Guy Newey·Jun 24, 2024Governance 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…A response icon1A response icon1
Guy Newey·Oct 22, 2023A 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…A response icon2A response icon2
Guy Newey·Jun 2, 2023What 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…
Guy Newey·Mar 10, 2023The 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.
Guy Newey·Aug 21, 2022Is 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…
Guy Newey·Apr 15, 2022A 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…
Guy Newey·Feb 11, 2021Devolving 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…
Guy Newey·May 29, 2020Fixing 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…A response icon2A response icon2
Guy Newey·Nov 18, 2019Amber Rudd’s energy ‘Reset’ speechRt Hon Amber Rudd MPA response icon1A response icon1
Guy Newey·Aug 4, 2019Five 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…A response icon2A response icon2