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  Graphs by Timur Yunusov and José Luis Ramírez-Mendiola The Covid-19 lockdown presented the UK energy system with a new set of challenges, emphasised the importance of renewables and taught...Read More > The post Lockdown and electricity demand in the UK: Flexing demand to when renewables are on   first... Read more »

In 2014, the government introduced in legislation a fuel poverty target for England to improve as many fuel poor homes as is reasonably practicable to a minimum energy efficiency rating...Read More > The post Consultation on the Fuel Poverty Strategy for England first appeared on Understanding peaks: Redpeak... Read more »

As part of the Future energy market review, BEIS sought views on its vision for the future of energy retail markets, including key opportunities and challenges. Summary of our response...Read More > The post Flexible and responsive energy retail markets: putting consumers at the centre of a smart,... Read more »

As CREDS celebrates one year since our launch, we announce a new £1.25m challenge project – FAIR. We also unveil, in support of the Shifting the focus report launched in...Read More > The post CREDS turns one: a year of shifting the focus towards energy demand first appeared... Read more »

We are pleased to announce the CREDS Early Career Researchers Flexible Fund As part of the CREDS award, we have a Flexible Fund, which we intend to use to fill research...Read More > The post Early Career Researchers Funding Call first appeared on Understanding peaks: Redpeak & Deepred. The... Read more »

CREDS launched its first major cross-theme report, based on existing research, called Shifting the focus: energy demand in a net-zero carbon UK. The report proposes actions to strengthen and deliver...Read More > The post CREDS launches first major report – Shifting the focus: energy demand in a net-zero... Read more »

CREDS invites international researchers, policy makers and business or industry people working in the field of energy demand to visit CREDS as visiting fellows or on secondment. The purpose of these...Read More > The post CREDS Visitors International Programme first appeared on Understanding peaks: Redpeak & Deepred. The post... Read more »

Energy Fables: Challenging Ideas in the Energy Sector takes a fresh look at key terms and concepts around which energy research and policy are organised. Drawing on recent research in energy...Read More > The post Energy Fables: Challenging Ideas in the Energy Sector first appeared on Understanding peaks: Redpeak... Read more »

Special Issue of the Journal of Energy History Co-Editors: Peter Forman, Elizabeth Shove and Stanley Blue Please send abstracts to p.forman@lancaster.ac.uk by 7th June 2019. Click here for more detailed...Read More > The post Call for Papers: Histories of Flexibility first appeared on Understanding peaks: Redpeak & Deepred. The post... Read more »

When we all consume electricity at the same time, energy suppliers have to activate dirty old power plants with excessive greenhouse gas emissions and high system costs. Shifting the timing...Read More > The post ‘Sooner or later: Shifting the Timing of Electricity Demand’ Inaugural Lecture by Professor Jacopo Torriti first... Read more »

Anthropogenic emissions of long-lived chlorine and bromine-containing compounds (like chlorofluorocarbons or CFCs) have caused the Antarctic ozone hole during austral spring. CCMI provides information on the recovery of the ozone layer and potential interactions with climate change.... Read more »

Emissions from anthropogenic activities such as transport and energy generation contribute to both climate change and air pollution. CCMI investigates potential feedbacks between these environmental issues.... Read more »

The lifetimes and spatial distributions of many greenhouse gases are controlled by atmospheric chemistry and transport. CCMI studies how the impact of climate forcing agents will change over time.... Read more »