Policy Briefs

2023

• What will investing in hydrogen transmission infrastructure mean for the UK economy? Karen Turner, Antonios Katris, Hannah Corbett, October 2023
• Unlocking the benefits of the low-carbon heat transition, Hannah Corbett, Christian Calvillo, Antonios Katris and Jamie Speirs, September 2023
• Developing and Export Base for Scottish CCUS : Maximising Returns on Investments and Costs to Public Budget, Karen Turner, Antonios Katris, Christian Calvillo, Hannah Corbett and Julia Race, June 2023
• Fuel and transport poverty in Scotland: actions towards accurately identifying fuel and transport, Keran Sarah Boyd, Christian Calvillo, Tanja Mueller, Xiaoyi Mu, Tong Zhu, August 2023
• The Importance of Early Employment and Government Revenue Gains in Governing the Wider Economy Costs and Benefits of Deploying UK CCUS, Karen Turner, Antonios Katris, Christian Calvillo, Hannah Corbett and Julia Race, June 2023
• Jobs and UK CCUS : the constrained employment impacts of a new UK CO2 Transport and Storage Industry Karen Turner, Antonios Katris, Christian Calvillo, Julia Race and Hannah Corbett, June 2023
• Unlocking the benefits of Heat Pumps: The Role of Electricity and Gas Prices Karen Turner and Antonios Katris, March 2023
• The Potential Economic Value of Increasing Scottish CO2 Transport and Storage Capacity to Service Overseas Export Demand Karen Turner, Antonios Katris, Abdoul Karim Zanzhouo, Hannah Corbett and Julia Race, March 2023
• Integrating CCUS services into the UK economy : the challenge of persisting labour supply shortages and constraints Karen Turner, Antonios Katris, Abdoul Karim Zanzhouo, Julia Race and Hannah Corbett, February 2023

2022

• The evolution and wider economy outcomes of a UK CO2 transport and storage industry: the importance of labour requirements, electricity demand and transportation options Karen Turner, Antonios Katris, Oluwafisayo Alabi and Hannah Corbett, November 2022
• Labour Market Shortages and Displacement: Drivers, Solutions and Trade-offs Karen Turner and Jamie Stewart, September 2022
• What does increasing residential energy efficiency do for the economy? Karen Turner and Antonios Katris, October 2022
• The Role of Residential Energy Efficiency as a Growth, Welfare and System Enhancing Economic Activity Karen Turner and Antonios Katris, October 2022
• What are the macroeconomic and household welfare trade-offs of introducing broad carbon taxation? Karen Turner, Oluwafisayo Alabi, Antonios Katris and Kim Swales, August 2022
• Carbon Tax Impacts on Producer Costs and Competitiveness as the Main Determinant of Macroeconomic Outcomes Karen Turner, Oluwafisayo Alabi, Antonios Katris and Kim Swales, June 2022
• Policy trade-offs in delivering and maximising the benefits of CCS : a focus on the economic and labour market challenges, Karen Turner, Oluwafisayo Alabi, Antonios Katris, Christian Calvillo Munoz, Jamie Stewart, Julia Race and Hannah Corbett, May 2022
• The importance of building export capacity in a new Scottish CO2 Transport and Storage industry: alleviating domestic funding pressures and securing green growth and jobs transition, Karen Turner, Oluwafisayo Alabi, Antonios Katris, Christian Calvillo Munoz, Jamie Stewart and Julia Race, February 2022
• Phase 1 CCUS cluster rollout - potential wider economy impacts, responses and trade-offs, Karen Turner, Oluwafisayo Alabi, Antonios Katris, Christian Calvillo Munoz, Jamie Stewart, Hannah Corbett and Julia Race, February 2022

2021

• Understanding the trade-offs involved in driving economic growth in the transition to electric vehicles  Oluwafisayo Alabi, Antonios Katris, Christian Calvillo Munoz, Karen Turner and Jamie Stewart October 2021
• Could the introduction of a new CO2 Transport and Storage industry in Scotland service decarbonisation, ‘green growth’ and ‘just transition’ agendas?  Oluwafisayo Alabi, Antonios Katris, Karen Turner and Jamie Stewart October 2021
• Establishing a Net Zero Principles Framework to Support Public Policy Making, Karen Turner, Julia Race, Antonios Katris, Oluwafisayo Alabi and Jamie Stewart September 2021
• Meeting the UK's energy efficiency goals : securing greater wider economy benefits through longer term programmes Antonios Katris, Karen Turner and Jamie Stewart August 2021
• Energy Justice POINTs: Policies to Create a More Sustainable & Fairer Future for All Rachel Bray and Rebecca Ford 2021

