About Oxford Energy Associates

Oxford Energy Associates was set up by William Blyth in October 2004. Its mission is to build a team of trusted and impartial advisors to research, inform and influence the global transition to a sustainable energy system, taking account of climate change and social equity.

William is currently an Associate Fellow of Chatham House where he is working with a range of different funding organisations on a project to look at the impact of climate policy uncertainty on investment decisions in the energy sector. Since setting up Oxford Energy Associates, he has also worked with the Electric Power Research Institute and Shell.

Until October 2004, William was working at the International Energy Agency in Paris where he carried out policy analysis for the IEA committee responsible for energy and climate change policy issues, as well as the Annex I Experts Group, a committee of international climate negotiators. During his time at the IEA, William wrote several papers on issues ranging from green investment schemes, linking of emissions trading schemes and a framework for assessing interactions between climate change policies and energy security policies. In addition he contributed to the expert in-depth review of Sweden's energy policy, as well as the UNFCCC's review of the third national communication of the EU.

Prior to joining the IEA, William worked for a short period at the European Environment Agency where he worked as Project Manager on Energy and Environment. Prior to that he worked for over 8 years at one of Europe's largest environmental consultancies - AEA Technology where he worked with a wide range of companies helping them develop suitable response strategies to new climate change policies. William has a DPhil in Physics from Oxford University.