Energy Basics: The Electricity Business and Power Markets
We hope these episodes will give you a bit more familiarity with the terms and concepts of energy, and help to fill in some of the knowledge that you were never offered in school.
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Electricity is a Rip-Off – We Need a Truly Radical Intervention in the Energy Market
Yes, you can regulate markets, but that requires a regulator with both sufficient teeth and the nerve to use them, and one which does not believe that switching suppliers is the answer to all its problems.
South Australia’s Electricity Price Woes are more Due to Gas than Wind
The past few weeks have seen extraordinarily high wholesale electricity prices in South Australia, averaging (as of 23 July) A$321 per megawatt hour, compared with A$80 per MWh for July 2015.
CCC: UK Wind and Solar will be Cheaper than Gas by 2020
Low-carbon electricity from wind and solar farms will be cheaper than gas and effectively subsidy-free by 2020, says the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).
Our Electricity Problem: Getting the Diagnosis Correct
What is really wrong with our energy system, particularly as it relates to electricity and natural gas?
Wealth Creation and the New Energy Economy
Energy is the bedrock of the global economy. Any disruptive changes in areas such as electricity generation will open the door to myriad new investment opportunities.
The Economic and Political Consequences of the Last 10 Years of Renewable Energy Development
A lot of rather unusual things have been happening in the Germany power sector lately, from negative prices, to utilities closing down brand new power plants and, naturally, a ferocious debate as to whether to cut support for renewable energy (as has already been done in Spain).