Publications by year
In Press
Woodman B (In Press). Developing the UK energy market: overview and assessment. Westminster Energy, Environment and Transport Forum.
2018
Lowes RJ, Woodman B (2018). A Transformation to Sustainable Heating in the UK: risks and opportunities for UK heat sector businesses.
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Lowes RJ, Woodman B (2018).
Incumbency and the transformation towards low carbon heating in the UK – Implications for policy. Full text.
Lowes RJ, Woodman B (2018). Incumbency in the UK heat sector and implications for the transformation towards low-carbon heating.
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Bray R, Woodman B, Connor P (2018). Policy and regulatory barriers to local energy markets in Great Britain.
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Policy and regulatory barriers to local energy markets in Great Britain
The requirement to decarbonise the GB electricity system, alongside the falling costs of renewable technologies and developments in IT capabilities, provides GB with an opportunity for systemic change in the way that electricity is produced and sold, with the potential to enable
flexibility markets at the local level given the correct regulatory conditions.
The report highlights a range of regulatory and policy barriers to the Local Energy Market (LEM) approach.
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2017
Fitch-Roy OWF, Woodman B (2017).
Auctions for renewable energy support - Taming the beast of competitive bidding. Horizon 2020.
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Auctions for renewable energy support - Taming the beast of competitive bidding
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Lowes RL, Woodman B, Fitch-Roy O (2017). Defining incumbency: considering the UK heat sector.
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Defining incumbency: considering the UK heat sector
Incumbency is frequently considered as a barrier to the transformation of unsustainable socio-technical systems such as energy systems. However, despite wide use of the term, ‘incumbency’ has never been fully or adequately defined within the sustainable transitions literature. This working paper considers the use and meaning of the term incumbency in relation to sustainable transformations, specifically in relation to the UK’s heat system. It takes ideas of incumbency from other disciplines including economics, politics and innovation. Synthesising these literatures, the paper proposes a number of characteristics of incumbency. Finally we propose a definition of incumbency in relation to sustainability transformations, which suggests that incumbents are actors already present in a specific socio-technical system, who are likely to be involved with unsustainable practices, and who possess the capacity to affect system change.
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Woodman B, ragwitz M, ordonez J, Mitchell C (2017). Economic and Non-Economic Barriers and Drivers for the Uptake of Renewables.
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Economic and Non-Economic Barriers and Drivers for the Uptake of Renewables
Large scale renewables raise new challenges and provide new opportunities across electricity systems. This paper considers the barriers faced by large scale renewables in electricity systems in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. We review the current state of knowledge in relation to grid-connected renewables. This paper then explores key issues in electricity system structure, the main challenges to the uptake of renewables, and the various existing fiscal and policy approaches to encouraging renewables. The authors also highlight possible ways moving forward to ensure more widespread renewables deployment.
This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development’s Energy and Economic Growth Applied Research Programme.
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Mitchell CHC, Hoggett RD, Woodman B (2017). Submission: BEIS/Ofgem – Smart, Flexible Energy System – a call for evidence.
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2016
Fitch-Roy O, Woodman B (2016). Auctions for Renewable Energy Support in the United Kingdom: instruments and lessons learnt.
Wigan F, forster S, Amazo A, Tiedemann S, Del Rio P, Fitch-Roy O, Woodman B, Kitzing L, Noothout P, Osenlund Soysal E, et al (2016). Auctions for Renewable Energy Support: lessons learnt from international experiences.
Woodman B, Soutair I, Mitchell C (2016). ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT COMMITTEE INQUIRY INTO SUSTAINABILITY AND HM TREASURY.
Lowes R, Woodman B, Britton J (2016). EPG response to the DECC consultation: the Renewable Heat Incentive: a reformed and refocused scheme.
Lowes R, Woodman B, Britton J (2016). EPG response to the Energy and Climate Change Committee's 2020 renewable heat and transport targets inquiry.
Woodman B (2016). Hinkley Point C delay: How to exploit this attack of common sense in energy policy.
del Rio P, Fitch-Roy OWF, Woodman B (2016).
Identification of alternative policy options to auctions for RES-E support. EU Horizon 2020.
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Identification of alternative policy options to auctions for RES-E support
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Fudge S, Peters M, Woodman B (2016). Local authorities as niche actors: the case of energy governance in the UK. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 18, 1-17.
