Treaty governance versus membership – and the stability of UK policy
Participants at the longstanding Joint European Stakeholder Group (JESG) this week expressed their concern that co-operation on energy under the EU-UK treaty agreed at the end of 2020 ceases in 2026....
View ArticleA good idea a decade ago?
Once again Kwasi Kwarteng MP talks up nuclear as “The only way we can get decarbonised firm power which isn’t intermittent …We will need a source of power that isn’t fluctuating, that isn’t dependent...
View ArticleDo you need an energy butler?
From time to time I find myself trying to explain how the energy industry is changing to people who couldn’t give a picowatt. Here is my latest analogy: In the past you have had an energy butler, happy...
View ArticleRange anxiety again?
Think tanks Bright Blue and Policy Exchange raise some useful policy proposals aimed at speeding up the rollout of electric vehicles (see story here). A couple raise questions. Policy Exchange would...
View ArticleTexas customers face blackouts – are there lessons for the UK?
Energy customers in Texas are facing rolling blackouts, with around 4 million currently off power. Users have been asked to cut peak demand and unprecedented actions have been seen from competitive...
View ArticleHow to get electric vehicle plans out of the box
During discussions about electric vehicles and the opportunities in having so much storage in the system, I am always struck by how quickly people start to talk about their own car, and what they do...
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UPDATED: Range anxiety? It will be the making of electric vehicles
What’s going on at this SE London petrol station? It is being converted into an EV charging hub. It reminds me of the blog below, which I wrote in 2017, and this article on petrol...
View ArticleIf hydrogen is to work it can’t be second class for domestic users
Janet Wood asks how we will look back on the hydrogen future In the short term, a switch to electric heating is expensive and disruptive. It means new heating systems are needed throughout the...
View ArticleWhen can we retire ‘demand’ and ‘supply’?
Electricity and energy industry models are starting to diverge from the centrally dispatched model dominated by large generators, and demand side response – although often an opaque term to users – is...
View ArticleHow new-build assets stack up against behaviour change is exactly the...
‘Relevant technical experts’ must respond this week to provide input to BEIS over how energy planning and national planning statements will take account of sustainability and the required Habitats...
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