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Nuttall, William (2024). Britain’s loyalty to nuclear power. Economia Italiana, 2023(3) pp. 239–256.

Nuttall, William J. and MacGregor, Ian (2024). A Canadian case study of carbon dioxide removals and negative emission hydrogen production. Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2(1), article no. 5.

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Sasikumar, Yadukrishnan; Nuttall, William J. and Mason, Nigel J. (2024). An experimental apparatus to study the adsorption of water on proxies for spent nuclear fuel surfaces. Measurement Science and Technology, 35(11), article no. 116008.

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Webbe-Wood, David and Nuttall, William J. (2023). Calculations of net present value for a small modular fusion power plant under a range of scenarios. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, 176(4) pp. 187–196.

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Nuttall, William J. (2023). The Changing Political Economy of Fusion. Journal of Fusion Energy, 42(1), article no. 19.

Webbe-Wood, David; Nuttall, William J.; Kazantzis, Nikolaos K. and Chyong, Chi Kong (2023). The Options Value of Blue Hydrogen in a Low Carbon Energy System. EPRG Working Paper 2309; Cambridge Working Paper in Economics CWPE2338, Cambridge Energy Policy Research Group, University of Cambridge.

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Madhavi, Madhu and Nuttall, William J. (2023). Modern global oil market under stress: system dynamics and scenarios. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, 176(1) pp. 4–19.

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Nuttall, William J. (2022). Nuclear Renaissance: Technologies and Policies for the Future of Nuclear Power (Second Edition). Boca Raton, Florida, USA: CRC Press (part of the Taylor and Francis group).

Wilson, Andy; Nuttall, William J. and Glowacki, Bartek A. (2022). A methodology for techno-economic evaluation of asymmetric energy storage systems: A nuclear energy case study. Progress in Nuclear Energy, 147, article no. 104127.

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Sasikumar, Yadu; Nuttall, William; Keever, Tamara; Skitt, Darren; Montgomery, Rose and Bevard, Bruce (2022). Sister Rod Destructive Examinations (FY21) Appendix J: Leaching of High Burnup Used Nuclear Fuel in Deionized Water - Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition. In Sister Rod Destructive Examinations (FY21) US Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, USA.

Nuttall, William (2021). How nuclear energy can help make all UK electricity green by 2035. In The Conversation The Conversation Trust (UK) Limited, London.

Grzegorczyk, Malgorzata; Lotfian, Pantea and Nuttall, William J. (2021). Parallels Between the Future for MedTech and Agri-Tech, Perspectives Drawing on the British Experience. In: Koukios, Emmanuel and Sacio-Szymanska, Anna eds. Bio#Futures Foreseeing and Exploring the Bioeconomy. Switzerland: Springer, pp. 229–247.

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Nuttall, William (2021). Smart cities - pushed by hopes and fears. Institution of Civil Engineers Publishing, London.

Spedding, Christopher P.; Lim, Sungwoo and Nuttall, William J. (2021). ISRU technology deployment at a lunar outpost in 2040: A Delphi survey. Acta Astronautica, 181 pp. 316–324.

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Nuttall, William and Thomas, Philip (2021). Fukushima: ten years on from the disaster, was Japan’s response right? In The Conversation UK The Conversation Trust (UK) Limited - a not for profit educational entity., London.

Nuttall, William; Webbe-Wood, David; Konishi, Satoshi and Takeda, Shutaro eds. (2020). Commercialising Fusion Energy - how small businesses are transforming big science. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing.

Nuttall, William; Konishi, Satoshi; Takeda, Shutaro and Webbe-Wood, David (2020). Introduction. In: Nuttall, William; Takeda, Shutaro; Konishi, Satoshi and Webbe-Wood, David eds. Commercialising Fusion Energy - How small businesses are transforming big science. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, pp. 1–6.

Pearson, Richard and Nuttall, William (2020). Pioneers of commercial fusion. In: Nuttall, William; Takeda, Shutaro; Konishi, Satoshi and Webbe-Wood, David eds. Commercialising Fusion Energy - How small businesses are transforming big science. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing.

