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Governance for Net Zero: boring, but important…

In the late spring of 2020, Dominic Cummings, then Number 10 supremo, got in touch and asked about a blog I had written about taking a…

Jun 24

Governance for Net Zero: boring, but important…

Jun 24

A Modest Proposal to help fix the housing crisis…

One of the most intractable drags on the British economy is very expensive housing. This is particularly acute in areas of highest growth…

Oct 22, 2023

Oct 22, 2023

What I have been taught about leadership…

This week marked a year since I became the Chief Executive Officer of Energy Systems Catapult (for those of you who don’t know what ESC is…

Jun 2, 2023

Jun 2, 2023

The day DECC died…. And some thoughts for the new energy department

The day that the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) was shut down was one of the strangest days of my professional life.

Mar 10, 2023

Mar 10, 2023

Is health professionals prescribing a warm home a mad idea?

Reports today that one idea the Government is considering to deal with the winter energy crisis is allowing GPs to ‘prescribe’ vulnerable…

Aug 21, 2022

Aug 21, 2022

A wholesale defence of wholesale energy markets (or where I disagree with Dieter)

Professor Sir Dieter Helm gave a barnstorming performance at Policy Exchange recently. He tore, with typical ferocity and fearlessness…

Apr 15, 2022

Apr 15, 2022

Devolving power: strategic choices for the future Net Zero energy system

The next phase of decarbonisation in the UK will likely have two characteristics: it will need to be much more consumer-friendly, and it…

Feb 11, 2021

Feb 11, 2021

Fixing the system: how to take a systems approach to Net Zero

I spend a lot of time with systems engineers. They are an annoying bunch, by and large. Always telling me (or anyone else who dares…

May 29, 2020

May 29, 2020

Amber Rudd’s energy ‘Reset’ speech

Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP

Nov 18, 2019

Nov 18, 2019

Five steps to ‘Net Zero’ levels of innovation

The Government’s commitment to a ‘net zero’ economy will mean profound changes to the British economy. Changes to the way we move around…

Aug 4, 2019

Aug 4, 2019

Guy Newey

Guy Newey

Chief Executive Officer at Energy Systems Catapult, UK energy innovation agency helping clean tech businesses thrive. Ex-policy/political adviser to Government.

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