The New Energy Paradigm provides an overview of the current energy policy debate, contextualized by the oil shock from 2000, and considers how the trends in international energy markets impact on security of supply and climate change. It includes a discussion of market design, looks at carbon and oil markets, and considers best practice for effective policy design.

About the Author
Dieter Helm is an economist specialising in utilities, infrastructure, regulation and the environment, and concentrates on the energy, water and transport sectors in Britain and Europe. He holds a number of other advisory board appointments, including the Prime Minister's Council of Science and Technology, the Defra Academic Panel (Chair), and the DTI Sustainable Energy Panel Advisory Board. He is associate editor of the Oxford Review of Economic Policy. His career to date has spanned academia, public policy and business. He founded Oxera in 1982, was a member of the DTI's Energy Advisory Panel from 1993 to 2003, and has published extensively on economic topics. He recently completed a major study of British Energy policy since 1979, Energy, The State and the Market, published by Oxford University Press.

Reviews
Anyone professionally concerned with energy policies markets and future trends will find the book useful...[..] For anyone interested in energy policies, markets and the issues to be faced in the coming decades, this book will form a valuable information resource and a thought-provoking read. * Institute of Physics *



Book Information
ISBN 9780199229703
Author Dieter Helm
Format Hardback
Page Count 544
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 953g
Dimensions(mm) 241mm * 165mm * 34mm