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SEG energy experts respond to the Prime Minister’s ten point net zero plan

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This is a repost of this news article written by Neil Vowles for the Sussex news page. Earlier today, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his ten-point plan designed to lead the UK towards net zero by 2050. The plan includes…

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Posted in 'Whole systems' perspectives, All Posts, Energy Governance and Policy, Energy Innovation and Digitalisation, Energy systems and supply technology, Just and Sustainable Transitions to Net Zero, The energy transition

Green growth or post-growth?

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Thoughts and reflections on the launch of Tim Foxon’s new book ‘Energy and Economic Growth: Why we need a new pathway to prosperity’. By Nora Blascsok Students and faculty gathered together on 14 December to hear from Tim Foxon, Professor…

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Why South Africa is finding it difficult to wean itself off coal

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Dr Lucy Baker

Lucy Baker, University of Sussex and Jesse Burton, University of Cape Town South Africa has made domestic and international commitments to climate change mitigation. But the country continues to depend on coal-fired power plants, which provide 92% of its electricity.…

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Posted in All Posts, renewables, study

Stimulating ‘creative destruction’ to transform how we use energy

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By Paula Kivimaa & Florian Kern, Centre on Innovation and Energy Demand, SPRU Given the urgency of climate change, it is unfortunate that the recent ‘reset’ of UK energy policy missed a big opportunity. That is to take a more…

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Posted in All Posts, CIED, Community Energy, policy

Short-sighted Tory energy policies could undo years of effort

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A re-blog of a post in The Conversation by CIED‘s Noam Bergman, Lee Stapleton and Mari Martiskainen The new Conservative government is letting slip its commitments to renewable energy and climate change mitigation. The bad decisions keep coming, and don’t add up to a…

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Posted in All Posts, Fossil fuels, News, policy, renewables, Wind energy

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