Jacopo Torriti

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October 1, 2026

How the new Great British Grid could help households benefit from abundant and cheap renewable power

Jacopo Torriti, University of Reading

As Britain builds more renewable energy, it will need to get better at encouraging people to use electricity when it’s plentiful.

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September 30, 2026

Catherine Needham, University of Birmingham; Chris Grover, Lancaster University; Elliott Johnson, Northumbria University, Newcastle; Hannah Bunting, University of Exeter; Jacopo Torriti, University of Reading; Peter Urwin, University of Westminster, and Steve Schifferes, City St George's, University of London

The prime minister wants fixing the crisis in social care to be the defining mission of his premiership.

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September 13, 2021

Jacopo Torriti, University of Reading and Timur Yunusov, University of Reading

Time-poor households, like single parent families, are caught between rising prices and unhelpful tariffs.

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June 29, 2020

Jacopo Torriti, University of Reading; Jose Luis Ramirez-Mendiola, University of Reading, and Timur Yunusov, University of Reading

Consumers can play their part in reducing carbon emissions by choosing to shift their energy use to when renewable generation is at its daily peak.