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Continuity and Disruption in UK Energy System Change: Mapping Expert Differences – and Understanding their Implications

Mike Kattirtz, University of Edinburgh Energy systems globally are undergoing dramatic changes, and many observers anticipate accelerated changes in the years ahead. The changes are being driven by a combination of high-level national and international policy agreements, as well as more bottom-up, insurgent changes in the cost and performance of energy technologies (supply, storage and use) and also changing consumer behaviours and social practices. Less visibly, energy systems also exhibit strong elements of continuity, in terms of the renewal, extension and repurposing of existing technical infrastructures and institutions. This pattern of both disruptive and continuity-based change, which is particularly evident in the UK energy system, is reflected in energy experts’ varied prescriptions for energy system change. As a result, there are multiple working definitions of the energy system change and system integration, with many questions and uncertainties about future pathways such as the extent of system rescaling, the key public and private agents of change and the extent to which consumers and citizens are likely to play a significant role in driving change. In their review of energy scenarios, McDowall Read more…

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Kattirzi-Continuity-and-disruption-in-UK-energy-system-change.pptx 4.33 MBKattiritz-Continuity-and-disruption-in-UK-energy-sytem-change.pdf 973.16 KB
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Sep
2018

Unlocking the benefits to end consumers

Nicholas Rubin, ELEXON Ltd ELEXON recognises that how electricity is used is radically changing and that end consumers are being presented with more and more opportunities to actively manage their energy consumption and/or production. We recognise that the energy market (including central industry systems and processes) that facilitates this active participation will need to radically change too. A commitment to decarbonise the economy and developments in disrupting and decentralised technology, services and business models, amongst other things, is driving a great pace of change in the way electricity is produced and consumed. Whilst innovation in technology and service provision unlocks opportunities in the home, it is also unlocking opportunities that are making it a reality for smaller and smaller customers (including domestic customers) and businesses to actively participate at the heart of the electricity system, and provide services to each other and other actors across the system, in existing and new markets. On the one hand, these services might simply be based on the provision of smart meters to allow consumers to better manage their use, smart time of use Read more…

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Rubin-Unlocking-the-benefits-to-consumers-0918-v1.0.pptx 2.16 MBRubin-Unlocking-the-benefits-to-end-consumers1.pdf 319.46 KB
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Sep
2018

Modelling fuel demand of heterogeneous industrial consumers

Paolo Agnolucci, University College London (UCL) No economic sector incorporates more heterogeneity in the typology of energy consumers than the industrial sector, yet analysis of energy and fuel demand are normally conducted for the industrial sector as whole rather that at a more disaggregate level, a choice normally due to data availability. Motivated by the goal of developing the new industrial module adopted by the UK government Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for their econometric Energy Demand Model, our paper reports results obtained as part of a three step estimation process, where in the first step we estimated the determinants of economic activity for 8 industrial subsectors, in the second step we estimated the determinants of energy demand (published elsewhere[1]) and in the third step, discussed here, we assess substitution across fuels in each of the industrial sub-sectors modelled in our research. Using data spanning from 1990 to 2014 on fuel consumption and prices published on the Digest of UK Energy Statistics, and indices of production collected by the Office for National Statistics we implement detailed fuel Read more…

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Angnolucci-modelling-fuel-demand-of-heterogenerous-industrial-consumers.pptx 954.57 KBAgnolucci-Modelling-fuel-demand-of-heterogenerous-industrial-consumers.pdf 585.43 KB
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Sep
2018

Killing the kilowatt hour: rethinking energy as a consumer service

Philip is the Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Systems Catapult, part of a network of world-leading centres set up by the UK Government to transform the UK’s capability for innovation and help drive future economic growth.  The Energy Systems Catapult was established in April 2015 with the remit to support the transition of the UK Energy System and enable economic growth from the many commercial and technological opportunities that will be created as the way we make, distribute and use energy undergoes radical change over the coming decades. The scope includes the interaction of energy with adjacent sectors, including water and transport He is a Commissioner on the global Energy Transition Commission and a member of the Global Futures Council of the World Economic Forum.  Philip is also a Fellow of the Energy Institute and sits on various Advisory Panels.

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180918-Killing-the-Kilowat-Hour-Philip-New.pdf 1.85 MB
18th
Sep
2018

Business participation in demand response: a review of potential barriers

Catarina Araya Cardoso, Westminster Business School Demand side response (DSR) is widely seen as the main intervention tool to address issues of peaks and troughs in electricity demand. Businesses can provide DSR through a variety of measures, such as using on-site generators or reducing their electricity consumption in response to external signals. To date, energy intensive firms have been the main providers of demand side response. However, the realization of the technical potential of DSR requires that other electricity end-users also alter their consumption patterns in response to system needs and there is little research on what influences their capacity and willingness to do so. This paper contributes to filling this gap by examining DSR participation of large energy consumers in the commercial and public-sector. In this sector, energy costs typically represent a smaller proportion of overall costs than in energy-intensive industries and partly because of this, energy initiatives tend be perceived as marginal to the core business. These differences suggest that the drivers that have encouraged energy intensive industries to participate in DSR may be insufficient to unlock the Read more…

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180918_1400_catarinaarayacardoso.pdf 553.47 KBCardoso-Business-participationin-demand-response-.pdf 451.16 KB
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Sep
2018

Motivating energy conservation in organisations: Smart metering and the emergence and diffusion of social norms

Peter Bradley, University of the West of England Around the world there is strong interest in the use of energy feedback via smart metering technology as a mitigation option for businesses to reduce their energy use and mitigate greenhouse gases (GHGs).   A number of relevant early studies have looked at energy feedback in an organizational setting.  In order to bring about energy reductions, feedback provided needs to motivate changes in energy behaviours and practices within organisations. Social norms sometimes act as an extrinsic motivation for behaviours around particular energy services, particularly in a group setting.  The majority of studies that have looked at social norms and energy related behaviours tend to only pick up on the role of injunctive (subjective) norms – driven by a view of what is socially acceptable – and not descriptive norms also – based on the perception of other peoples’ actions; and generally there are relatively few organisation based studies.  The literature identifies that more research linking social influence mechanisms to behaviour change are needed; few field studies have looked at social norms and social Read more…

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Bradley-motivating-energy-conservation-in-organisations.pptx 841.12 KBBradley-motivating-energy-conservation-in-organistations.pdf 872.43 KB
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Sep
2018

EU Retail Electricity Markets in Transition: The Quest for Adequate Design

Luis Boscan;University of Southern Denmark (SDU) After a gradual process of reforms, retail electricity markets in Europe are well-established. In parallel, the decarbonization agenda and rapid technological progress lead the way towards a renewable-based electricity system, in which new business models emerge. Distributed resources, prosumers and peer-to-peer trading are all part of the most likely scenarios. While the 2016 Clean Energy Package responds to the consensus that the electricity market design needs to adapt and aims at putting consumers at the center of the clean energy transition, most recent analyses focus on wholesale issues. I narrow this gap by focusing on arrangements downstream of the distribution network level. First, I analyze the EU retail market design in isolation and second, I study its interaction with EU renewable energy policies. I do this in both the current and the forthcoming legislative framework to elucidate if the recently politically-agreed reforms mitigate conflicts or facilitate synergies in the European energy policy framework. While I find reforms to be promising in some respects, I also find several other fundamental unresolved conflicts. As remedial measures Read more…

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Boscan-EU-Retail-Electricity-Markets-in-Transition.pdf 82.84 KBBoscan-EU-Retail-Electricity-markets-in-Transition.pptx 2.07 MB
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Sep
2018

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