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Finding the real culprit behind high energy bills in the UK - LSE Business ReviewSome suspect that electricity prices have gone up because of government support to renewable energy. But there’s evidence that this is not the case. Sugandha Srivastav writes that the cost of electricity generation is strongly affected by the price of gas. Energy bills in the UK are going up - are renewables to blame? The

How easy is it to pivot to clean innovation?The energy industry needs to transition to a low-carbon paradigm to stay consistent with net-zero targets. However, a high degree of carbon lock-in persists and developments such as hydraulic fract…

3. An Electric Revolution: Did a 1909 kidnapping derail the future of solar power?An interview with Dr Sugandha Srivastav of Net Zero Notes

Power to the PeopleA conversation with Dr Sugandha Srivastav

How are energy contracts affecting the transition to net zero? - Economics ObservatoryAround the world, a large proportion of electricity is sold through power purchase agreements that may span decades. While these long-term contracts help to reduce risk, they can also lock countries into fossil fuels and hinder a rapid switch to renewable power, which is often cheaper.

India must account for its growing emissions. No more hiding behind other countriesThe developing world is not a monolith—there’s a growing risk of new fracture lines due to vastly divergent emissions and economic trajectories. India needs a shift in perspective.

Bringing Early-Stage Technologies to Market | FacultiSugandha Srivastav discusses whether the United Kingdom’s renewable energy feed-in-tariff (FiT), which is a risk-reduction and price instrument, helped bring utility-scale solar energy to market.

The Story of Solar in the UK

Experts warn of ‘respiratory health disaster’ as toxic air engulfs New DelhiHeavy smog triggers a surge in hospital admissions, school closures and a suspension of construction work in the Indian capital

How Solving Energy Poverty Will Boost Health and Climate GoalsEnergy Insights speaks with Sugandha Srivastav at Oxford University about energy poverty and developmental and energy economics.

Making India’s post-Covid recovery green will help tackle growing environment challenges and generate jobsSugandha Srivastav and Brian O’Callaghan Like a phoenix that rises from the ashes, the Indian economy has a chance to reinvent itself after the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic has worsened inequality by disproportionately affecting the...

Building back after the viral attackInvestment in healthcare and sanitation, climate resilience, agriculture and weather forecasting should be at the core of India’s post-pandemic economic recovery

Green technology: Can India win the race?Noxious air pollution, the collapse of natural food systems and extreme weather events have demonstrated the urgency to find cleaner forms of growth.

India’s green energy paradox: With ambitious goals, why is the country still holding on to coal?With the rapidly falling cost of renewable energy technology, it no longer makes financial or environmental sense to invest in polluting sources.

Who framed George Cove and kidnapped the solar future?Oxford postdoc Sugandha Srivistav discusses her research on a 1909 kidnapping that may have changed energy history. And why it's relevant during COP28.

If the first solar entrepreneur hadn't been kidnapped, would fossil fuels have dominated the 20th century the way they did?The 1909 incident may have cost the industry decades of progress – and the planet huge amounts of damaging carbon emissions.

Using Litigation to Expedite the Clean Energy TransitionStretching over an expansive 80 square kilometres, the Hambach mine operated by RWE, one of the largest electricity producers in Germany, is a staggering sight. If there was ever a...

George Cove's fantastic sun ray machine - ABC listenSugandha Srivastav recounts the story of the fantastic sun ray machine and how its creator George Cove was allegedly kidnapped, setting back the development of solar panels for decades.

How a 100-year-old kidnapping set climate tech back decadesGeorge Cove patented solar energy technology in the early 1900s. Then, after a mysterious kidnapping, his business shut down.

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