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July 23, 2015 Noam Bergman, _University of Sussex_; Lee Stapleton, _University of Sussex_, and Mari Martiskainen, _University of Sussex_ In the long run a shift from renewables to fossil
fuels will make it harder to reach emissions targets and will harm the UK’s international standing. July 8, 2015 David Harvey, _University of Huddersfield_ Personalised energy services would
stop everyone getting ripped off. June 3, 2015 James Dyke, _University of Southampton_ There’s no point promoting renewable technology if all the power still resides with fossil fuel firms.
June 2, 2015 Frederik Dahlmann, _Warwick Business School, University of Warwick_ The proposed Energy Bill ends wind power subsidies and toughens planning regulations. But it’s not all bad
news for the industry. April 17, 2015 Simon McMahon, _Coventry University_; Daniel Muijs, _University of Southampton_; Hugh Compston, _Cardiff University_; Ian Bailey, _University of
Plymouth_; John Fender, _University of Birmingham_; Maria Goddard, _University of York_; Simon Burgess, _University of Bristol_; Sofia Vasilopoulou, _University of York_, and Stephen
Weatherhead, _Lancaster University_ Our experts review the evidence behind the Green Party’s big ticket policies. March 19, 2015 Zhen Lei, _Penn State_ The world needs new energy
technologies to meet global demand and slow emissions. Government plays an outside role in energy so what policies work best for innovation? November 20, 2014 Peter Strachan, _Robert Gordon
University_ and Alex Russell, _Robert Gordon University_ Amid the 14,000-plus submissions to the commission tasked with producing a set of proposals for handing more powers to Scotland, some
have proposed devolving some control of energy. Energy was one of the… November 5, 2014 Guido Cozzi, _University of St.Gallen_ The European Union might just have made a historically
important statement of intent, aimed at laying the foundations to boost investment in the EU as a driver of full recovery and long-term growth. That’s… November 4, 2014 Gordon Walker,
_Lancaster University_ What is a healthy room temperature? On releasing its Cold Weather Plan for 2014, Public Health England has recently revised its recommended minimum levels to keep in
good health. No longer, they say, do… November 4, 2014 Richard Tol, _University of Sussex_ Winter is coming. And the UK has a real chance of
[brownouts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownout_(electricity) or even blackouts from lack of power. The long predicted capacity crunch in electric power… October 30, 2014 Jennifer S.
Hunt, _University of Sydney_ The Australian Financial Review recently trumpeted America’s “re-emergence as a world oil power”. It is an accomplishment four decades in the making and its
success is still under debate. Energy security… August 17, 2014 Christian Downie, _UNSW Sydney_ Next week, Brisbane hosts the final meeting of the G20 Energy Sustainability Working Group
before the main G20 summit in November. Government officials and energy experts from 20 of the most powerful countries… August 6, 2014 Stefan Andreasson, _Queen's University Belfast_
After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the US made a point of diversifying its sources of oil to reduce dependence on the Middle East. It was a strategic move which promised a huge boost to
West African… April 28, 2014 Marek Kubik, _University of Reading_ The escalating situation in Ukraine has focused the minds of Europe’s leaders on their countries’ energy needs and how to
meet them. Energy security has quickly become a strategic priority for the EU… March 24, 2014 James Henderson, _University of Oxford_ The rapid escalation of the situation in Crimea has led
us faster than we might have thought to consider if and how Russia might unleash energy policy as part of its geopolitical strategy. President Vladimir… February 17, 2014 Bridget Woodman,
_University of Exeter_ and Richard Lowes, _University of Exeter_ A potential government investigation into British Gas has offered up the chance to restructure the market in a way that has
not happened since the industry was privatised, and could skew the market to… February 6, 2014 Mark Diesendorf, _UNSW Sydney_ Nuclear power is back on Australia’s radar. In its recent issues
paper released as a preface to September’s Energy White Paper, the Abbott government reopened the debate thus: With environmental considerations… January 30, 2014 Alan Pears, _RMIT
University_ From flicking on a light to travelling around town, our lives are utterly dependent on energy. That’s why it’s so surprising that Australia has been so bad at thinking about our
country’s future energy… November 6, 2013 Adam Corner, _Cardiff University_ On a clear day one can see North Somerset – the future site of Britain’s Hinkley Point C new nuclear power station
– from Cardiff Bay, across the Severn Estuary. Deep in hilly Powys, arguments rage around… October 30, 2013 Thomas Steward, _University of Exeter_ The nights are drawing in, leaves are
changing from green to gold, and energy suppliers are announcing price hikes. Along with animals disappearing into hibernation, energy price rises have become what…