Tag: Economics

Eddie’s Blog – Decarbonisation and the failure of economics and economists

10th February 202221st February 2020 by Supernode Energy

Eddie O’Connor on Decarbonisation and the failure of economics and economists. In this blog post, Eddie discusses how the SuperGrid discussed in previous blogs will require changes in economics to operate. Indirect Costs (somebody count the carbon!) Despite the excellence of Martin Wolff’s article in the FT this week, and the facts … Read more

Future Insight Blog #5 – The Economics of the Pan European Supergrid

14th February 202227th May 2019 by Supernode Energy

In a series of blogs, Eddie O’Connor will examine how Europe will meet it’s Paris decarbonisation goals. In this blog post, Eddie discusses how the supergrid discussed in Blog Post 4 integrates decarbonisation into the energy markets. The need for a new economic paradigm to pilot the way to sustainability in electricity production … Read more