2020

• Steel Manufacturing in Wales: Ensuring a Sustainable and Prosperous Future Max Munday, Karen Turner, November 2020
• HotScot Minewater Geothermal Policy Roundtable Summary, Jamie Stewart, September 2020
• Can the Electrification of Private Transport Lead to Economic Prosperity? Oluwafisayo Alabi, Karen Turner, Christian Calvillo, Antonios Katris, Jamie Stewart and Constantin Brod, August 2020
• Laying the Foundations for a Net Zero Society : Principles and Infrastructure for a Climate Resilient and Economically Sustainable Recovery Karen Turner, Antonios Katris, Jamie Stewart, Oluwafisayo Alabi, Christian Calvillo, Julia Race, Kim Swailes, Theo Mitchell and Justus Andreas, July 2020
• How is Planned Public Investment to Enable CCS Likely to Impact the Wider UK Economy? Karen Turner, Antonios Katris, Julia Race and Jamie Stewart, July 2020
• State Aid or Subsidy Control: Ensuring Prosperity in the Race to Net Zero Karen Turner, Julia Race, Antonios Katris and Jamie Stewart, April 2020
• A Net Zero Principles Framework: Fundamental questions for public policy analysis Karen Turner, Julia Race, Oluwafisayo Alabi, Antonios Katris and Kim Swales, Feb 2020 
• Funding UK Residential Energy Efficiency: The economy-wide impacts of ECO and it's alternatives Antonios Katris, Karen Turner and Kusum Vishwakarma, Feb 2020
• What is the Role of Pumped Hydro Energy Storage in Generating Value and Reducing Energy System Costs in a Net Zero Economy? Karen Turner, Oluwafisayo Alabi, and Constantin Brod, Jan 2020

2019

• The role of CCUS in industry clusters in delivering value to the political economy: a new multiplier metric for the quality of employment Karen Turner, Oluwafisayo Alabi, Julia Race and Antonios Katris, Sept 2019
• Decarbonising domestic heating: the need for policy to help consumers respond to the benefits of technological progress change in electricity supply? Karen Turner, Gioele Figus, Kim Swales, Lisa Ryan, Patrizio and Peter McGregor, July 2019
• Who Ultimately Pays for and Who Gains from The Electricity Network Upgrade for EVs Karen Turner, Oluwafisayo Alabi, Christian Calvillo, Gioele Figus, Antonios Katris. May, 2019. 
• Reframing the Value Case for Carbon Capture and Storage Karen Turner, Oluwafisayo Alabi, Ragne Low and Julia Race, March 2019

2018

• Energy Saving Innovations and Economy Wide Rebound Effects Karen Turner, Dec 2018
• The Case for Pumped Storage Hydro in the UK's Energy Mix Constantin Brod, Robert Hull and Karen Turner, Dec 2018
• The Just Transition Challenge: Avoiding Carbon Leakage and Jobs Off-Shoring in Decarbonising International Supply Chains Karen Turner, Antonios Katris and Frans de Vries, Dec. 2018
• Potential Wider Economic Impacts of the Energy Efficient Scotland programme Karen Turner, Antonios Katris, Gioele Figus and Ragne Low, May 2018
• Making the Macroeconomic Case for Near Term Action on CCS in the UK? The Current State of Economy-wide Modelling Evidence Karen Turner, Julia Race, Oluwafisayo Alabi and Ragne Low, March 2018

2017

• Potential Economic Impacts of the Scottish Government's £20million "post-Brexit" energy efficiency spending stimulus - Karen Turner, Antonios Katris, Fiona Riddoch and Gioele Figus, May 2017
• Natural Gas in UK and Scottish Energy Policy - Karen Turner and Mark Lappin, Apr. 2017
• To what extent will industrial energy efficiency reduce energy use across the economy? Jan. 2017
• Just how much carbon do we save when we increase our energy efficiency? Jan 2017
• So which households can benefit from energy efficiency and is there an argument to fund it from the public purse? Jan. 2017

2016

• So What If There Were a Larger and More Sustained Energy Efficiency Effort across the Economy, What Would be the Impact? Nov. 2016
• Seven questions about fracking in Scotland - Karen Turner and Zoe Shipton, Oct. 2016
• Five challenges to Mission Innovation, the global clean energy innovation drive - Matthew Hannon, Oct. 2016
• How improving energy efficiency could boost the Scottish economy - Karen Turner, Fiona Riddoch and Gioele Figus, Sept. 2016
• Reducing Rebound Without Sacrificing Macroeconomic Benefits of Increased Energy Efficiency? (link downloads paper) Jul. 2016
• The Energy System challenge... Supply & Demand working together Mar. 2016
• Multiplier Analysis of Re-spending Rebound Effects Jan. 2016

2015

• Increased Household Energy Efficiency: Can it Boost the UK Economy? - Gioele Figus, Karen Turner et al, May 2015
• Security of Supply: Scotland's Energy needs in a Changing UK Electricity Market - Karen Turner, Peter McGregor and Alf Young, May 2015
• Devolution of the Crown Estate and energy policy- Aileen McHarg, Jan. 2015