Kitzing L, Islam M, Rosenlund Soysal E, Held A, Ragwitz M, Winkler J, Steinhilber S, del Rio P, Wigand F, Tiedemann S, et al (2016).
Recommendations on the role of auctions in a new renewable energy directive.Abstract:
Recommendations on the role of auctions in a new renewable energy directive
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Woodman B, Fitch-Roy O (2016). Renewable energy auctions: best practice design elements. CA-RES II Plenary.
Fitch-Roy OWF, woodman B (2016). Specific design elements for RES auctions: pre-qualification rules and penalties.
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Specific design elements for RES auctions: pre-qualification rules and penalties
This webinar will give practitioners more hands-on information on the design of RES auctions, focusing on pre-qualification rules and penalties. The two elements are closely related in that they are, amongst other things, used to enhance the ‘seriousness’ of bids and improve realisation rates. We will present the different design alternatives and arguments for and against using each of the features. Furthermore, we will give an overview of current practices for both design elements implementations for RES support in Europe and the rest of the world.
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2015
Woodman B (2015). A Brighter, More Secure Future: Low Carbon Priorities for the New Government. Aldersgate Group, London, Aldersgate Group.
Del Rio P, Steinhilber S, Wigan, F, Kitzing L, fitch-roy O, Woodman B (2015). Assessment Criteria for RES-E auctions. AURES.
Woodman B (2015). Climate Change is at the heart of the UK Anti-Fracking Movement.
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Mitchell C, Woodman B, Kuzemko C, hoggett R (2015). Comments on the CMA Energy Market Investigation. –. Updated Issues Statement.
Mitchell C, Woodman B, lockwood M, Britton J, Kuzemko C, Hoggett R (2015). Comments on the CMA Energy Market Investigation: Provisional Findings and. Poss ible Remedies.
Woodman B (2015). Contribution to the Aldersgate Group report on energy priorities for the New Government.
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Woodman B (2015). Developing the UK energy market: overview and assessment.
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Developing the UK energy market: overview and assessment
Keynote speech to the Westminster Energy, Environment and Transport Forum, UK energy market: competition, regulation and customer engagement
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Woodman B (2015). Energy Companies’ Loyalty Problem Lights the Way Forward.
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Woodman B (2015). Energy companies' loyalty problem lights the way forward.
Woodman B (2015). Last Past the Post: UK Nuclear, Whatever the Evidence.
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Del Rio P, Haufe M, Wigan F, Steinhilber S, Kitzing L, Fitch-Roy O, Woodman B (2015). Overview of Design Elements for RES-E auctions.
Mitchell C, Woodman B, Kuzemko C, Hoggett R (2015). Public Value Energy Governance.
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Public Value Energy Governance
This short Discussion Paper is intended to stimulate discussion about how governance of the energy system in Britain can better keep up with technological, economic and social change. We have set out a possible model for future governance and regulation – which moves from the ‘independent, CEO led’ model currently in Britain to one which is more ‘directed’ and which we argue is more legitimate, transparent and nimble; but which also better suits the characteristics of current technologies (whether supply, demand, storage and ICT integration). We would welcome comments on it by the end of June 2015. Whatever the optimum model for future energy system governance and regulation, though, the fundamental point remains: the current model of regulation in the UK’s gas and electricity systems is no longer fit for purpose.
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Woodman B, mitchell C, lowes R, Dutton J, Hoggett R, Steward T, Lockwood M, Kuzemko C (2015). Submission from Energy Policy Group to House of Commons Energy and Climate Change inquiry on ECC priorities for holding Government to account.
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Submission from Energy Policy Group to House of Commons Energy and Climate Change inquiry on ECC priorities for holding Government to account
Energy policy priorities for the new (post 2015) Government
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Kuzemko C, Britton J, Soutair I, Woodman B (2015). Written response: Inquiry into ‘A smarter energy future for Wales’.
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Woodman B (2015). rudd's magic money tree risks undermining investments in a low carbon economy.
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2014
Woodman B, mitchell C, Lockwood M, Kuzemko C (2014). EPG submission to Strategy and Policy Statement: a consultation on the Draft Statement.
