All pages with keywords: clean energy
The Trump Administration’s proposed replacement for the Clean Power Plan is unfair and increases climate change risks around the world
Bob Ward comments on the publication of the Trump Administration’s alternative to President Obama’s Clean Power Plan. read more »
Statkraft-LSE Program: Credible, effective and publicly acceptable policies to decarbonise the European Union
Presentation for Brussels launch event, 05 December 2017
The credibility of the European Union’s efforts to decarbonise the power sector
This report assesses the credibility of EU member states’ efforts to decarbonise the power sector – with credibility of policy commitments defined as ‘the likelihood that policymakers will keep their promises to implement the pledges or policies they announce’. read more »
Credible, effective and publicly acceptable policies to decarbonise the European Union: Final report
This report investigates the extent to which current policies and institutional arrangements are fit for purpose for the new decarbonisation phase into which the EU is entering. It summarises the main findings from the Statkraft research programme. read more »
What does the Helm Review teach us about climate policy?
Professor Dieter Helm’s Cost of Energy review was greeted in parts of the press with headlines like “excessive green taxes force up energy bills”. Sam Fankhauser analyses the review in the context of UK efforts to tackle climate change. read more »
Energy policy and the power sector in the long run
This paper simulates the distributional consequences of alternative carbon emission reduction policies on power producers and finds that that a carbon tax outperforms all other instruments and does not reduce the profits of carbon-free generators. read more »
Economic growth and development with low-carbon energy
Energy is needed for economic growth, and access to cheap, reliable energy is an essential development objective. However, in the future access to fossil fuel-based energy will need to be … read more »
Muddled and inflated figures about power decarbonisation
It is vitally important that the public debate about the UK’s options for managing the risks of climate change is based on reliable and authoritative information about the costs. Unfortunately, … read more »
A more sustainable energy strategy for India
The COP-21 meeting in Paris produced an important result. For the first time all countries developed and developing agreed to take some mitigation action. However even if all countries deliver on what … read more »
Lord Stern welcomes announcement that 20 major economies will double clean energy R&D investment
Lord Stern responds to a pledge made by 20 countries to double government investment in clean energy innovation to US$20 billion over five years. read more »
