Stephen NashMay 31, 2017Scaling up off-grid business modelsThere remain barriers to scaling up off-grid barriers, and the placemat below identifies some of the practical strategies that companies...
Stephen NashMar 13, 2017Can cost reflectivity survive a renewables world?The importance of cost reflectivity has been central to economic regulation. Price signals that reflect the true underlying cost of an...
Stephen NashNov 10, 2016Regulating innovationSince the deregulation of utilities in the 1990s, a conventional wisdom has been established whereby some utility functions have been...
Stephen NashOct 6, 2016A demanding problem: reconciling the need to increase energy access with the need to reduce GHG emisAs I state on the front page of Kuungana’s website, 1.2 bn remain without access to electricity. Clearly addressing that injustice has...
Stephen NashJul 4, 2016Making sense of falling solar costsSolar costs have been falling rapidly and the promise of a carbon-free electricity system seems ever closer. An auction for...
Stephen NashJun 15, 2016Mini-grids: new players, new business models, and a need for a new regulatory paradigmThe role of mini-grids is one that is receiving an ever increasing amount of attention across the power sector. In developing countries...
Stephen NashApr 20, 2016Unlocking the potential of microgridsRecently there has also been a shift in donor focus towards less centralised power solutions. In a previous post I presented some (very...
Stephen NashMar 3, 2016An energy market for a low carbon world?This week the UK Government issued a consultation on further tweaks to the Capacity Market, including a possible acceleration of its...
Stephen NashFeb 3, 2016Radical decentralisation – when does grid defection make sense?Battery storage is revolutionising the way we think about electricity. Perhaps the most exciting thing about the rapid development of...