Nuttall, William (2020). Commercial opportunities for nuclear fusion. In: Nuttall, William; Takeda, Shutaro; Konishi, Satoshi and Webbe-Wood, David eds. Commercialising Fusion Energy - How small businesses are transforming big science. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing.

Nuttall, William; Konishi, Satoshi; Takeda, Shutaro and Webbe-Wood, David (2020). Conclusions. In: Nuttall, William; Takeda, Shutaro; Konishi, Satoshi and Webbe-Wood, David eds. Commercialising Fusion Energy - How small businesses are transforming big science. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing.

Pearson, R.J.; Costley, A.E.; Phaal, R. and Nuttall, W.J. (2020). Technology Roadmapping for mission-led agile hardware development: a case study of a commercial fusion energy start-up. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 158, article no. 120064.

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Nuttall, William and Neighbour, Gareth (2020). Non-power applications - new missions for nuclear energy to be delivered safely and securely. In: Nian, Victor ed. Advanced Security and Safeguarding in the Nuclear Power Industry: State of the Art and Future Challenges. London, UK: Academic Press, pp. 29–47.

Spedding, Christopher P.; Nuttall, William J. and Lim, Sungwoo (2020). Energy requirements of a thermally processed ISRU radiation shield for a lunar habitat. Advances in Space Research, 65(11) pp. 2467–2474.

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Nuttall, William and Bakenne, Adetokunboh (2020). Will COVID-19 and Cheap Oil Green Our Energy Future? Energy Policy Research Group. University of Cambridge, Cambridge.

Nuttall, William James and Bakenne, Adetokunboh T. (2020). Fossil Fuel Hydrogen: Technical, Economic and Environmental Potential. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.

Samaras, Constantine; Nuttall, William J. and Bazilian, Morgan (2019). Energy and the military: Convergence of security, economic, and environmental decision-making. Energy Strategy Reviews, 26, article no. 100409.

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Nuttall, William J.; Gibson, David V.; Trzmielak, Dariusz and Ibarra-Yunez, Alejandro eds. (2019). Energy and Mobility in Smart Cities: International perspectives on innovation. London: ICE Publishing.

Ibarra-Yunez, Alejandro; Nuttall, William; Gibson, David and Trzmielak, Dariusz (2019). Conclusions. In: Nuttall, William J; Gibson, David V; Trzmielak, Dariusz and Ibarra-Yunez, Alejandro eds. Energy and Mobility in Smart Cities. ICE Publishing, pp. 231–235.

Nuttall, William (2019). Historic European cities and the smart future. In: Nuttall, William J; Gibson, David V; Trzmielak, Dariusz and Ibarra-Yunez, Alejandro eds. Energy and Mobility in Smart Cities. ICE Publishing, pp. 19–29.

Nuttall, William; Ibarra-Yunez, Alejandro; Trzmielak, Dariusz and Gibson, David (2019). The smart future. ICE Publishing, pp. 3–16.

Matthew, George; Nuttall, William; Mestel, Benjamin and Dooley, Laurence (2019). Low Carbon Futures: confronting electricity challenges on island systems. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 147 pp. 36–50.

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Nuttall, W. J. (2019). Britain and the Bomb - Technology, Culture and the Cold War. Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland: Whittles Publishing.

Samaras, Constantine; Bazilian, Morgan and Nuttall, William (2019). Energy and the Military: Leading by Example. Yale University USA.

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(2019). Coal in the 21st Century: a climate of change and uncertainty. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Energy, 172(2) pp. 46–63.

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Nuttall, W. J.; Ashley, S. F.; Fenner, R. A.; Krishnani, P. D. and Parks, G. T. (2019). Technology Assessment of Near-Term Open-Cycle Thorium-Fuelled Nuclear Energy Systems. In: Nayak, A. K. and Sehgal, B. R. eds. Thorium - Energy for the Future: Selected Papers from ThEC15. Springer, pp. 117–124.

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Pearson, Richard J.; Antoniazzi, Armando B. and Nuttall, William J. (2018). Tritium supply and use: a key issue for the development of nuclear fusion energy. Fusion Engineering and Design, 136 pp. 1140–1148.

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Nuttall, William J. (2018). Editorial. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, 171(2) pp. 47–48.

