Publications

Duncan Sinclair spoke about energy policy and demand side participation at the Smart Utility Forum 2010. He discussed the increasing need for demand-side flexibility to help decarbonise the UK’s power sector and meet the Government’s 2020 targets for reducing carbon emissions. During his talk, Duncan underlined smart metering’s position as a key enabler of the government’s decarbonisation agenda. In addition, he suggested a number of additional policy and regulatory initiatives that should be explored to encourage more effective demand-side participation.
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We advised the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) on its response to the clean coal consultation, with a specific focus on the future of carbon capture and storage (CCS). We explored the options for CCS outlined in DECC’s consultation document with regard to financial incentive schemes, retrofit requirements and contingency plans. Our analysis also covered modelling of generation plant economics, including the impact of market and policy risks, and an in-depth assessment of the impact on the wider electricity market of up to four demonstration plants.
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We have contributed to the first annual progress report to Government by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) with a key study on the investment pathways leading towards the decarbonisation of the power sector. The CCC commissioned us to undertake a detailed analysis of the UK’s changing generation mix, and to examine the investment pathways to 2030 that will lead towards the decarbonisation of the power sector. Our report draws on the detailed modelling and analysis to assess the implications for market arrangements.
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The BWEA (British Wind Energy Association) published a Redpoint report at its Wave and Tidal conference in Bath.  The report describes five potential benefits of a more diverse energy mix in the UK. It concludes that marine technology can ‘increase the cost effectiveness of variable renewables in the overall generation mix’.
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Oliver Rix presented a talk entitled “Domestic Customer Portfolio Risk Management” at the “Mathematics in the Management of Energy Systems” workshop arranged by the Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences in January 2008.
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Duncan Sinclair presented a talk on “Investing in generation under uncertain conditions: can the market ensure security of supply?” at Sparks and Flames in December 2007.
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Redpoint carried out a study to support the UK Government’s 2007 Energy White Paper entitled “Dynamics of GB Electricity Generation Investment: Prices, Security of Supply, CO₂ Emissions and Policy Options”.
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We discussed the state of the Polish electricity market at the Platts conference on Power in Central and Eastern Europe, in February 2006.
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We presented a talk on the valuation of storage assets, developed with our partners The Lacima Group, at the IIR European Gas Transport, Storage and LNG conference in London in September 2005.
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