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Laura Diaz Anadon

Professor of Climate Change Policy, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge E-mail: [email protected] Research Interests: Energy and climate policy; innovation and science policy; technological change; R&D institutions and management; decision making under uncertainty; water-energy-food nexus; policy and integrated analysis; sustainable development Biography: Professor Laura Diaz Anadon holds the chaired Professorship of Climate Change Policy at the University of… Continue Reading

Article “Climate Policy After the Paris 2015 Climate Conference” by J. Vinuales, J. Depledge, D. Reiner and E. Lees

David Reiner together with Jorge Vinuales, Joanna Depledge and Emma Lees published a guest edited issue of Climate Policy journal (vol 17, #1) ‘Climate Policy After the Paris 2015 Climate Conference’ on 7 November 2016. The article covers the prospects of the Paris Agreement of the Climate Policy that follows from the Post-Paris Conference held in Cambridge… Continue Reading

Clara Poletti

Head of the Regulation Department, The Regulatory Authority for Electricity Gas and Water, Milan, Italy E-mail: [email protected] Research Interests: electricity and gas market design; regulation of network industries; retail markets. Biography: Clara Poletti is Director of the Regulation Department of AEEGSI, the Italian independent regulatory Authority for electricity, gas and water as of 2011. She was appointed… Continue Reading

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Lynn Gladden, CBE, FRS, FREng

Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge E-mail: [email protected] Research interests: Magnetic Resonance, Terahertz applications, catalysis, oil recovery Biography: Lynn Gladden graduated in Chemical Physics from the University of Bristol, UK, before studying for her PhD in Physical Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. Following completion of her thesis… Continue Reading

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Hao Chen

Associate Professor in Energy Economics, School of Applied Economics, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Research interests: Energy investment, Electricity market reform, Climate change economics Background: Hao Chen obtained his Ph.D. degree in Energy Economics from Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP-BIT), Beijing Institute of Technology in 2018, and is… Continue Reading

Seungwan Kim

Visiting Post-Doctoral Researcher, Electric Power Network Economics Laboratory, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Seoul National University, South Korea Supervisor: Michael Pollitt Research Interests: Balancing Service, Renewable Energy Integration, Distribution System   Continue Reading

Giuliana Battisti

Professor of the Economics of Innovation, University of Warwick E-mail: [email protected] Research Interests: Economics of Innovation, patents & R&D, consumer preferences, industrial organization, statistics and econometrics Biography: Giuliana is a Professor of the Economics of Innovation at Warwick Business School, a Trustee, member of the Council of the Royal Economics Society and a member of… Continue Reading

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EPRG Workshop “Implications of Brexit for UK and EU Energy and Climate Policy”, 6 September 2016

EPRG held a workshop on “Implications of Brexit for UK and EU Energy and Climate Policy” on 6 September 2016 at Sidney Sussex College. The Workshop comprised of 3 panel discussions sessions and finished with a dinner which included a keynote speaker, Vicky Ford, MEP and Chair of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European… Continue Reading

Public comment outline for FTC investigation by M. Pollitt and W. Strielkowski

Michael Pollitt and Wadim Strielkowski submitted public comment Consumer solar distributed generation (DG): net metering and some competition issues to Federal Trade Commission (USA) under FTC initiative on Competition and Consumer Protection Issues in the Rooftop Solar Business, on 22 August 2016. To read the comment please click here  Continue Reading

Fabien Roques

Associate Professor, Université Paris Dauphine, France E-mail: [email protected] Research Interests: Electricity, gas market design; Regulation of network industries; Environmental regulation, carbon market design Biography: Fabien Roques is an Associate Professor at University Paris Dauphine and a Senior Vice President with the economics consultancy Compass Lexecon. His expertise spans European power, gas, and carbon dioxide (CO2)… Continue Reading

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Andreas Ehrenmann

Chief Analyst, Center of Expertise in Economic Modelling and Studies, ENGIE, Paris,  France E-mail: [email protected] Research Interests: Electricity and gas systems and market design; renewable energy; mathematical modelling; equilibrium problems; long term contracts; risk functions. Biography: Andreas Ehrenmann is Chief Analyst in an internal center for economic expertise modelling and studies at ENGIE. Andreas has… Continue Reading

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Paul Warde

Lecturer in Environmental History, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge E-mail: [email protected] Research Interests: History of energy use; long-term relations between energy and economic growth; history of energy policy and prediction; energy embodied in trade flows. Background: Paul Warde is a lecturer in environmental history in the History Faculty of the University of Cambridge. He… Continue Reading

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Kathryn Chelminski

Doctoral Student, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland   Supervisor: David Reiner Research Interests: Energy and environmental policy, Barriers to renewable energy development, Geothermal energy, Social acceptability of technology, Financial mechanisms for renewable energy development, Development aid effectiveness Continue Reading

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Presentation “What are the prospects for electrical energy storage (EES)? Lessons from Europe and California” by M. Pollitt

Michael Pollitt gave a presentation “What are the prospects for electrical energy storage (EES)? Lessons from Europe and California” at the International Conference on the Frontier of Advanced Batteries, CIBF2016 and the 6th China International Energy Storage Conference in Shenzhen, China, on 25 May 2016 | PDF   Continue Reading

Richard Schmalensee

Professor of Economics Emeritus, Howard W. Johnson Professor of Management Emeritus, Dean Emeritus, MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA, USA Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Decarbonizing the electric grid; public policy in the energy sector Biography: Richard Schmalensee is Howard W. Johnson Professor of Economics and Management, Emeritus at MIT.  He has served as a… Continue Reading

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Presentation “In Search of ‘Good’ Energy Policy: why multi-disciplinary approaches to Energy and Climate problems are so important” by M. Pollitt

Michael Pollitt gave a presentation “In Search of ‘Good’ Energy Policy: why multi-disciplinary approaches to Energy and Climate problems are so important” at CEEP, Beijing Institute of Technology, China, on 20 May 2016 | PDF Continue Reading

Michael Mehling

Executive Director, MIT Centre for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR), USA Email: [email protected]   Research Interests: Energy and environmental regulation, climate finance, carbon pricing, emissions trading Background: Michael Mehling is Executive Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he facilitates research across MIT on the… Continue Reading

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Bo Qiang Lin

Dean of China Institute for Studies in Energy Policy, Xiamen University, China Tel: +86 592-206-0972 Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Energy & environmental economics and policy Biography: Lin Boqiang obtained his BA degree in economics from Xiamen University and a Ph.D in economics from University of California at Santa Barbara. He was a principal energy economist… Continue Reading

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Frank Kelly

Professor of the Mathematics of Systems, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge Tel: +44 (1) 223 37963       Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Random processes, networks and optimization; applications to the design and control of networks, and self-regulation in large-scale systems      Biography: Frank Kelly is Professor of the Mathematics of Systems in the University of Cambridge. He was… Continue Reading

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Xiaoping He

Associate Professor, China Centre for Energy Economics Research, School of Economics, Xiamen University, China Email: [email protected] Tel: +85 592 2186076 Biography: Dr. Xiaoping He is an Associate Professor in the China Centre for Energy Economics Research (CCEER) at Xiamen University with specific interests in Energy Policy and Energy market. She speaks Chinese and English. She… Continue Reading

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Natalia Fabra

Professor of Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Email: [email protected] Tel: +34.91.6245736 Research Interests: Industrial Organization, Competition Policy, Regulation, Electricity Markets Biography: Natalia Fabra is Professor at the Economics Department of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. She is a member of the Economic Advisory Group on Competition Policy (EAGCP) of the DG COMP, Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic… Continue Reading

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