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Low carbon energy and national security: why incoherent policy risks delaying energy transition in Europe

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Energy transitions are progressing at increasing speed, stimulated by more ambitious climate policies in Europe and beyond. However, these positive gains are under constant threat from conflict and governance failures, heightened by the global geopolitical and economic importance of energy.

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Posted in All Posts, Energy efficiency and energy security, Energy Governance and Policy, Just and Sustainable Transitions to Net Zero, Political economy of energy, Politics of energy and energy institutions, The Co-benefits of the energy transition

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

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

D-Day for UK Energy Policy: Is there a plan?

by Claire Copeland and Donal Brown The British Institute of Energy Economics (BIEE) held a one day conference on 21 September at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) somewhat cheekily titled: “Is There a Plan? UK Energy

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Posted in Conferences and events

Policy packaging or policy patching? How energy efficiency policies have developed in the UK and Finland

Guest blog by Dr David Vincent Since 1945, UK energy policy has undergone seismic shifts as I set out in my first blog. Looking to the future, I think we will see more disruptive changes as we struggle to meet

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Posted in CIED, energy efficiency

The historical foundations of UK energy policy since the 1940s

Guest blog by Dr David Vincent Since 1945, UK energy policy has undergone seismic shifts, starting with the energy industry nationalisations of the late 1940s and moving on to energy industry privatisations of the 1980s and 90s. These shifts were

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Posted in CIED, energy efficiency, policy

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