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  • Presentation: Energy System of the Future

    September 23, 2015

    Presentation: Energy System of the Future

    Energy System of the Future From: Catherine Mitchell To:  SET Plan conference 2015- Research, innovation and competitiveness for the Energy Union, Luxembourg 21-22 September 2015 Outline Technology challenges System change & new opportunities Good Governance Research & Innovation   Download presentation: CM SETPlan 2015  Conference Information: http://www.setplan2015.lu

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  • New Thinking: Saving Face

    September 22, 2015

    New Thinking: Saving Face

    Saving Face Catherine Mitchell, IGov Team, 22nd September 2015 IGov is investigating the link between innovation and governance. Ideally we would like to produce our own theory of why it is some countries seem to be more able to move to a demand focused energy policy – in other words an energy policy which minimises the energy it uses. The idea behind IGov was to understand why it is that Britain – as opposed to many other countries – takes such unique decisions which tend to ignore best practice elsewhere and which tend to be relatively

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  • Presentation: Governance & transition to a sustainable energy system

    September 22, 2015

    Presentation: Governance & transition to a sustainable energy system

    Governance and transition to a sustainable energy system: how institutions, rules and incentives in Great Britain support the current system and undermine change From: Catherine Mitchell To:  Incumbent-Challenger Dynamics in Energy Transitions, Freie Universität, Berlin, 18-09-15 Outline GB Policy since 2010 What is Governance? Rules & Incentives Future Governance   Download presentation: Governance & transtion to a sustainable energy system  Workshop Agenda: Workshop-Norge-Tyskland-Challenger-incumbent

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  • Presentation: Heat and the City Community

    September 17, 2015

    Presentation: Heat and the City Community

    Heat and the City Community: The institutional roots of Danish energy conversion efficiency From: Matthew Lockwood To: University of Edinburgh, September 2015 Download presentation: ML Edinburgh September

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  • Presentation: The Political Economy of Sustainable Energy Transitions

    September 17, 2015

    Presentation: The Political Economy of Sustainable Energy Transitions

    The Political Economy of Sustainable Energy Transitions: Institutions, Contingency and Contestations From: Caroline Kuzemko To: International Sustainability Transitions Conference, Sussex, 28-08-15 Outline An inter-disciplinary approach to conceptualising governance for sustainable energy innovations and explaining differential pace and degree of transitions The concept of governance we apply recognises that not all governing is done by government: multiple actors STT tell us a lot about how socio-technical systems operate and change; winners /losers BUT too little on contestation, policy change and broader political (macro) contexts New Institutionalism details on political context; how policy change: recognition that there is a problem,

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  • New Thinking: Energy and Corbynomics

    September 4, 2015

    New Thinking: Energy and Corbynomics

    Energy and Corbynomics  Catherine Mitchell, IGov Team, 4th September 2015 Many column inches have been used up discussing what Jeremy Corbyn stands for, and whether he would be a disaster for the Labour Party. With respect to energy, what seems to have caught the headlines is his potential for ‘renationalising’ the Big 6. It turns out however, on reading Corbyn’s environmental manifesto, Protecting Our Planet, and his 10 energy pledges given below, that the words ‘renationalise’ or ‘renationalisation’ are not used. The nearest phrases are: Our campaign will prioritise our planet and stand for ‘Britain providing

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  • Submission to CMA Energy Market Investigation – Provisional Findings & Possible Remedies

    September 4, 2015

    Submission to CMA Energy Market Investigation – Provisional Findings & Possible Remedies

    Comments on the CMA Energy Market Investigation – Provisional Findings and Possible Remedies Catherine Mitchell, Bridget Woodman, Matthew Lockwood, Jessica Britton, Caroline Kuzemko and Richard Hoggett, Energy Policy Group (EPG), University of Exeter Introduction 1) The Energy Policy Group (EPG) is pleased to make comment on the Provisional Findings Report (PF) and on the Possible Remedies report (PR). In the past, we have input a submission to the CMA’s Statement of Issues. We then gave oral evidence, the summary of which is now up on the CMA’s website. We then commented on the Updated Issues We

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  • Viewpoint: We must not recreate the wrong market model

    August 29, 2015

    Viewpoint: We must not recreate the wrong market model

    On Reflection: We must not recreate the wrong market model Catherine Mitchell, IGov Team, 28th August 2015 EUROPE: The EU’s proposal for a new Electricity Market Design turns a blind eye to the elephant in our midst. Operating wholesale electricity markets that set payments based on the marginal cost of generation is an energy model that needs a rewrite. The more the wind blows and the sun shines, the more electricity is fed into the market, driving down prices as demand is saturated. Low prices might sound like good news for electricity customers, but for

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  • Presentation: International comparisons of governance & innovation

    August 26, 2015

    Presentation: International comparisons of governance & innovation

    International comparisons of governance and innovations for transformation in electricity systems From: Catherine Mitchell To: MBA at European School of Management and Technology ESMT, Berlin, 24-08-15 Outline Governance and Innovation What is Governance? Fundamental Issues of Governance Phase 1 versus Phase 2 countries of transformation Great Britain NYC Reforming the Energy Vision New Revenue Model Hawaii   Download presentation: International Comparisons of Governance & Innovation

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  • News: Progressive Energy Policy Series

    August 24, 2015

    News: Progressive Energy Policy Series

    The Energy Policy Group is the home of the new series of Palgrave Pivots on Progressive Energy Policy. Pivots are 25,000 to 50,000 words in length and can be single or multi-authored. In brief we are seeking pivots that are: important to understanding the role of energy policy within processes of sustainable and equitable energy transitions. pivotal in nature, i.e. pivots should seek to be visionary, challenging conventional wisdom and/or arguing for new and innovative ways of understanding and engaging with energy policy. theoretically informed but firmly evidence-based seeking to link theory and policy to

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