The brilliant Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) is looking for two UK based people to join our team as HR assistant and people operations coordinator. Please share. www.raponline.org/who-we-are/c...

I'm delighted to share two new translations of version 2 of our global heat pump policy toolkit, one in French and one in Polish (these sit alongside the English and Korean versions). This is a key international resource for growing clean heating. www.raponline.org/toolkit/heat...

North Sea liabilities may already be larger than future sales revenues implying this may have significant costs. But more fundamentally, the quicker you deplete an already declining basin, the more rapidly you become exposed to more imports. Proper energy strategy needed.

Denmark is proposing removing nearly all tax from electricity bills from next year and taking it down to the EU minimum required level. Will knock off around 5p/kWh. www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...

Help needed: I'm looking for the best case studies of governments around the world actively reducing the (relative) price of electricity for households (ideally to actively support electrification). So far I have Germany, The Netherlands, Massachusetts, Sweden, Denmark. Thx

Three hard truths about air-to-air heat pumps. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

It's getting pretty boring/weird seeing campaign groups obsess over air con. It's not blocked - in fact planning permission now allows it for most existing homes. And it won't reduce carbon. Not sure this is London bubble thinking or a funded campaign. www.politico.eu/article/brit...

Full interview here with the why and how we could do pylon support better. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Great letter from Dr Richard Lowes, Exeter University + RegulatoryAssistance Project on the continuing insane electricity pricing conditions given the need to incentivise clean energy uptake. Still no published plan (promised by Boris Johnson in 2022) www.ft.com/content/4931...

Reminder that electricity is stacked with levies and a carbon tax and gas gets a free pass, fundamentally imbalancing the market. While a heat pump specific payment might deliver a few heat pumps, it won't solve fundamentals and is at risk of cancellation. Wider reform needed.

Update. My letter has today, been published. Letter: Government must slash electricity prices to boost green tech - on.ft.com/4lM5Xhp via @FT

Very frustrating news on (no) electricity market reform in GB. Some thoughts. www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...

Like energy policy? Excellent communicator? Want to be at the leading edge of the energy transition? New energy and climate comms job with @regassistproj.bsky.social as communications lead in our Europe programme. www.raponline.org/who-we-are/c...

I spoke to the Telegraph yesterday about air-con. TLDR -Get it if you need it. -Despite what some commentators say, it's not banned. -Air to air heat pumps will not magically clean up the UK's buildings en masse, but they might help. (1/2) www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

Good to see progress on the UK's journey to clean energy and a healthy climate and great to see the @thecccuk.bsky.social leading with the importance of electricity prices. Reminder, it was the Johnson government which first committed to doing something in 2022. www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...

This is such a good idea I LOVE IT.

Was on Times Radio on Saturday talking about the heat wave and air-con with I hope, some useful tips.

How can we electrify industrial heat and at the same time unlock valuable flexibility for the grid? Electro-thermal energy storage (ETES) might just be the answer: New policy brief together with @elianpusceddu www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce... #energysky

Switching to more granular 'locational marginal pricing' is currently being discussed as part of plans to reform the UK electricity market. But what is it? And why do the economists and independent voices like it?

We got there in the end! Well done to all involved. But that took a long time and there was a huge amount of mis-information on the way. I just found this post from February 2022. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....

The @regassistproj.bsky.social Europe programme has been tackling the issue of how to drive clean heating for well over half a decade. This primer, published today, describes our work on heating and provides links to all of our public research (1/2). www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...

Don't look up.

Some words from me on Nigel Farage's nonsense energy policy claims today www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...

Genuinely shocked how far and fast the Conservative Party has fallen on climate change. They’re now at the accusing climate scientists of ‘bias’ and considering quitting the Paris Agreement stage of things. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A few words from me on the terrible state of climate leadership and hypocrisy in the UK. www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...

Happy Easter and very well done to this squirrel in Amelia Park, Worthing for beating the humans on their Easter egg hunt. Absolutely hilarious, furious parents.

