UK energy policy

This news article reports on how increased use of fans and air conditioning in the UK, as temperatures increase, has led to electricity suppliers having to meet the extra demand by starting up coal-powered plants. Read more

This research uses a novel experiment to elicit the willingness to accept of 2,430 nationally representative UK households for smart meter installation. Randomized information treatments allow for assessment of the impact on adoption and willingness to accept of oft-cited market failures, namely imperfect information asymmetries and diffusion externalities Read more

Responding to media reports that the Government is due to give approval this week for a new coal mine in... Read more

The decision to lift the moratorium on fracking does not seem to be based on the evidence presented in the report by the British Geological Survey says Bob Ward. Read more

British consumers are facing a cost of energy crisis, and some ideological extremists are trying to exploit the hardship and misery with misinformation and propaganda about climate policies. Bob Ward dispels the four most common myths being propagated by opponents of net zero. Read more

In this interview with Nigel Farage on GB News Bob Ward discusses whether the UK could become self sufficient on fossil fuels and whether fracking is a viable option. Read more

This submission was made by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the ESRC Centre for... Read more

Following a new landmark report from the IEA which says the global energy system reaching net-zero by 2050 means no new supplies of fossil fuels, Bob Ward assesses the implications for the UK’s oil and gas industry. Read more