Rob Gross
UKERC Director, UKERC Researcher
Dr. Robert Gross is Reader in Energy Policy and Technology and Director of the Centre for Energy Policy and Technology (ICEPT) at Imperial College London. He is Policy Director of Imperial’s Energy Futures Lab and is a Co-Director of the UK Energy Research Centre.
Dr Gross has published extensively on energy policy and technology. He has wide-ranging research management expertise and has made a substantive contribution to UK energy policy development, acting as advisor to Select Committees, preparing reports and chairing committees for Government departments and non-departmental public bodies, and as a consultant. He was seconded to the Cabinet Office in the early 2000s and contributed to the Blair Government Energy Review.
Rob has extensive teaching experience at masters and PhD level. He has been an invited speaker at a wide range of conferences and forums in the UK and overseas and makes regular contributions to the popular debate surrounding energy, in the mainstream press, online and in TV and radio appearances. In 2014 Gross was Chair of the Council of the British Institute of Energy Economics.
Robert has a PhD in Energy and Environment Policy and Technology and an MSc in Environmental Technology, both from Imperial College.
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Related Publications (34)
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UKERC response to the Cost of Energy Review
Consultation Response by Simon Gill, Rob Gross, Catherine Waddams, Aidan Rhodes, Keith Bell, Jim Watson, John Barrett 04 Jan 2018
Read UKERC's response to the Cost of Energy Review
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Review of Energy Policy 2017
Briefing Paper by Christina Demski, Paul Ekins, Rob Gross, Jillian Anable, Jan Webb, Mike Bradshaw, Keith Bell, Jim Watson, Sarah Darby, John Barrett, Christian Brand, Nick Pidgeon 20 Nov 2017
This briefing paper reviews energy policy over the past 12 months, drawing on evidence from UKERC research. With a focus on the Clean Growth Strategy it covers topics including low carbon heat, the potential implications of Brexit, energy efficiency and public engagement.
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Cost of Energy Review: Insights from UKERC research
Briefing Paper by Rob Gross, Jim Watson 09 Oct 2017
This document covers four key issues that are central to the terms of reference of the Review of Energy Costs, being undertaken by Dieter Helm.
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Building our Industrial Strategy - Response to the Green Paper from the UK Energy Research Centre
Consultation Response by Paul Ekins, Rob Gross, Keith Bell, Jim Watson, Lindsay Wright, John Barrett, Nick Eyre 19 Apr 2017
The development of a comprehensive industrial strategy for the UK is long overdue. The strategy is an opportunity to bring much needed coherence to economic and industrial policy, and to ensure that it works in tandem with the government’s other policies and plans. It is particularly important that the strategy underpins the UK’s transition towards a cleaner, low carbon economy.
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The costs and impacts of intermittency – 2016 update
Research Report by Phil Heptonstall, Rob Gross 21 Feb 2017
A systematic review of the evidence on the costs and impacts of intermittent electricity generation technologies
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News (10)
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Scottish Climate Change Bill Financial Memorandum
Policy by Rob Gross, Mark Winskel, Keith Bell, Jim Watson, Paul Dodds 03 Sep 2018
Read the UKERC response to the Scottish FCC call for evidence on the Climate Change Bill.
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Ofgem RIIO-2 Framework Consultation
Policy by Rob Gross, Keith Bell, Jim Watson 03 May 2018
Read our response to Ofgem’s consultation on the RIIO-2 framework.
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International Comparisons of Heating, Cooling and Heat Decarbonisation Policies
Network News by Rob Gross, Richard Hanna 19 Apr 2018
UKERC researchers have contributed to a BEIS-commissioned report on heat decarbonisation. The report summarises the evidence base on how other countries provide heating and cooling and what the UK can learn from them. The focus is on heating and cooling in buildings, viewed broadly across residential and non-residential sectors with an emphasis on OECD countries.
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UKERC Response to Clean Growth Strategy
by Rob Gross, Jim Watson 12 Oct 2017
UKERC responds to the publication of the UK government's Clean Growth Strategy
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Cost of Energy Review: Insights from UKERC research
Network News by Rob Gross, Jim Watson 09 Oct 2017
The recently published Clean Growth Strategy is likely to be closely followed by the conclusions of the Review of Energy Costs, led by Professor Dieter Helm. Ahead of this, we have published a briefing paper that covers four key issues that are central to the terms of reference of the Review of Energy Costs – and to the Clean Growth Strategy itself.
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