Hywel Lloyd

Associate Fellow
ywel is a former IPPR Associate Director where he focused on the future arrangements all infrastructure sectors will need to thrive in a low carbon, digital world, post Brexit.

He has a particular interest in decentralised systems, for example for energy, and democratic institutions.

Areas of expertise:

  • Decentralised energy
  • Place based Industrial strategy
  • Sustainability and low carbon futures

Prior to joining IPPR, Hywel worked for Facilitating the Future, providing sustainable and systemic solutions to public policy challenges.

He has also worked as a Specialist Policy Advisor to Ministers in both DCLG and Defra, overseeing policy on the low carbon built environment, energy, planning, land use, and waste and resources.

Hywel has a BSc in Chemistry and Certificate in Education both from the University of Bath, and a Diploma is Systems Practice from the Open University.

More from this author:

  1. Findings of the Income Crisis Taskforce: Establishing common principles for responses to income crisis

    Income crisis is a worsening epidemic in the UK. Yet the government response has been at best inadequate, and in some cases counterproductive, for example the cuts to benefits and the roll out of universal credit.

  2. A distributed energy future for the UK: An essay collection

    This set of essays explores how new energy technologies, different sources of energy, and new business and governance models can offer a more effective, efficient, low carbon energy system which can benefit all UK citizens.

  3. Beyond ECO: The future of fuel poverty support

    Fuel poverty is a fact of life for 2.5 million households across England.