New Energy Supply Chains: Is the UK at Risk from Chinese Dominance?
The Royal United Services Institute has just published a paper, coauthored with Michal Meidan and myself of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, that assesses the risks posed to the United Kingdom by China's strong position along supply chains for minerals and … Continue Reading ››
How May National Culture Shape Public Policy? The Case of Energy Policy in China
Many factors shape the development and implementation of public policy. These include political ideologies, the structures and systems of governance, state capacity, demographics, societal values and norms, and level of economic development. As … Continue Reading ››
The Governance of Energy in China. Transition to a Low Carbon Economy
My book which was originally published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2012 has now been published in Chinese by the China Economic Publishing House, and is available for RMB 68 (about GBP 7).
Applying Institutional Theory to the Low-Carbon Energy TransitionABSTRACT
The low-carbon energy transition is a form of socio-technical transition and, as such, it involves profound changes in the institutions that govern society. Despite the acknowledged importance of institutions in shaping the pace and nature of transition, a relatively small … Continue Reading ››
The Future of Sea Lane Security between the Middle East and Southeast Asia
On 23–24 June 2015, the Energy Studies Institute (ESI) of the National University of Singapore and Chatham House organized an event entitled ‘The Future of Sea Lane Security between … Continue Reading ››
Zhang, P. Andrews-Speed, X. Zhao and Y. He (2013), ‘Interactions between renewable energy policy and renewable energy industrial policy: A critical analysis of China's policy approach to renewable energies’ Energy Policy, 62, 342-353.
Abstract
This paper analyzes China's policy approach to renewable energies and assesses how effectively China has met the ideal of appropriate interactions between renewable … Continue Reading ››
International energy and resources policy, with a focus on China
New Energy Supply Chains: Is the UK at Risk from Chinese Dominance?
The Royal United Services Institute has just published a paper, coauthored with Michal Meidan and myself of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, that assesses the risks posed to the United Kingdom by China's strong position along supply chains for minerals and … Continue Reading ›› 
The Governance of Energy in China. Transition to a Low Carbon Economy
My book which was originally published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2012 has now been published in Chinese by the China Economic Publishing House, and is available for RMB 68 (about GBP 7). 
Applying Institutional Theory to the Low-Carbon Energy Transition
ABSTRACT
The low-carbon energy transition is a form of socio-technical transition and, as such, it involves profound changes in the institutions that govern society. Despite the acknowledged importance of institutions in shaping the pace and nature of transition, a relatively small … 