To purchase a copy of Power Cut? How the EU is Pulling the Plug on Electricity Markets at £15 each, … Continue reading “Power Cut? How the EU Is Pulling the Plug on Electricity Markets”

The European Commission has given the green light to the construction of a new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point. This … Continue reading “Hinkley Point C decision further undermines competition in the electricity market”

You can’t have your cake and eat it too – even when it comes to energy. Germany has been a … Continue reading “The failure of Germany’s green energy policies”

The UK – once a champion of competition in electricity and natural gas markets – is about to take another … Continue reading “The government is jeopardising competition in the energy market”

‘Economic policy always has more than one goal, and each independent policy goal requires an independent policy instrument’, correctly state … Continue reading “EU renewables target protects favoured industries at the expense of consumers”

The British government has just given the green light to the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset. The … Continue reading “Environmentalism, nuclear power and the end of competitive energy markets”

Italy had its general election on February 25-26. The centre-left coalition led by the Democratic Party’s Pier Luigi Bersani obtained a … Continue reading “Italy is the sick man of Europe, and also very contagious”

Can an intermittent source be integrated into a liberalised electricity market? It is technically feasible, but, if subsidies come into … Continue reading “How subsidised renewable energy undermines electricity markets”

The UK was the first European country to liberalise its electricity market. Will Britain now be the first European country … Continue reading “The ‘soft renationalisation’ of the energy sector”