Delivering a low-carbon electricity system : technologies, economics, and policy

List of figures List of tables List of contributors Foreword Acknowledgments 1. A low-carbon electricity sector for the UK: issues and options Michael Grubb, Tooraj Jamasb and Michael Pollitt Part I. The Fundamentals: 2. Calculating the social cost of carbon Chris Hope and David Newbery 3. Technologies for a low-carbon electricity system: an assessment of the UK's issues and options Tooraj Jamasb, William J. Nuttall, Michael Pollitt and Alexandra Maratou 4. The benefits of fuel mix diversity Fabien A. Roques 5. Variability and renewables Graham Sinden 6. Implications of intermittency and transmission constraints for renewables deployment Karsten Neuhoff, Jim Cust and Kim Keats Part II. Incentives and the Demand Side: Demand Side Management and System Requirements: 7. Electricity network investment and regulation for a low-carbon future Michael Pollitt and Janusz Bialek 8. Domestic electricity consumption and demand side participation: opportunities and challenges for the UK power system Mark Bilton, Charlotte Ramsay, Matthew Leach, Hannah Devine-Wright, Patrick Devine-Wright and Daniel Kirschen 9. Enhancing efficient use of electricity in the business and public sectors Michael Grubb, James Wilde and Steven Sorrell Part III. Investment, Price and Innovation: 10. Will the market choose the right technologies? Karsten Neuhoff and Paul Twomey 11. Pricing carbon for electricity generation: national and international dimensions Michael Grubb and David Newbery 12. Learning curves for energy technology: a critical assessment Tooraj Jamasb and Jonathan Kohler 13. Accelerating innovation and strategic deployment in UK electricity - applications to renewable energy Michael Grubb, Nadine Haj-Hasan and David Newbery Part IV. Scenarios, Options and Public Attitudes: 14. Scenarios of the electricity industry in Great Britain in 2020: networks, generation and decarbonisation Ian Elders, Graham Ault, Graeme Burt, Ryan Tumilty, Jim McDonald and Jonathan Kohler 15. Modelling the economic impact of low-carbon electricity Milton Yago, Jonathan P. Atkins, Keshab Bhattarai, Richard Green and Stephen Trotter 16. Bridging technologies: can clean fossil offer a bridge to a sustainable energy future in the UK? David M. Reiner, Jon Gibbins and Sam Holloway 17. Reconsidering public acceptance of Renewable Energy Technologies: a critical review Patrick Devine-Wright 18. Concluding chapter Michael Grubb, Tooraj Jamasb and Michael Pollitt Index.