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.
Our new thinking...
O. Fitch-Roy
Wind's new EU future must play to its strengths
December 2014 | Wind Power Monthly | Link
C. Mitchell
Sugar Plum Fairies
December 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
C. Kuzemko
Can the UK become an entrepreneurial state?
December 2014 | Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute | Link
C. Mitchell
Britain’s dinosaur capacity market will worsen energy ‘trilemma’
December 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
P. Connor, L. Xie, R. Lowes, J. Britton and T. Richardson
The development of renewable heating policy in the United Kingdom
November 2014 | Renewable Energy (online) | Abstract
C. Mitchell
Innovation, Governance and Affordability for a Sustainable and Secure Economy
November 2014 | UoE Business School | PDF
C. Mitchell, B. Woodman and C. Kuzemko
Bringing International and Local Together – Decentralising Energy Regulation
November 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Thomas Steward
Skills for the Future
November 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Catherine Mitchell
Book Review of The Entrepreneurial State - Debunking Public versus Private Sector Myths
November 2014 | IGov website | Link
Caroline Kuzemko
Blog from Berlin Part Drei – Welfare and Sustainable Energy Transitions
November 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Richard Lowes
Fascinating UKERC Gas Report but the UK has had its Golden Age
November 2014 | EPG Blog | Link
Thomas Steward
Growth, Efficiency, and EU Targets
November 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Bridget Woodman
Mapping the Power in the Electricity System
November 2014 | EPG Blog | Link
Dominic Maclaine
Waiting for winter
November 2014 | EPG Blog | Link
Caroline Kuzemko
Measuring and explaining policy paradigm change – the case of UK energy policy
October 2014 | Policy & Politics Blog | Link
Richard Lowes
Does anyone know where the UK gets its gas from?
October 2014 | IGov website | Link
Catherine Mitchell
Having your cake and eating it
October 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
B. Woodman, C. Mitchell, M. Lockwood and C. Kuzemko
Submission to DECC Consultation on the draft Strategy and Policy Statement
October 2014 | DECC | PDF
Dominic Maclaine
Like autumn follows summer
October 2014 | EPG Blog | Link
Caroline Kuzemko
German Sustainable Transition - Governance Enablers & Constraints
October 2014 | Ofgem | Link
Matthew Lockwood
Network governance and distributed energy resources
October 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Blog and Paper
Catherine Mitchell
Is the centralised utility model past its sell-by date?
October 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Matthew Lockwood
Capacity market and DSR – the thin purple line
October 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
C. Mitchell, A. Froggatt and R. Hoggett
Governance and disruptive energy systems
September 2014 | Incumbent-Challenger Interactions, Stuttgart | Presentation and Paper
Dominic Maclaine
Has power been a poison chalice for the Lib Dems?
September 2014 | EPG Blog | Link
Matthew Lockwood
The times, they are a’changing
September 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Caroline Kuzemko
Why Culture and Institutions Matter in Low Carbon Transformations
September 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Heinke Thies
Towards a Low-carbon Building Sector: The Influence of Skills Provision on Low-carbon Pathway Scenarios
September 2014 | 10th BIEE Conference, Oxford |PDF
Dominic Maclaine
Competition isn’t working …oh yes it is say former regulators
August 2014 | EPG Blog | Link
Matthew Lockwood
Environmental politics in a cold climate
August 2014 | Juncture 21.1 | Link
Dominic Maclaine
Competition isn’t working …oh yes it is say former regulators
August 2014 | EPG Blog | Link
Jessica Britton and Bridget Woodman
Local Enterprise Partnerships and the low-carbon economy: Front runners, uncertainty and divergence
August 2014 | Local Economy online | Abstract
C. Mitchell, B. Woodman, M. Lockwood, O. Fitch-Roy, T. Steward, R. Hoggett
Submission to CMA energy market investigation
August 2014 | Competition & Markets Authority | PDF
Antony Froggatt and Mycle Schneider
UK Out of Step with Global Nuclear Trends
August 2014 | EPG Blog | Link
Matthew Lockwood
The odd couple – will a new Strategy and Policy Statement help sort out the relationship between government and Ofgem?
August 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Catherine Mitchell
Climate change – it’s not too late to change gloomy prognosis
August 2014 | Western Morning News | Link
Catherine Mitchell
Lessons from America Series: A quick link to all 8 blogs – Lets not be so parochial in GB
August 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Catherine Mitchell
Capacity market details and demand side response
August 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Catherine Mitchell
Women and Energy
July 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Dominic Maclaine
Snouts in the uncertainty trough
July 2014 | EPG Blog | Link
Catherine Mitchell
The Boundary of The CMA Energy Market Investigation
July 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
R. Hoggett, M. Lockwood, C. Mitchell and T. Steward
Submission to ECCC call for evidence on electricity demand-side measures
July 2014 | Energy & Climate Change Committee | Link
Catherine Mitchell
Is the US form of ‘decoupling’ transferable to GB?
July 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Catherine Mitchell
Letter in Response to Guardian Article: Price of Electricity could double over the next 20 years
July 2014 | The Guardian | Link
Catherine Mitchell
Customer Default Service with Competitive Retail – is this the way forward in GB?
July 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Matthew Lockwood
Comparative political economy of sustainable energy transitions
July 2014 | UKERC Annual Assembly | Link
Caroline Kuzemko
Blog from Berlin: Part Eins
July 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Catherine Mitchell
Worrying analogies between the EMR process and the California Electricity Crisis 2001
July 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Iain Soutar & Catherine Mitchell
Is small beautiful (and how beautiful)? Understanding the role of community energy within the wider UK energy system
July 2014 | Norwich Conference on Earth Systems Governance |PDF
Catherine Mitchell
If only the GEMA was more like a US Public Utility Commission
July 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Catherine Mitchell
New York State’s Reforming the Energy Vision
July 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Caroline Kuzemko
Presentation: Understanding the Politics of UK Sustainable Energy Transition: Governance and Outcomes
June 2014 | Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) | Link
Matthew Lockwood
Environmental politics in a cold climate
June 2014 | Juncture 21.1 (89-96): Summer 2014 | Introduction
Caroline Kuzemko
Climate Norm Creation and Interactions with Energy Governance
June 2014 | BISA Annual Conference, Dublin | Link
Dominic Maclaine
Will switching change make a big difference?
June 2014 | EPG Blog | Link
Caroline Kuzemko
UK Energy Governance: Change, Capacity and Interactions
June 2014 | Canterbury Christ Church University | Link
Catherine Mitchell
Can the very different US Regulatory System Provide Insights for Energy Regulation in Britain/Europe?
June 2014 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Catherine Mitchell
GB Energy Policy Overview
June 2014 | Ensymora Research Meeting, Jørlunde, 3rd June |PDF
Catherine Mitchell
Introduction to IGov
May 2014 | IGov Progressive Energy Governance | PDF
C. Mitchell, M. Lockwood, R. Hoggett, C. Kuzemko
Current rules and incentives: innovation in the energy system and emerging governance themes
May 2014 | IGov Progressive Energy Governance | PDF
Catherine Mitchell
The challenge of mitigation – the outcomes of the Working Group III report
May 2014 | Transformational Climate Science public meeting | PDF
Catherine Mitchell
The challenge of mitigation – the outcomes of the Working Group III report
May 2014 | Transformational Climate Science Conference | PDF
Matthew Lockwood
The Belly Of A (System) Architect
May 2014 | New Thinking Blog | 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
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
