Can the wealth of nations prevent climate catastrophe?
Even before the recent IPCC report, leaders and commentators have been clamouring for more aggressive targets and commitments at COP 26, ...
Sep 10, 2021 / Read More
A profound choice is upon us and there is no middle road
In the shadow of the climate crisis, humanity finds itself at a fork in history with two divergent pathways: one that limps forward with ...
Oct 16, 2019 / Read More
A big scary climate idea — one way to solve the climate crisis
The Paris Agreement was a landmark event, the longest warm-up to taking tangible action on a global crisis in recorded history (that I ca...
Jun 19, 2019 / Read More
The one thing preventing real action on Climate Change, is also the solution!
Few would argue that the causes of the climate crisis, as well as our historical inability to take meaningful action, are at least to som...
Jun 04, 2019 / Read More
The Future Power System Architecture — An Opportunity for the UK to be an Energy System Leader?
The UK has recently seen the launch of the second stage of work on its Future Power System Architecture (FPSA), known as FPSA2. It highli...
Jul 12, 2017 / Read More
The On-Demand Utility
Utility organisations face an increasingly challenging environment. This author has recently published a white paper for Analysys Mason o...
Oct 21, 2016 / Read More
Bringing Energy System thinking out of the Dark Ages
To make the majority of our energy clean, we need more than just clean energy generation — the other elements of the energy system must c...
Jan 14, 2016 / Read More
Renewable Energy Tipping Point — Time for System Change
Renewable energy costs continue to fall, making renewable energy more efficient than coal in many markets. This creates a transformationa...
Jan 11, 2016 / Read More