Ashley, S.F.; Vaughan, G.J.; Nuttall, W.J.; Thomas, P.J. and Higgins, N.A. (2017). Predicting the cost of the consequences of a large nuclear accident in the UK. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 112 pp. 96–113.

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Nuttall, William J.; Samaras, Constantine and Bazilian, Morgan (2017). Energy and the Military: Convergence of Security, Economic, and Environmental Decision-Making. Energy Policy Research Group, Working Paper 1717, University of Cambridge.

Ashley, S. F.; Vaughan, G. J.; Nuttall, W. J. and Thomas, P. J. (2017). Considerations in relation to off-site emergency procedures and response for nuclear accidents. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 112(A) pp. 77–95.

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Nuttall, William J.; Ashley, Stephen F. and Heffron, Raphael J. (2017). Compensating for severe nuclear accidents: An expert elucidation. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 112(A) pp. 131–142.

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Nuttall, William J. (2017). Editorial. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, 170(4) pp. 135–136.

Matthew, George Jr.; Nuttall, William J.; Mestel, Ben and Dooley, Laurence S. (2017). A dynamic simulation of low-carbon policy influences on endogenous electricity demand in an isolated island system. Energy Policy, 109 pp. 121–131.

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Heffron, Raphael J. and Nuttall, William J. (2017). Scotland, Nuclear Energy Policy and Independence. In: Wood, Geoffrey and Baker, Keith eds. A Critical Review of Scottish Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Policy. Energy, Climate and the Environment. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 103–126.

Cardin, Michel-Alexandre; Zhang, Sizhe and Nuttall, William J. (2017). Strategic Real Option and Flexibility Analysis for Nuclear Power Plants Considering Uncertainty in Electricity Demand and Public Acceptance. Energy Economics, 64 pp. 226–237.

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Pearson, Richard J; Comsa, Olivia; Stefan, Liviu and Nuttall, William J (2017). Romanian Tritium for Nuclear Fusion. Fusion Science and Technology, 71(4) pp. 610–615.

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Heffron, Raphael J.; Ashley, Stephen F. and Nuttall, William J. (2016). The global nuclear liability regime post Fukushima Daiichi. Progress in Nuclear Energy, 90 pp. 1–10.

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Ashley, Stephen F.; Nuttall, William J. and Heffron, Raphael J. (2016). The present status of nuclear third-party liability and nuclear insurance. In: Heffron, Raphael J. and Little, Gavin F. M. eds. Delivering energy law and policy in the EU and the US: A reader. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 251–255.

Nuttall, William; Glowacki, Bartek and Krishnamurthy, Satheesh (2016). Next Steps for Hydrogen - physics, technology and the future. Institute of Physics, London.

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Bakenne, Adetokunboh; Nuttall, William and Kazantzis, Nikolaos (2016). Sankey-Diagram-based insights into the hydrogen economy of today. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(19) pp. 7744–7753.

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Matthew, George; Nuttall, William J.; Mestel, Ben; Dooley, Laurence and Ferrão, Paulo Manuel (2016). Renewable Integration in Island Electricity Systems – A System Dynamics Assessment. In: Complex Systems Design & Management Asia, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, pp. 107–119.

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Ashley, S. F.; Fenner, R. A.; Nuttall, W. J. and Parks, G. T. (2015). Life-cycle impacts from novel thorium–uranium-fuelled nuclear energy systems. Energy Conversion and Management, 101 pp. 136–150.

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Matthew, George Jr. S.; Nuttall, William; Mestel, Ben and Dooley, Laurence (2015). Insights into the Thermal Generation Futures of Isolated Island Electricity Systems Using System Dynamics. In: Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, 19-23 Jul 2015, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

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Rooney, Matthew; Nuttall, William J. and Kazantzis, Nikolaos (2015). A dynamic model of the global uranium market and the nuclear fuel cycle. Resources Policy, 43 pp. 50–60.

Glowacki, B. A.; Nuttall, W. J.; Hanley, E.; Kennedy, L. and O’Flynn, D. (2015). Hydrogen cryomagnetics for decentralised energy management and superconductivity. Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 28(2) pp. 561–571.

