UK Energy Policy 1980-2010: A History and Lessons to be Learnt This review is published jointly by The IET and the Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies. The aim of this review is to take a longer term perspective on UK energy policies since 1980, the year in which the Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies was founded. The authors are leading energy policy analysts Professor Peter Pearson, Director of the Low Carbon Research Institute of Wales, Cardiff University, and Professor Jim Watson, Director of the Sussex Energy Group, University of Sussex. The publication identifies key trends in the development of UK energy policies, and offers reflections on what has changed (and what has not) and what lessons might be learned.
UKWEC past events and presentations - Energy Institute See Energy Policy Debates - Learning from Leaders for our new series of seminars Tuesday, 26 November 2013 UK oil and gas reserves - getting the best from the rest There has been much debate over many years over the remaining oil and gas resources in the UK, especially the North Sea. Given the importance of the issues for the economy and security of supply UKWEC is pleased to be presenting a workshop which includes Sir Ian Wood, former chairman of the Wood Group, who is the current government reviewer of the offshore oil and gas industry; this is the first such review for 20 years. Also speaking we have Patrice de Viviès, the Chairman of Total Holdings UK, one of the major operators, and Jim Lorsong of 2CO Energy, who is a particular expert on enhanced oil recovery using CO2. Speakers: In the chair Michael Gibbons OBE Tuesday 17 September 2013UK retail markets for gas and electricity - how will the markets look? These changes will have a major impact on the energy sector.
Chris Huhne unveils 'green deal' to insulate homes | Environment Households will be offered a £150 cash incentive to insulate their homes from next year, under plans unveiled by the government on Wednesday. Within two years, households taking up the offer should be saving money on their energy bills, as new government policies come into force, Chris Huhne pledged. By 2020, according to government estimates, the average household should pay £94 a year less for energy than they would without the policies. The energy and climate change secretary was seeking to refute claims that the government's green policies – such as renewable energy subsidies and charges on carbon for businesses – were driving up bills. He said the real cause was soaring international gas prices, and that green policies that improved efficiency and made the UK less reliant on gas would pay off in the short as well as the long term. "The green deal is about putting energy consumers back in control of their bills and banishing Britain's draughty homes to the history books," Huhne said.