Britton J, Woodman B (2014). Local Enterprise Partnerships and the low-carbon economy: Front runners, uncertainty and divergence.
Local Economy: the Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit,
29(6-7), 617-634.
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Woodman B, Lowes R (2014). There’s a hidden opportunity in the British Gas probe.
mitchell C, Woodman B, lockwood M, Fitch-Roy O, Steward T, Hoggett R (2014). University of Exeter Energy Policy Group response to the Energy Market Investigation Statement of Issues, submission to the Competition and Markets Authority.
2013
Woodman B, Woodman B (2013). Osborne won’t usher in a renewable renaissance.
2011
Woodman B, Mitchell C (2011). Learning from experience? the development of the Renewables Obligation in England and Wales 2002-2010.
ENERG POLICY,
39(7), 3914-3921.
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Learning from experience? the development of the Renewables Obligation in England and Wales 2002-2010
The UK has enviable renewable resources, both onshore (wind) and offshore (wind, wave and tidal) (The Offshore Valuation Group, 2010). The government has had policy mechanisms in place since 1990 to encourage these resources to be developed. The current mechanism, the Renewables Obligation (RO), was specifically designed to emphasise competition and therefore to fit in with the UK's overall strategic approach to energy policy. However, as yet, it has not delivered the capacity that it was designed to do, and as a result the UK faces a difficult challenge in attempting to meet European-wide renewable energy targets for 2020, as well as longer term decarbonisation targets. This paper explores some of the major reasons why the RO has performed so poorly to date and considers the prospects for improvement up to 2020. It concludes that the strategic emphasis on competition in the support mechanisms has played a key role in limiting renewables development, but that the mechanism has changed significantly since it was introduced. However, these changes, together with proposals for electricity market reform, still do not address important elements of risk in comparison with a standard Feed in Tariff. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Baker PE, Mitchell CHC, Woodman B (2011).
Project TransmiT: Academic Review of Transmission Charging Arrangements. Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (OFGEM), Univerisity of Exeter.
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Mitchell CHC, Woodman B, Baker P, Aldridge J (2011). Response to the Electricity Market Reform Consultation.
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Hoggett R, Mitchell CHC, Woodman B, Baker PE (2011).
The Key Energy Policy Issues for Energy Security in the UK: Summary Report. Energy Policy Group, Univerisity of Exeter.
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2010
Mitchell C, Woodman B (2010). Regulation and sustainable energy systems. In baldwin R, Cave M, Lodge M (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Regulation, Oxford University Press, 572-589.
Mitchell C, Woodman B, Aldridge J (2010). The development of renewable energy policy in the UK. In (Ed) EU ENERGY LAW, Renewable energy in the European Union, Part II, National Renewable Energy Support schemes and policies, Claeys & Casteels BVBA publishing house.
Mitchell C, Woodman B (2010). Towards trust in Regulation - Moving to a Public Value Regulation. Energy Policy, 38, 2644-2651.
Staffell I, Baker P, Barton J, Bergman N, Blanchard R, Brandon N, Brett D, Hawkes A, Infield D, Jardine C, et al (2010). UK microgeneration Part II: technology overviews.
Proceedings of the ICE - Energy,
163(4), 1751-4223.
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UK microgeneration Part II: technology overviews
This paper reviews the current status of microgeneration technologies at the domestic scale. Overviews are given for nine such technologies, grouped into three sections: (a) low carbon heating: condensing boilers, biomass boilers and room heaters, air source and ground source heat pumps; (b) renewables: solar photovoltaic panels, flat plate and evacuated tube solar thermal panels and micro-wind; and (c) combined heat and power: Stirling engines, internal combustion engines and fuel cells. Reviews of the construction, operation and performance are given for the leading commercial products of each technology. Wherever possible, data are presented from the field, giving the actual prices paid by customers, efficiencies and energy yields experienced in real-world use, reliability and durability, and the problems faced by users. This information has a UK focus but is generally relevant in the international context. Two issues are found to be prevalent throughout the microgeneration industry. Total installed costs are a premium and vary substantially between technologies, between specific products (e.g. different models of solar panel), and between individual installations. Performance in the field is found in many cases to differ widely from manufacturers’ quotes and laboratory studies, often owing to installation and operational problems. Despite this, microgeneration has demonstrated substantial improvements over conventional generation in terms of fossil fuel consumption, carbon dioxide emissions and energy cost, provided that the appropriate technologies are employed, being installed and operated correctly according to the load requirements of the house and their physical location.