Springell, Ross; Rennie, Sophie; Costelle, Leila; Darnbrough, James; Stitt, Camilla; Cocklin, Elizabeth; Lucas, Chris; Burrows, Robert; Sims, Howard; Wermeille, Didier; Rawle, Jonathan; Nicklin, Chris; Nuttall, William; Scott, Thomas and Lander, Gerard (2015). Water corrosion of spent nuclear fuel: radiolysis driven dissolution at the UO₂/water interface. Faraday Discussions, 180 pp. 301–311.

Bompard, Ettore; Masera, Marcelo and Nuttall, William J. (2015). High tension electricity: new multi-scale complexities in the electricity system. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 96 pp. 327–333.

Nuttall, William; Bompard, Ettore and Masera, Marcelo (2015). Smart Meters, Grids and Criminality. In: Gibson, David and Slovak, Jan eds. Building Sustainable R&D Centres in Emerging Technology Regions. Brno, Czech Republic: Masaryk University, pp. 131–143.

Nuttall, William J. and Storey, Peter (2014). Technology and policy issues relating to future developments in research and radioisotope production reactors. Progress in Nuclear Energy, 77 pp. 201–213.

Upton, Eben and Nuttall, William James (2014). Fuel panics: insights from spatial agent-based simulation. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 15(4) pp. 1499–1509.

Ashley, S. F.; Lindley, B. A.; Parks, G. T.; Nuttall, W. J.; Gregg, R.; Hesketh, K. W.; Kannan, U.; Krishnani, P. D.; Singh, B.; Thakur, A.; Cowper, M. and Talamo, A. (2014). Fuel cycle modelling of open cycle thorium-fuelled nuclear energy systems. Annals of Nuclear Energy, 69 pp. 314–330.

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Grimston, Malcolm; Nuttall, William J. and Vaughan, Geoff (2014). The siting of UK nuclear reactors. Journal of Radiological Protection, 34(2) R1-R24.

Nuttall, William J. and Earp, John E. (2014). Nuclear Energy in the UK: Safety Culture and Industrial Organisation. In: Nam, Ilchong and Rothwell, Geoffrey eds. New Nuclear Power Industry Procurement Market: International Experiences. Research Monographs (2014-01). Sejong-Si, South Korea: Korea Development Institute, pp. 142–183.

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Koc, Reyyan; Kazantzis, Nikolaus K.; Nuttall, William J. and Ma, Yi Hua (2013). An economic evaluation framework for inherently safe membrane reactor modules in the presence of uncertainty: the case for process safety investment and risk reduction. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 26(3) pp. 468–477.

Ashley, Steve; Fenner, Richard; Nuttall, William and Parks, Geoffrey (2013). Open cycle thorium–uranium-fuelled nuclear energy systems. Proceedings of the ICE: Energy, 166(EN2) pp. 74–81.

Glowacki, B. A.; Nuttall, W. J. and Clarke, R. H. (2013). Beyond the Helium conundrum. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 23(3), article no. 0500113.

French, Simon; Argyris, Nikolaos; Nuttall, William; Moriarty, John and Thomas, Philip (2013). The early phase of a radiation accident: revisiting thinking on evacuation and exclusion zones. In: 10th ISCRAM Conference, 12-15 May 2013, Baden-Baden, Germany, pp. 296–300.

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Rooney, Matthew; Nuttall, William and Kazantzis, Nikolas (2013). A system dynamics study of uranium and the nuclear fuel cycle. In: 31st International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, 21-25 Jul 2013, Cambridge Massachusetts USA.

Ashley, Stephen F.; Parks, Geoffrey T.; Nuttall, William J.; Boxall, Colin and Grimes, Robin G. (2012). Nuclear Energy: Thorium fuel has risks. Nature, 492(7427) pp. 31–33.

Ashley, Steve; Nuttall, William; Parks, Geoffrey and Worrall, Andrew (2012). On the proliferation resistance of thorium-uranium nuclear fuel. In: UK Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI), Annual Conference 2012, 10 May 2012, London, UK, The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies.

