Event details
Dr Charles Donovan and Dr Rob Gross of Imperial College London are pleased to invite you to the upcoming launch of Energy Futures Lab’s Briefing Paper reviewing the electricity market arrangements in the UK.
This panel discussion is being co-hosted by the Energy Futures Lab and the Centre for Climate Finance and Investment at Imperial College Business School.
Thursday 6 June 2019: 18:00 – 19:30 GMT
The event will include a short presentation on the report with a panel discussion on its findings, followed by a networking drinks reception until 20:30
Confirmed Panelists:networking reception
Jeremy Allen, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
George Day, Energy Systems Catapult
Kirsty Hamilton, Chatham House
Venue
Imperial College Business School – Upper Ground Lecture Theatre (LTUG) – Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ
Summary
Do Britain’s power markets and policies need to change?
The UK Government has been providing support via the Energy Market Reform Act 2013, which has been key to the rapid development of the renewable energy industry. This initiative consisted of several tools that were intended to encourage the growth of the emergent renewables industry. However, as the renewable industry gets closer to price parity with fossil fuel generation, some of these instruments are gradually being removed.
Led by Dr Aidan Rhodes, Energy Futures Lab’s latest briefing paper is a review of the UK electricity market arrangements. The paper asks whether there is a need for fundamental reform to support the development of the next generation of renewable energy assets.