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Baker P, Chaudry M, Mitchell C, Woodman B, Jenkins N, Strbac G, Hardy J (2010).
UKERC Response to the PRASEG inquiry, Renewables and the Grid: Access & Management. Author URL.
2009
Woodman B (2009). Crying land ahoy while our policy is all at sea. Parliamentary Brief, 17-18.
Baker P, Mitchell C, Woodman B (2009). Invited Evidence to the Energy and Climate Change Committee for it's enquiry into the Future of Britains Electricity Networks.
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Baker P, Woodman B (2009). Submission to House of Commons Committee on Energy and Climate Change.
Mitchell C, Baker P, Woodman B (2009). The Extent to Which Economic Regulation Enables the Transition to a Sustainable Electricity System. UKERC, UKERC.
Bergman N, Hawkes A, Brett D, Baker P, Barton J, Blanchard R, Brandon N, Infield D, Jardin C, Leach M, et al (2009). UK microgeneration. Part I: policy and behavioural aspects.
Proceedings of the ICE - Energy,
162(1), 23-36.
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UK microgeneration. Part I: policy and behavioural aspects
A critical review of the literature relating to government policy and behavioural aspects relevant to the uptake and application of microgeneration in the UK is presented. Given the current policy context aspiring to zero-carbon new homes by 2016 and a variety of minimum standards and financial policy instruments supporting microgeneration in existing dwellings, it appears that this class of technologies could make a significant contribution to UK energy supply and low-carbon buildings in the future. Indeed, achievement of a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 80% (the UK government’s 2050 target) for the residential sector may entail substantial deployment of microgeneration. Realisation of the large potential market for microgeneration relies on a variety of interrelated factors such as microeconomics, behavioural aspects, the structure of supporting policy instruments and well-informed technology development. This paper explores these issues in terms of current and proposed policy instruments in the UK. Behavioural aspects associated with both initial uptake of the technology and after purchase are also considered.
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2008
Woodman B (2008). Connecting the Future: the UK's Renewable Energy Strategy., Greenpeace UK.
Woodman B (2008). Do you think this Energy Bill is good?. Parliamentary Brief
Woodman B, Baker P (2008). Regulatory frameworks for decentralised energy.
ENERG POLICY,
36(12), 4527-4531.
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Regulatory frameworks for decentralised energy
This paper considers aspects of the cut-rent regulatory frameworks for markets and infrastructure which can inhibit the deployment of decentralised energy. The government has stated that decentralised energy can make a positive contribution to reducing the UK's carbon emissions, but recognises that at the moment the technologies face market and regulatory barriers. If it is to become a viable alternative to centralised generation, energy market design and the regulation of energy infrastructure will have to evolve to ensure that decentralised options are no longer locked out. (C) 2008 Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Woodman B, connor P, Mitchell C, Richardson T (2008). Submission to BERR consultation on renewable energy strategy.
Woodman B (2008). Tail end Charlies. Parliamentary Brief
2007
Woodman B (2007). Mr Power, the man who really presses the buttons. Parliamentary Brief
Mitchell C, Woodman B (2007). Risk, Economics and Nuclear Power. In Elliot D (Ed) Nuclear Or Not? Does Nuclear Power Have a Place in a Sustainable Energy Future, Palgrave, 149-168.
Woodman B (2007). The Energy White Paper - So much more than an anti-climax. Power UK
2006
Woodman B, Mitchell C (2006). Caution needed on carbon contracts. Power UK
Woodman B (2006). Left out in the cold. Parliamentary Brief
Mitchell C, Woodman B (2006). New Nuclear Power - implications for a sustainable energy system., Green Alliance.
Mitchell C, Woodman B (2006). Submission to DTI Energy Review.
2005
Froggatt A, Woodman B, Mitchell C (2005). Current status of UK offshore wind. European Commission FAVORES project.
Woodman B, Mitchell C (2005). Too Little, Too Late?. The Utilities Journal
2004
Mitchell C, Woodman B (2004). The Burning Question., ippr.