Climate gets hotter = more wildfires = habitat destruction = animals die = extinctions become more likely. One of many reasons to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions. What's the alternative? www.google.com/amp/s/www.bb...

Tuesday 15th April at 16:00 CEST / 15:00 BST is heat pump policy o'clock. Our multi-institution heat pump policy toolkit will be presented, with wider policy discussion and a focus on resilience. Featuring Agora Energiewende, The IEA, RAP and others. www.agora-energiewende.org/news-events/...

❗'Problematic narrative' alert ❗ utilityweek.co.uk/do-not-confl...

Saturday was fun in Cornwall! I happened to be in exactly the right place! There is no energy policy angle here.

New open access paper on cooling/overheating policy and governance needs led by my Exeter uni colleague Richard Hoggett. UK focussed but widely relevant as climate warms. Part of the FlexCoolStore EPSRC collaboration between Exeter, Bath and Cardiff Unis. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

OMFG

I really enjoyed this episode of the @TransitionShow.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gy podcast with @richardlowes.bsky.social, thanks for the @openenergymon.bsky.social heatpumpmonitor.org mention, "brings an element of fun into heatpumps" 😁

Some thoughts on the @theCCCuk's 7th carbon budget report heat and buildings recommendations: www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...

Half of all homes need heat pumps by 2040 and 'we see no role for hydrogen in buildings heating', from the just published 7th carbon budget report from the Climate Change Committee www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...

My second appearance on GB news with Jacob Rees-Mogg www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...

On the lie that net zero is damaging UK energy security www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...

“The emissions from heat are starting to stand out like a sore thumb” as other sectors decarb. Great pod with my colleague @richardlowes.bsky.social xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...

“there are Neville Chamberlain’s in every generation” George Monbiot’s takedown of Matt Goodwin and the Reform party is a thing of beauty 👏 #bbcqt

This is absolutely bonkers and quite frankly dangerous stuff from the Reform Party. Even if you were the most rabid climate change denier (which they are), you might have at least thought about energy security (and the recent gas price crisis) and innovation in markets.

Super chuffed to have been interviewed for the @transitionshow.bsky.social on clean heating, heat pumps and policy. I think it's a really neat overview of the issues at play. Thanks for having me @chrisnelder.bsky.social!

There are obvious efficiency reasons to have more local electricity markets in GB. It's mad that we currently have situations of excess renewable electricity in one part of the country and gas generation elsewhere but with a flat price across GB. renews.biz/98640/ofgem-... (1/2)

Is 2025 the end of the road for hydrogen boilers? I certainly hope so. My new briefing today looks at hydrogen heating - and why Labour needs to rule it out ASAP if they want to keep energy bills down. 🧵 www.e3g.org/publications... 🔌💡

We have a new peer review journal article, published last week, on UK heat pump costs, drivers and how costs can be brought down. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Can anyone help with the specifics (not speculation please) of why Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) sometimes gives a score for hybrids which is better than standalone heat pumps?

How has Denmark grown District heating? @soxenaar.bsky.social has the answers for you.

US LNG imports come with very significant additional (perhaps worse than coal) greenhouse gas emissions associated with extraction (leaky shale) and transportation (liqufactiin, shipping, venting etc). Why Europe will struggle to buy more US gas - on.ft.com/3PGc60F via @FT

Despite some limited respite in fossil gas prices last year, UK wholesale gas prices remain significantly higher than long term averages and last month, reached their highest ever level, outside the 2021-2023 crisis.

The issue of reduced fine levels for Clean Heat Market Mechanism has been raised in Parliament - government believes these won't affect scheme outcomes, probably because 1st year was always about tracking/testing. What happens next, still unknown. questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...

I was on LBC yesterday talking about the to be honest quite shameless 'concerningly low' levels of gas storage press release from Centrica, all part of their lobbying campaign for more gas storage subsidy. Full comment and recording is on linked-in: www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...