Eigen Values

This is a short video to accompany the main article (link below) that dispels the myth that renewables are cheap.

We have a long way to go if even consumer champion Martin Lewis blames high electricit…

Last month I gave a talk to Sacred Cows. This is the video of the event and the main argument is summarised below.

Climate Change Exaggerated

Although people like Antonio Guterres have made the foolish…

Welcome to Episode 16 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we look the alleged rapid deployment of renewables and find that lapsed planning permissions and terminated CfDs mean that renewables are …

Welcome to Episode 15 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we look at a recent report about Net Zero from the Centre for Policy Studies and call for think tanks to start thinking again.

This is an a…

Welcome to Episode 14 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we look at the Climate Change Committee’s latest demands for cuts to emissions, set them in a global context and look at their economic vi…

Welcome to Episode 13 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we bust the myth of fossil fuel subsidies by comparing the alleged subsidies with fossil fuel taxes.

This is an audio version of the articl…

Welcome to Episode 12 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we look at what the projects announced at the recent international investment summit might mean for energy bills.

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Welcome to Episode 11 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we look at how Artificial Intelligence is going to destroy the Net Zero electricity demand forecasts.

This is an audio version of the artic…

Welcome to Episode 10 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we look at how UK energy prices compare to our international competitors.

This is an audio version of the article that first appeared on Su…

Welcome to Episode 9 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we look at rising subsidies for renewables through the Contract for Difference Scheme. August 2024 saw the third highest subsidies on recor…

Welcome to Episode 6 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we cover the National Grid ESO’s response to the Government’s request for assistance to work out how to deliver a net zero grid by 2030.

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Welcome to Episode 7 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we cover the contradictions in Labour’s top two missions for Government. Mission number 1 is to deliver economic growth and Mission number …

Welcome to Episode 6 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we take look at apparent contracts for cronies awarded to Hornsea Project Three under the Permitted Reduction Scheme that was part of Alloc…

Welcome to Episode 5 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we take look at what the results of the recent AR6 auction of renewables capacity will mean for consumers as well as the impact on the Gove…

Welcome to Episode 4 of the Eigen Values podcast. This week we take a look at the yawning gap between Government projections of the costs of renewables and the prices they are awarding in the allocat…

Welcome to Episode 3 of the Eigen Values podcast. This week we take a look at new work from the Breakthrough Institute on the material intensity of different electricity generation technologies.

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Introduction

A number of industry players, for instance NG ESO, are calling for more widespread use of Time Of Use Tariffs (TOUTs) to optimise electricity demand on the grid. In many markets, price si…

The first attempt at creating a podcast is my recent article on the contradictions in the recent Climate Change Committee progress report to Parliament. This is an audio version of the article that f…