Publications
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Europe's energy future: in the dark
16th January 2007
Published by openDemocracy, January 2007. The European Commission's new energy plan falls far short of the integrated, long-term strategy that the continent needs, says Dieter Helm.
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Climate change policy: lessons from the UK, Economists' Voice
10th January 2007
The UK provides a valuable case study to those contemplating new policy initiatives to address climate change. As with privatistion and liberalisation, the UK has led the way, with results that have not been quite what was intended.
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'The Power UK Interview', Platts
18th December 2006
At the heart of the so-called Austrian school of economic theory, that has underpinned energy liberalization, is the concept that the market and alert entrepreneurs will be more effective at adapting to changing conditions that any central planner. And the market can often surprise and have unintended consequences.
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'Russia, Germany and European energy policy', Open Democracy
14th December 2006
Energy Policy has shot up the European political agenda in the last couple of years, as the realisation has dawned that the decades of cheap energy are over, and that external dependency is not only going up, but is increasingly focused on a worryingly small number of countries - Russia; in the Middle East, on the trio of Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia; and in the Caspian ex-Soviet countries such as Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Chechnya (and again Russia and Iran).
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Setting credible targets
26th November 2006
The first task for government is to set credible reduction targets for carbon emissions. The appropriate time frame for these is the medium-term, as short-term targets have tended to be unabhievable and long-term ones no more than aspirations inadequately linked to policy.
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'Regulatory reform, capture and the regulatory burden', DTI/BRE Conference
24th November 2006
Evaluation of Regulation
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From Review to Reality: The search for a credible energy policy
23rd October 2006
A critique of the UK Energy Policy Review and a set of proposals for the achievement of security of supply and the climate change objectives.
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Russian energy policy - political assertiveness or rational economics?, Open Democracy, Oct 06
18th October 2006
Western oil companies are reeling from a series of setbacks in Russia. Welcomed in under Yeltsin, offering a new frontier for exploration and production, the likes of BP and Shell saw a chance to build up their reserves.
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Low Carb Diet
13th October 2006
Regulation expert Dieter Helm tells Steve Hobson why carbon contracts are an essential ingredient for cutting down on carbon emissions. Utility Week article October 13th 2006. p22-23.
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Helm steers way out of energy crisis
3rd September 2006
Article in the Irish newspaper "Sunday Business Post".