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Nuttall, William; Clarke, Richard and Glowacki, Bartek eds. (2012). The Future of Helium as a Natural Resource. Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Steer, Steven J.; Cardin, Michel-Alexandre; Nuttall, William J.; Parks, Geoffrey T. and Gonçalves, Leonardo V.N. (2012). Minimising the economic cost and risk to accelerator-driven subcritical reactor technology: The case of designing for flexibility: Part 1. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 243 pp. 135–147.

Nuttall, William J.; Clarke, Richard H. and Glowacki, Bartek A. (2012). Resources: Stop squandering helium. Nature, 485(7400) pp. 573–575.

Koc, Reyyan; Kazantzis, Nikolaos K.; Nuttall, William J. and Ma, Yi Hua (2012). Economic assessment of inherently safe membrane reactor technology options integrated into IGCC power plants. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 90(5) pp. 436–450.

Cardin, Michel-Alexandre; Steer, Steven J.; Nuttall, William J.; Parks, Geoffrey T.; Gonçalves, Leonardo V.N. and de Neufville, Richard (2012). Minimizing the economic cost and risk to accelerator-driven subcritical reactor technology. Part 2: The case of designing for flexibility. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 243 pp. 120–134.

Bompard, Ettore; Connors, Steve; Fulli, Gianluca; Han, Bei; Masera, Marcelo; Mengolini, Anna and Nuttall, William J. (2012). Smart energy grids and complexity science. In: Smart Energy Grids and Complexity Science, 25 Jun 2012, Petten NL, European Union - Joint Research Centre (EUR 25626EN), pp. 44–47.

Scurlock, Ralph; Clarke, Richard; Glowacki, Bartek and Nuttall, William (2012). The future of helium? A global agency to oversee production, storage, supply and use of helium gas and liquid. In: 12th Cryogenics IIR International Conference, 11-14 Sep 2012, Dresden, Germany.

Nuttall, William J.; Holweg, Matthias and Leybovich, Michael E. (2011). Too big to fail — lessons for today and the future from British industrial policy, 1960–1990. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 78(8) pp. 1286–1298.

Steer, Steven J.; Nuttall, William J.; Parks, Geoffrey T. and Gonçalves, Leonardo V.N. (2011). Predicting the contractual cost of unplanned shutdowns of power stations: an accelerator-driven subcritical reactor case study. Electric Power Systems Research, 81(8) pp. 1662–1671.

Zhang, Tao and Nuttall, William J. (2011). Evaluating government's policies on promoting smart metering diffusion in retail electricity markets via agent-based simulation. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 28(2) pp. 169–186.

Cai, Zhiming; Clarke, Richard H.; Glowacki, Bartek A.; Nuttall, William J. and Ward, Nick (2010). Ongoing ascent to the helium production plateau—insights from system dynamics. Resources Policy, 35(2) pp. 77–89.

Grimes, Robin W. and Nuttall, William (2010). Generating the option of a two-stage nuclear renaissance. Science, 329(5993) pp. 799–803.

Lévêque, François; Glachant, Jean-Michel; Barquin, Julian; von Hirschhausen, Christian; Holz, Franziska and Nuttall, William J. eds. (2010). Security of Energy Supply in Europe: Natural Gas, Nuclear and Hydrogen. Loyola de Palacio Series on European Energy Policy. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

van Geenhuizen, Marina; Nuttall, William J.; Gibson, David and Oftedal, Elin M. eds. (2010). Energy and Innovation: Structural Change and Policy Implications. International Series on Technology Policy and Innovation. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press.

Chyong Chi, Kong; Nuttall, William J. and Reiner, David M. (2009). Dynamics of the UK natural gas industry: system dynamics modelling and long-term energy policy analysis. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 76(3) pp. 339–357.

Nuttall, William J. and Manz, Devon L. (2008). A new energy security paradigm for the twenty-first century. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 75(8) pp. 1247–1259.

Jamasb, Tooraj; Nuttall, William J. and Pollitt, Michael (2008). The case for a new energy research, development and promotion policy for the UK. Energy Policy, 36(12) pp. 4610–4614.

Roques, Fabien; Newbery, David M. and Nuttall, William J. (2008). Fuel mix diversification incentives in liberalized electricity markets: a Mean–Variance Portfolio theory approach. Energy Economics, 30(4) pp. 1831–1849.