The Paris Agreement, the shale revolution in North America, and the fall in the cost of renewable power have changed the geopolitical context of UK’s low carbon energy transition.
This theme explores the global geopolitical consequences of energy system transformation, while also looking at the political implications of Brexit and beyond for the UK’s net-zero energy and climate strategy and it changing place in the world.
The paper recommends a long-term strategic approach to decarbonisation focussed on manufacturing and industrial transformation.
This briefing paper offers a comprehensive review of UK Gas Security, integrating the work of sixteen researchers from across UKERC and the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.
This article, published in the journal Energy Policy, examines the evolution of the local government-led process in the Netherlands for heat decarbonisation governance, drawing on documentary evidence and interviews with people connected to the Dutch residential heat transition.
‘Energy geopolitics’ has a beleaguered history. Emerging in the wake of the 1970s oil crises as...
Global gas prices remain volatile and subject to disruptions. The UK, heavily reliant on gas for...
This extended blog argues that existing analyses of energy geopolitics are limited and proposes a...