The Energy Policy Group at the University of Exeter provides an academic hub for the interdisciplinary study of energy policy. We place sustainability and change at the heart of debates about energy policy and governance. We work collaboratively with stakeholders and researchers on the economics and politics of energy to find new and innovative approaches for enabling the transition to a low carbon, sustainable and affordable energy system. Find out more about our team, vision and work here.
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Catherine Mitchell
GB Energy Policy Overview
June 2014 | Ensymora Research Meeting, Jørlunde, 3rd June |PDF
Matthew Lockwood
The Belly Of A (System) Architect
May 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Catherine Mitchell
Introduction to IGov Progressive Energy Governance conference
May 2014 | Progressive Energy Governance | Link
Catherine Mitchell, Matthew Lockwood, Richard Hoggett, Caroline Kuzemko
Current rules and incentives: innovation in the energy system and emerging governance themes
May 2014 | Progressive Energy Governance | Link
Jess Britton
Local Enterprise Partnerships and the low carbon economy
May 2014 | Sub-National Government and Paths to Sustainable Energy Symposium |PDF
Catherine Mitchell
New Thinking Blog: In Matters Of Climate Change, The Environmental Requirement Must Take Precedent Over Short Term Economic Goals
May 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Shane Fudge
Energy demand management
May 2014| Public talk to Falmouth Aquarium, 7th May |PDF
Catherine Mitchell
IPCC Working Group III: policy for climate change
May 2014 | Transformational Climate Science | PDF
Catherine Mitchell
WG3 and policy for climate change
May 2014 | Transformational Climate Science | PDF
Dominic Maclaine
Issues for the next election
May 2014 | Guest Blog | Link
Heinke Theis
Share, improve, save and inspire – Go LEEN!
May 2014 | EPG Blog | Link
Caroline Kuzemko
Politicising UK Energy: What Speaking Energy Security Can Do
Apr 2014 | Policy and Politics 42, 2 | Abstract
Matthew Lockwood
The political dynamics of green transformations: The roles of policy feedback and institutional context
Apr 2014 | EPG Working Paper | PDF
Caroline Kuzemko, IGov Team, 7th April, 2014
Demand Side Response and Energy Supply (In)Security
Apr 2014 |New Thinking Blog | Link
Dominic Maclaine
Ofgem finally gets smart
Apr 2014 | EPG Blog | Link
Catherine Mitchell
Future energy markets and networks in the UK and European Union in Ekins, P. and Watson, J. (eds.) UK Energy in a Global Context
Apr 2014 | EPG Blog |PDF
Richard Lowes
Biogas – Sustainable energy or just hot air
Mar 2014 | EPG Blog | Link
Lena Kitzing and Catherine Mitchell
Achieving energy transitions: Which RES policies are best applied when? Reducing risk and creating an enabling environment
Mar 2014|Energy Transitions, Joensuu- Finland | PDF
Catherine Mitchell
Open letter of European economists on market premiums to Commissioner Günther Oettinger and Joaquín Almunia
Mar 2014| Open Letter | PDF
Oscar Fitch-Roy
Putin unwittingly boosts European renewables
Mar 2014 | EPG Blog | Link
Catherine Mitchell
The development of Energy Policy from Vesting to Electricity Market Reform – the Winding Road
Mar 2014 | Presentation to Energy Institute & RE Group, 18th March | PDF
Catherine Mitchell
Change and Inertia in the UK Energy System – getting our institutions and governance right
Mar 2014 | EPG Working Paper | PDF
Antony Froggatt
New Nuclear….high stakes, high costs
Mar 2014 | EPG Blog | Link
Catherine Mitchell
Bricolage – the way to speed up energy system change
Mar 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Dominic Maclaine
Are some green tariffs greener than others?
