Summary
I graduated in Economics from The University of Hull, followed by sixteen years as a business analyst and project manager in the London wholesale insurance markets - developing, implementing, and supporting a range of business-critical transaction processing and financial systems. I completed an MSc in Environmental Technology (specialising in Energy Policy) at Imperial College in 2005, and now lead systematic reviews and rapid evidence assessments within the UK Energy Research Centre's Technology and Policy Assessment team.
The Technology and Policy Assessment (TPA) team has been part of the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) since the centre was established in 2004. The remit of the TPA team is to address contentious issues in the energy policy arena using systematic reviews of the evidence, supplemented by primary research and wider stakeholder engagement where required.
During my time at Imperial, I also completed my PhD, which assessed the accuracy of electricity cost estimates and their role in policy making.
Selected UKERC TPA project outputs (see 'Research' and 'Publications' pages for details):
Decarbonising Home Heating: An Evidence Review of Domestic Heat Pump Installed Costs
Green job creation, quality, and skills: A review of the evidence on low carbon energy
Publications
Journals
Hanna R, Heptonstall P, Gross R, 2024, Job creation in a low carbon transition to renewables and energy efficiency: a review of international evidence, Sustainability Science, Vol:19, ISSN:1862-4057, Pages:125-150
Gambhir A, Green R, Grubb M, et al., 2021, How are future energy technology costs estimated? can we do better?, International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, Vol:15, ISSN:1932-1465, Pages:1-48
Heptonstall P, Gross R, 2020, A systematic review of the costs and impacts of integrating variable renewables into power grids, Nature Energy, Vol:6, ISSN:2058-7546, Pages:72-83