Guy NeweyGovernance 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 241Jun 241
Guy NeweyA 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, 20232Oct 22, 20232
Guy NeweyWhat 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, 2023Jun 2, 2023
Guy NeweyThe day DECC died…. And some thoughts for the new energy departmentThe 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, 2023Mar 10, 2023
Guy NeweyIs 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, 2022Aug 21, 2022
Guy NeweyA 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, 2022Apr 15, 2022
Guy NeweyDevolving power: strategic choices for the future Net Zero energy systemThe 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, 2021Feb 11, 2021
Guy NeweyFixing the system: how to take a systems approach to Net ZeroI 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, 20202May 29, 20202
Guy NeweyFive steps to ‘Net Zero’ levels of innovationThe 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, 20192Aug 4, 20192