Mar 2014 | EPG Blog | Link
Catherine Mitchell
Osborne’s Climate-Blind Budget Will Hit Clean Energy and Give Coal a New Lease of Life
Mar 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Caroline Kuzemko
Climate Benchmarking: the Emergent and Contingent Politics of Climate Norm Creation
Mar 2014 | Presentation to BiGG workshop, University of Warwick, March 2014 | PDF
Richard Hoggett
Supply chains and energy security in a low carbon transition
Mar 2014 | Applied Energy (in press) | Link
Matthew Lockwood
Energy competitiveness in the Budget: going for cheap and dirty not lean and clean
Mar 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Matthew Lockwood
Learning from Merkel’s approach to energy policy
Mar 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Bridget Woodman and Richard Lowes
British Gas under the spotlight
Feb 2014 | EPG Blog | Link
Catherine Mitchell
Ensuring Trust and Transparency in the Electricity Market
Feb 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Dominic Maclaine
The capacity mechanism…again
Feb 2014 | EPG Blog | Link
Catherine Mitchell
Lets Shine a Light on the Gas Industry – Update on Switching from BG
Feb 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Matthew Lockwood
The European 2030 package and the governance of the carbon market
Feb 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Tom Steward
Demand and Decarbonisation in 2050: Themes from Scenarios
Feb 2014 | EPG Working Paper | PDF
Richard Hoggett
IGov overview and theories of change
February 2014 | Presentation to EPG Seminar Series |PDF
Matthew Lockwood and Catherine Mitchell
EPG Response to DECC EMR Consultation on industry code and licence modifications
February 2014 | DECC | PDF
Jess Whiting
Corpus Linguistics
February 2014 | Presentation to EPG Seminar Series |PDF
Shane Fudge
Community Energy Workshop: Outcomes & Actions
January 2014 | Link
Caroline Kuzemko
The EU and Russia: Devising Policy Amidst Complexity
January 2014 | Presentation to EPG Seminar Series 28 Jan | Link
Lena Kitzing
Risk implications of renewable support instruments: Comparative analysis of feed-in tariffs and premiums using a mean–variance approach
January 2014 | Energy 64 : 495–505 | Abstract
Caroline Kuzemko
Comparative (De)politicisations: Motivations, Rules and Contestations
January 2014 | Presentation to APDSG Workshop, Sheffield, 24 Jan | Link
Iain Souter
Moving the immovable: is community energy a system-changer?
January 2014 | Presentation to EPG Seminar Series, 21 Jan | PDF
Caroline Kuzemko
Ideas, power and change: explaining EU–Russia energy relations
January 2014 | Journal of European Public Policy 21:1 58-75 | Abstract
Richard Hoggett
Technology scale and supply chains in a secure, affordable and low carbon energy transition
December 2013 | Applied Energy (in press) | Paper
Bridget Woodman
EPG Response to Energy and Climate Change Committee Inquiry on Inquiry on low carbon innovation
December 2013 | ECCC | PDF
Catherine Mitchell
Happy 5th Birthday Climate Change Act: Don’t forget the 4th budget
November 2013 | The Guardian: Political Science | Link
Matthew Lockwood
Smart grid-lock? The role of ideas, interests and institutions in contestations over the future of electricity networks in Britain.
November 2013 | Constructing and contesting spaces for low-carbon energy innovation, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 26-28 November 2013 | PDF
Heinke Thies
Towards a low-carbon building sector: Applying a skill ecosystem approach to the building sector in Cornwall (presentation)
November 2013 | Lo-Lo Energy Demand Conference 22 Nov | PDF
Heinke Thies
Towards a low-carbon building sector: Applying a skill ecosystem approach to the building sector in Cornwall (poster)
November 2013 | Lo-Lo Energy Demand Conference 22 Nov | PDF
Catherine Mitchell
Energy Security in a Multipolar World – conclusions and recommendations
November 2013 | BIEE Event 21st Nov | PDF
Matthew Lockwood
Is the Climate Change Act safe?
November 2013 | University of Sussex, 12th Nov | PDF
Shane Fudge, M. Peters, S.M. Hoffman & W. Wehrmeyer (Editors)
The Global Challenge of Encouraging Sustainable Living - Opportunities, Barriers, Policy and Practice
Published November 2013 | Edward Elgar
Shane Fudge
Community Energy Workshop
October 2013 | Presentation at Cornwall Community Energy Event 30-10-13 | PDF
Matthew Lockwood
What can climate adaptation policy in sub-Saharan Africa learn from research on governance and politics?
