Blogs: Energy

Energy markets, whether fossil-based or renewable, and their interaction with the wider economy are complex. We help to shed light on these complexities to inform sustainable energy policy.

Trump tariffs will not bring back coal

Posted by: Hector Pollitt
Publish date: 21st February, 2018 | 1:11pm21/2/2018
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When President Trump announced a tariff on imports of solar panels we immediately ran some figures through our macroeconomic model to assess the impact that the policy might have on the US energy system.

Our analysis shows that Trump’s tariff on solar panel imports, whi…

Reflections on COP23

Posted by: Hector Pollitt
Publish date: 23rd November, 2017 | 4:47pm23/11/2017
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It’s been a week since the Conference of the Parties (COP) in Bonn, so it must be time to start thinking about Christmas (or in my case this year, my wedding!). But before moving on completely it is worth spending some time reflecting on the events of the last few weeks.

COP23…

The gap to 2°C: it’s narrower than most people think

Posted by: Hector Pollitt
Publish date: 1st November, 2017 | 1:38pm1/11/2017
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Cambridge Econometrics’ projections suggest that the carbon emissions gap to 2°C might be 10 GtCO2e in 2030, notably less than projections by other research institutes, including those in the UNEP report published this week.  There is reason to be optimistic.

But …