rising and it’s relatively high carbon, yet gas is central to how we provide heat to our homes and businesses in the UK. But, this is all to change, we are told, by the Government’s grand ‘heat strategy policy statement’. At some point in the 2040s, my London flat will be connected to a district heating network which will serve all houses and businesses in London. My friends
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Call for Papers: Sustainable Supply Chains and Energy Security
Sustainable Supply Chains and Energy Security (Applied Energy) Guest editors: Prof Catherine Mitchell, Richard Hoggett, Dr Chiara Candelise, Dr Ronan Bolton, Dr Florian Kern Managing Editor: Prof. Jinyue Yan, Editor-in-Chief, Applied Energy Objective: This special issue in Applied Energy will focuss on the links between energy security and the supply chains/value chains that make up energy systems. At a macro level, energy systems can be viewed as a supply chain, comprising of multiple and interrelated sub-chains based around different fuels, technologies, infrastructures, and actors. These enable resources to be extracted, transformed and distributed to meet the demand for
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