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Energy Policy and its impacts

Energy Research at Birmingham. More than 60 academics and 17 m funding Institute for Energy Research and Policy set up to support itWorking with Birmingham Science CityWill work with Energy Technologies Institute in the Midlands Consortium (with Universities of Loughborough and Nottingham). Ener

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Energy Policy and its impacts

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    1. Energy Policy and its impacts Richard Green Institute for Energy Research and Policy

    2. Energy Research at Birmingham More than 60 academics and £17 m funding Institute for Energy Research and Policy set up to support it Working with Birmingham Science City Will work with Energy Technologies Institute in the Midlands Consortium (with Universities of Loughborough and Nottingham)

    3. Energy Policy No longer “command and control” Planning rules and building regulations Taxes and subsidies Renewables Obligation Emissions Trading How do these affect companies?

    4. Combined Heat & Power David Toke and Katerina Fragaki EU-funded “DESIRE” project CHP with a thermal store can balance fluctuations in wind output Already happening in Denmark

    5. Danish electricity, March 2004

    6. Combined Heat & Power David Toke and Katerina Fragaki EU-funded “DESIRE” project CHP with a thermal store can balance fluctuations in wind output Already happening in Denmark Peak/off-peak price differentials could make it economic in Great Britain Dissemination event, May 18, www.ierp.bham.ac.uk

    7. Impact of policy support measures Katerina Fragaki, Richard Green, David Toke What electricity price is needed for a CHP scheme to break even, given gas price? How does policy affect (reduce) this? Climate Change Levy Exemption Enhanced Capital Allowances Rates exemption

    9. Planning Decisions for Wind Power David Toke analysed decisions statistically Can (frequently) predict outcome from Recommendation of Planning Officer Attitude of Parish Council Campaign for Protection of Rural England Attitudes of nature protection groups and size of scheme have little impact on decision

    10. Prospects for nuclear investment With UK costs, nuclear can be competitive if carbon emissions are costly Emissions trading achieves this Carbon tax would do so with less risk to generator Results from a detailed model of the electricity sector, run (2x) 50,000 times

    13. Other energy policy research Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences Public engagement Risk assessment Land use for biomass Economics Carbon trading Environmental economics

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