November 16, 2016

UK Energy Policy

The UK energy system is going through a period of rapid change. The implications of the vote to leave the EU and subsequent changes within government are largely unknown. Uncertainties about the future of the energy system were already high; these changes have compounded them.

The UK Energy Research Centre has produced an evidence-based commentary – addressing heat, transport, electricity, gas, and other major components of the energy system – which aims to take stock of UK energy policy ahead of the Autumn Statement, the Industrial Strategy and the Emissions Reduction Plan, and make recommendations for action by government.

Journalists came to the SMC to hear from the report’s authors.

Speakers:

Prof. Mike Bradshaw – UKERC and Warwick Business School

Prof. Jim Watson – UKERC and University of Sussex

Prof. Nick Eyre – UKERC and University of Oxford