October 2013 | Development Policy Review, 31(6) | Abstract
Matthew Lockwood
System change in a regulatory state paradigm: the ‘smart’ grid in the UK
September 2013 |7th European Consortium for Political Research General Conference | PDF
Caroline Kuzemko
Exploring the Politics of Low Carbon Energy Transition
September 2013 |7th European Consortium for Political Research General Conference | PDF
Matthew Lockwood
Paying for climate policy: The case for long-term public borrowing
September 2013 | Juncture, online edition | Link (open access)
Catherine Mitchell, Jim Watson and Jessica Whiting
New Challenges in Energy Security – The UK in a Multipolar World
Published September 2013 | Palgrave Macmillan
Catherine Mitchell and Jim Watson
Conceptualising Energy Security
Published September 2013 | Palgrave Macmillan
Caroline Kuzemko and Michael Bradshaw
Energy Security: Geopolitics, Governance and Multipolarity
Published September 2013 | Palgrave Macmillan
Caroline Kuzemko, Antony Froggatt and Estelle Rouhaud
The Energy Security-Climate Nexus and the Environment
Published September 2013 | Palgrave Macmillan
Iain Soutar and Jess Whiting
Energy Security Policy in Britain: Markets, Complexity and Challenges
Published September 2013 | Palgrave Macmillan
Richard Hoggett, Nick Eyre and Malcolm Keay
Demand and Energy Security
Published September 2013 | Palgrave Macmillan
Catherine Butler, Sarah Darby, Tom Henfrey, Richard Hoggett and Nicola Hole
People and Communities in Energy Security
Published September 2013 | Palgrave Macmillan
Richard Hoggett
Supply Chains and Energy Security
Published September 2013 | Palgrave Macmillan
Catherine Mitchell and Jim Watson
New Challenges in Energy Security: the UK in a multipolar world – Conclusions and Recommendations
Published September 2013 | Palgrave Macmillan
Peters, M., Fudge, S. and Hoffman, S.
The persistent challenge of encouraging public participation in the low-carbon transition
August 2013 | Carbon Management 4 (4) 373-375. | Link
Matthew Lockwood
The Political Sustainability of Climate Policy: The case of the UK Climate Change Act
August 2013 | Global Environmental Change – online | Open Access
Kern, F., Kuzemko, C. and Mitchell, C.
Measuring and Explaining Policy Paradigm Change: the Case of UK Energy Policy
August 2013 |Public Policy – online | Abstract
Catherine Mitchell
How to Change the Balance of Power
July 2013 | New Statesman Century Edition, 118-119
Soutar, I., Hoggett, R., Devine Wright, P., Fudge, S. and Mitchell, C.
Submission by the Energy Policy Group and the Environment and Sustainability Research Group of the University of Exeter to the Call for Evidence concerning a Community Energy Strategy.
July 2013 | PDF
Catherine Mitchell
FITs and RPSs are under attack – what are the issues and how do we address them?
June 2013 |The Regulatory Assistance Project – Vermont, USA | PDF
Caroline Kuzemko
UK Energy Transition – Ideational Variety and Differential Change
June 2013 | 4th International Conference on Sustainability Transitions| PDF
Catherine Mitchell
Community energy – benefits to Cornwall
June 2013 |Green Cornwall Show – Cornwall, UK | PDF
Caroline Kuzemko
Being Specific about the Politics of Low Carbon Transitions
May 2013 | Earth and Environment Group, Leeds University | PDF
Caroline Kuzemko
The Energy Security-Climate Nexus: Institutional Change in the UK and Beyond
Published May 2013 | Palgrave Macmillan
Richard Hoggett
Introduction to IGov Theorising Governance Change for a Sustainable Economy Workshop
April 2013 | IGov Workshop, British Library, London | PDF
Matthew Lockwood and Caroline Kuzemko
The importance of governance for innovation: a theory of practice transition
April 2013 | IGov Workshop, British Library, London | PDF
Piria, R., Lorenzoni, A., Mitchell, C., Timpe, C., Klessmann, C., Resch, G., Groscurth, H., Neuhoff, K., Ragwitz, M., Gonzalez, P., Cowart, R. and Leprich, U.
Ensuring renewable electricity investments: 14 policy principles for a post-2020 perspective
April 2013 | PDF
Hoffman, S., Fudge, S., Pawlisch, L., High-Pippert, A., Peters, M., Haskard, J.
Public Values and Community Energy: Lessons from the US and UK.
April 2013 | Sustainability 5 (4) 1747-1763. | Abstract | PDF (open access)
