Adam Brown
Low carbon heat: if not now, when (and how)?
Thoughts on the death of DECC
Over the course of 13 and 14 July 2016, UK’s new Prime Minister, Theresa May, appointed the Secretaries of State […]
Energy Brexit: initial thoughts
In the energy sector, as elsewhere, it is far too early to give any definitive view on the effects of […]
The New North Sea – Part 2: the legal mechanics of “MER UK”
This is the second in a series of posts on the new regulatory regime for the North Sea oil and […]
The New North Sea – Part 1: the revolution begins here
How much of a difference will the recent reforms of UK offshore oil and gas regulation make to the industry […]
UK renewable Contracts for Difference – now only for offshore wind?
The UK’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) regime for renewable subsidies was one of the principal pillars of the Electricity Market […]
Ready to “stand on its own two feet”? Government’s vision for UK solar industry
In a series of announcements on 17 December 2015, the UK Government has almost completely answered the question it posed […]
Published at last – a winning strategy for the UK Continental Shelf?
Finally, we have the missing piece of the jigsaw. The current reforms to the UK’s regulatory regime for the offshore […]
UK onshore wind subsidies: not dead yet
A vote in the House of Lords on 21 October 2015 has, for the moment at least, derailed the Government’s proposals […]
The UK’s second capacity market auction – likely to deliver more of the same?
The initial results of the pre-qualification stage of the 2015 Capacity Market (CM) auctions, published on 25 September 2015, confirm […]
DECC’s latest consultation on Feed-in Tariffs – an Era of “FIT Austerity”?
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has launched a consultation proposing savage cuts in the levels of […]
The Politics of Onshore Wind
The new Conservative Government has made curbing the growth of onshore wind one of its short-term priorities. On 18 June […]
Global perspectives on the energy sector
What is the future for traditional power utilities? What can Europe learn from the US experience of capacity markets? What […]