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Stephen Lezak, Programme Manager at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment writes in The Conversation:

A UK powered fully by renewable energy could save all households up to £441 a year on their energy bills, according to a new Oxford Smith School analysis. In comparison, maximising oil & gas extraction from the North Sea would save households a modest £16 – £82 per year – and�...

Researchers from across the Smith School of Enterprise & Environment and Oxford Martin School discuss how renewed instability in the Gulf is reshaping global energy markets and what this means for UK consumers, businesses and policymakers.

Cameron Hepburn, Battcock Professor of Environmental Economics at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, comments on the ongoing oil price shock and its ramifications for UK households and the clean energy transition.

With crude oil prices incredibly volatile as the war in Iran continues, some countries are already warning they may run out of oil.

When wind turbines rise above a Welsh hillside, who should benefit financially? Plaid Cymru’s Rhun ap Iorwerth believes it should be local communities.

Researchers from the University of Oxford and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have developed a new way to make high-performance perovskite solar cells entirely without solvents.

EGL3 will connect Scotland and England with a 690km HVDC link, transmitting renewable power southwards.

Imagine the escalating conflict between the US, Israel and Iran unfolding in a world powered mostly by wind, solar and batteries rather than oil and gas.