This report models the impacts of reducing the UK's high unilateral carbon prices, which place unnecessary burdens on business and household bills, and introducing an emissions performance...
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This paper exposes a loophole in the feed-in tariff scheme for onshore wind farms. The scheme is designed to support small-scale providers, but the practice of under-reporting or 'derating' turbines'...
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Europe's strategy on climate change and energy policy is at a critical juncture, as political crisis in Ukraine coincides with the introduction of significant new clean energy policies in the US...
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This report sets out reforms that would adapt the UK's outmoded electricity system to the emerging distributed electricity technology paradigm. Tackling the policy trilemma of achieving an...
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This report explores the options and the potential for cities to engage in the energy supply market and raise finance for investment in low-carbon energy infrastructure – particularly in local...
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Motoring taxation in the UK has remained largely unchanged for almost a century, but rising consumer costs, a looming decline in tax revenues, and environmental and public health concerns make reform...
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The government's decision to consider radically downscaling its ambitions for solid wall insulation via the ECO has significant implications for the UK's energy efficiency policy. As a result of the...
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Rising energy bills are squeezing living standards in the UK. This report sets out a comprehensive and cost-neutral policy framework to improve the energy efficiency of the UK's housing stock - 'Help...
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This briefing summarises the main themes of a high-level roundtable, hosted by IPPR in July 2013, to debate the findings of two new reports on energy policy published by consumer advocate Which?,...
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Given Britain's geographical position and industrial traditions, offshore wind power offers enormous potential, both domestically and as an export sector. However, weak and unclear signals from...
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