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Working Paper: Change and Inertia in the UK Energy System
Change and Inertia in the UK Energy System – getting our institutions and governance right By: Catherine Mitchell – Energy Policy Group, University of Exeter EPG Working Paper: 1402 Abstract: The Innovation and Governance for a Sustainable Economy (IGov) website introduces the ideas behind IGov. This WP expands on this to explain what the IGov project will be focussing on over its lifetime. IGov argues that governance of an energy transition is not just about understanding (1) its technocratic requirements; nor (2) is it confined to understanding the policy, regulatory, institutional and incentive requirements, and how they
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New Thinking Blog: Learning from Merkel’s approach to energy politics
Learning from Merkel’s approach to energy politics Matthew Lockwood, IGov Team, 10th March 2014 About Matthew: http://geography.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Matthew_Lockwood Twitter: https://twitter.com/climatepolitics Angela Merkel’s visit to London yesterday is being widely reported in the context of David Cameron’s efforts to secure EU reform.However, the presence of Europe’s electorally most successful leader is also a reminder of some contrasts between Germany and the UK in the area of energy policy. Germany’s Energiewende, or path towards renewable energy, has recently been much lambasted in parts of the UK press as disastrously costly. And it is true that support to renewable energy has cost Germany around four times as
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Presentation: Introduction to IGov and Theories of Change
Introduction to IGov and Theories of Change From: Richard Hoggett To: EPG Seminar Series, UoE, 25th Feb 14 Outline: IGov Challenges Implications Theories of Change What can we learn from them What could be improved Next phases Download presentation: EPG website
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New Thinking Blog: Ensuring Trust and Transparency in the Electricity Market
Ensuring Trust and Transparency in the Electricity Market Catherine Mitchell, IGov Team, 28th February, 2014 About Catherine: http://geography.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Catherine_Mitchell Such is the life of an electricity nerd that pleasure can be gained from watching a spat between the Regulator Ofgem and the Labour Party. With no love lost between them, particularly since the Labour Party has said that they will replace Ofgem with a tough new energy watchdog, it was fun watching the press–releases ping out about transparency of prices on 26 February 2014. Ofgem had published actions to improve the transparency of energy company profits. While most
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Working Paper: Demand and Decarbonisation in 2050: Themes from Scenarios
Demand and Decarbonisation in 2050: Themes from Scenarios By: Tom Steward – Energy Policy Group, University of Exeter EPG Working Paper: 1401 Abstract: In light of the emissions targets in The Climate Change Act, and reflecting the fact that the majority of UK emissions come from the production of energy, it is clear the energy sector will play a central role in the transition to a low carbon economy. In addition to the need for decarbonisation, energy must also be made secure, and affordable. These three goals are complex and often conflicting; however this paper proposes that
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New Thinking Blog: Lets Shine a Light on the Gas Industry – Update on Switching from BG
Lets Shine a Light on the Gas Industry – Update on Switching from BG Catherine Mitchell, IGov Team, 20th February, 2014 About Catherine: http://geography.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Catherine_Mitchell On 8 January, I wrote a blog about my experience of switching from British Gas (BG) as my gas supplier to Good Energy (GE). My gas was switched to GE at the end of December 2013 and I had rang GE on 2 January 2014 with my gas meter reading. As I said at the time, the Good Energy side of things was straight forward but: “This was not the case with
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Paper: Achieving energy transitions – Which RES policies are best applied when?
Achieving energy transitions: Which RES policies are best applied when? Reducing risk and creating an enabling environment By: Lena Kitzing and Catherine Mitchell Submitted to: “ENERGY TRANSITIONS” international conference, UEF Law School, Joensuu, Finland, 3-4 March 2014 Abstract: The transition to a sustainable energy system is desired by many countries around the world. Financial support for the deployment of renewable energy technologies is the choice of policy in most countries. We argue, drawing from transition theory and the multi-level perspective, that an energy transition evolves in two phases: A first phase with a focus on
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Consultation Response: DECC EMR: Consultation on Industry code and licence modifications
URN 13D/326 – EMR: Consultation on Industry code and licence modifications We welcome the opportunity to respond to the consultation on industry code and licence modifications under the Electricity Market reform (EMR). The consultation document invites ‘further comments and evidence’ in addition to direct response to the consultation questions, and our response is of this nature. According to the consultation document, a major objective of the EMR is to ‘enable the UK to meet its ambitious climate and renewable targets to build a cleaner energy future for Britain and the world’ (p. 6). A key
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New Thinking Blog: The European 2030 package and the governance of the carbon market
The European 2030 package and the governance of the carbon market Matthew Lockwood, IGov Team, 10th February 2014 About Matthew: http://geography.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Matthew_Lockwood Twitter: https://twitter.com/climatepolitics As most observers of climate and energy policy know by now, the European Commission has put forward a 2030 draft package that has a carbon target, but no nationally binding renewables or energy efficiency targets. The European Parliament voted last week for a more ambitious package including those last two elements, but it has no power to impose this on ministers who will meet in March to potentially seal a deal. If we are left with
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Presentation: Comparative (De)politicisations: Motivations, Rules and Contestations
Comparative (De)politicisations: Motivations, Rules and Contestations From: Caroline Kuzemko To: APDSG Workshop, Sheffield, 24th January 2014 Outline: Written with Matthew Lockwood, Exeter aces and forms of depolicisation Depoliticisation and repoliticisations Relation to ideas/rules/norms – which ones? Disaggregate: depoliticisations across sectors Motivations, rules and politicisations Monetary policy Energy policy Climate policy Conclusions Download presentation: CK CompDepols-APDSG-Jan
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