Visitors to this site may be interested in a recent presentation that was provided by two members of the EVALUATE…
Energy use in Thailand: Impressions
I recently spent a few weeks travelling around Thailand, a journey that included the visit to the country’s two main…
Introducing … “Fuel poverty measurement in Europe: a pilot study”
Our latest guest post focuses on a new project funded by the Eaga Charitable Trust, and co-ordinated by Harriet Thomson and…
The rise of the networked ghetto
Continuing our series of guest contributions about energy poverty in the Balkans, Rosalina Babourkova reflects on issues around electricity use…
Research on energy poverty in Greece – update
The EVENT project commenced its programme of activities during July and August. These were undertaken amidst an atmosphere of rising…
Revamping urban-energy.org
As of today, this site has a new structure – from our initial aim to act as an information vehicle…
Energy geographies at the RGS-IBG annual conference: Reflections
I have just returned from the Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society, which, once again, has been replete with…
A call for papers for the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers
Visitors to this site may be interested in this recently-issued call for papers, which aims to gather contributions that would explore the different ways in which energy flows and formations are interconnected with wider geophysical and social landscapes.
Guest contribution – Untangling the puzzle of energy policy in Bulgaria
Continuing our previous discsussion about the (de)politicization of energy policy, this month’s last guest contribution takes a closer look at…
Hungarian PM announces a further 10% cut in utility costs: three questions
In Hungary, the price of imported natural gas – the most common fuel for domestic space heating – has been a key factor determining the affordability of household energy services during the 2000s. If in the first half of the decade its price increased at a relatively slow pace, above inflation rate and below the rate of increase of salaries and pensions, this situation changed drastically in 2006.
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