Author Archives: Simone Gristwood

What do we actually know about household electricity use? Phillip Grunewald

Posted on February 29, 2016

What we use electricity for has not been of great concern to system operators in the past. With a large fleet of flexible fossil fuel plants it was sufficient to roughly predict demand and then provide as and when needed. Under this paradigm it makes no difference whether electricity is used to provide a time specific service (like viewing Coronation Street), something that could be…

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Linkages between materials, energy and economy: production and consumption changes for a low material and carbon future, John Barrett

Posted on February 12, 2016

Seminar with John Barrett, Leeds University, 16 December 2015 The Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) provides robust evidence demonstrating the need to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) rapidly to avoid the worst consequences of climate change. The UK Government defines its contribution towards this goal as achieving an 80% reduction in GHG emissions by 2050 from a 1990…

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Working paper 16: Fuel Poverty Policy and Non-Heating Energy Uses

Posted on January 26, 2016

DEMAND working paper 16 Neil Simcock and Gordon Walker (April 2016) Fuel Poverty Policy and Non-Heating Energy Uses

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Submission: The next frontier in our digital revolution. Submission to UK Digital Strategy by Mike Hazas and Janine Morley

Posted on January 22, 2016

Mike Hazas and Janine Morley have responded to UK Digital Strategy's call for evidence on 'The next frontier in our digital revolution' and focus on how resilience and energy demand must be considered alongside economic growth. The full response is available to download: Digital Strategy Ideas

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Submission: Electricity interconnection and storage. Submission to The Infrastructure Commission, December 2015

Posted on January 21, 2016

Response to call for evidence by The Infrastructure Commission by Elizabeth Shove In line with the published terms of reference, the Commission is seeking evidence on how changes to existing market frameworks, increased interconnection and new technologies in demand-side management and energy storage can better balance supply and demand. What changes may need to be made to the…

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