PhD Student, Department of Land Economy E-mail: [email protected] Supervisor: Professor David Howarth Research topic: The regulation of cyber security in the electricity system Research interests: energy policy, energy law, systems theory, information law Biography: Henri is a first year PhD candidate at the Department of Land Economy. His research deals with the regulation of cyber… Continue Reading
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Felix Müsgens
Professor of Energy Economics, Brandenburg University of Technology, Germany E-mail: [email protected] Research Interests: Energy economics, environmental economics, climate economics Biography: Felix is professor of energy economics at Brandenburg University of Technology. He holds a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Risk Management in Cologne. His dissertation ‘The Economics of Wholesale Electricity Markets’ was awarded the Theodor-Wessels-Preis for distinguished… Continue Reading
Jordan Bisset
Research Assistant Email: [email protected] Research Interests: empirical economics, distributional consequences of carbon taxes, sustainable fuel policy, climate change driven conflict and the natural resource curse. Biography: Jordan received his M.A. degree from the University of Edinburgh in 2017 and his MSc in Economics from KU Leuven in 2018. Previously, he has conducted research on the optimal public policy to… Continue Reading
Siyu Chen
PhD Student, University of Chinese Academy of Science, China Supervisor: Chi-Kong Chyong Research Interests: energy policy, energy investment, operation research Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1833
Juha Teirilä and Robert A. Ritz Strategic behaviour in a capacity market? The new Irish electricity market design Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
Mercedes Galindez
PhD Student, Faculty of History Email: [email protected] Supervisor: Paul Warde Research topic: Contemporary socio-economic history of how renewable energy achieved cost competitiveness in key European markets, 1986 – 2017 Biography: Mercedes Galindez is a part-time PhD student in the Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) at the University of Cambridge. She is reading her PhD on… Continue Reading
Leigh Hancher
Professor, Florence School of Regulation, European University Institute, Italy Research Interests: energy market regulation, EU state aids and energy market governance. Biography: Leigh Hancher is a professor of European law at the University of Tilburg and is also attached to the Amsterdam office of Allen & Overy as Counsel. Leigh has been a Professor since 1991, initially at the… Continue Reading
EPRG Winter Seminar 2018
The registration for 2018 EPRG Winter Seminar is now over. Please contact EPRG Administrator re: availability. Thank you. Continue Reading
Tae Hoon Kim
Associate Senior Lecturer Sweden, Swedish Defence University Email: [email protected] Research interests: Energy history, nuclear energy, energy transitions, energy geopolitics, utility regulation Biography: Tae-Hoon Kim is the Postdoctoral researcher in energy history of the STandUp for Energy strategic research programme at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden. His current research project looks into the… Continue Reading
Matthias Schnellmann
Research Associate, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge Email: [email protected] Research Interests: low carbon energy and chemical processes, carbon capture and storage, energy systems, chemical looping, digitalisation of the energy and process industries Biography: Dr Matthias A Schnellmann is a Research Associate in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. He holds a… Continue Reading
Pedro Linares
Professor of Industrial Engineering, ICAI School of Engineering, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain Supervisors: David Newbery and Michael Pollitt Research interests: Sustainable Energy Policy, Energy Economics, Decision Theory Continue Reading
Richard O’Neill
Distinguished Senior Fellow, ARPA-E, USA Research Interests: ISO market design and optimal power flow models Biography: Dr. Richard O’Neill currently serves as a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E). Prior to his time at ARPA-E, O’Neill served as the Chief Economic Advisor at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and as… Continue Reading
Zeynep Clulow
Research Associate Email: [email protected] Research Interests: emissions drivers, particularly the role of cognitive factors in shaping national emissions trajectories, hierarchical emissions modelling, international environmental cooperation and the deployment of greenhouse gas removal technologies. Biography: Zeynep Clulow is a Research Associate in the Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) at the University of Cambridge. She holds a BSc… Continue Reading
Paul Simshauser
Professor of Economics, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Australia Email: [email protected] Research Interests: energy economics, energy policy, system planning, tariff design, corporate finance. Biography: Paul Simshauser AM is a Professor of Economics at Griffith University where he specialises in Energy Economics and Energy Policy. He has more than two decades of experience in the energy sector. His prior roles… Continue Reading
Khalid Ahmed
Visiting Researcher, Assistant Professor, Sukkur IBA University, Pakistan Supervisor: David Newbery Research Interests: Environmental and energy economics, energy policy, environmental policy and sustainable development. Continue Reading
Diane Coyle
Bennett Professor of Public Policy, Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge E-mail: [email protected] Research Interests: Economic statistics and the digital economy, competition policy and digital markets, economics of new technologies, natural capital Biography: Diane was previously Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester and has held a number of public service roles… Continue Reading
Kirsi Kotilainen
PhD Student, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Supervisor: David Reiner Research Interests: Energy prosumers, energy technology diffusion, renewable energy policies, industry transitions Continue Reading
Yu Wang
Visiting scholar, Institute of Energy, Environment and Economy, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Supervisor: David Reiner Research Interests: renewable energy resources assessment, cost-benefit research and policy research, allowance allocation methodology for power sector in China’s national ETS, low carbon city development Continue Reading
Thomas McCarty
Research Assistant Email: [email protected] Supervisor: Chi Kong Chyong and Stuart Scott Research Topic: Operations research in the energy markets Biography: Tom is working as a research assistant with EPRG. He previously obtained an MPhil in Energy Technologies from Cambridge and a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons)- Mechanical Engineering at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. His current… Continue Reading
Alex O’Cinneide
CEO & Founder Gore Street Capital Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Transition Studies; Energy Policy, Renewable Energy Finance; Climate Change Background: Alex O’Cinneide is CEO and Chair of the Investment Committee of Gore Street Capital, a business he founded in 2015 which is now one of the largest owners and investors in energy storage globally. He previously was… Continue Reading
Eoghan O’Neill
Assistant Professor, Econometric Institute, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Econometrics, Machine Learning, Energy Economics Biography: Dr. Eoghan O’Neill is an Assistant Professor in the Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Eoghan received his PhD in 2020, supervised by Dr. Melvyn Weeks. Eoghan’s research focuses on machine learning methods… Continue Reading
Bowei Guo
Assistant Professor, School of Applied Economics, Renmin University of China Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Energy market reform, climate and energy policy, applied economics Background: Dr Bowei Guo is an assistant professor at the School of Applied Economics at Renmin University of China. Bowei received his PhD in July 2020, supervised by Dr Melvyn Weeks and… Continue Reading
Chung-Han Yang
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Cultural Resources, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan R.O.C. E-mail: [email protected] Research interests: energy regulations, power market reforms in Greater China (including mainland China and Taiwan), oil & gas, international environmental law Biography: Chung-Han studied for his Master’s degree as a Chevening Scholar at Cambridge University Law Faculty. He also… Continue Reading
Feng Wang
School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China Supervisor: David Reiner Research Interests: Evaluation of energy and environmental policy; Climate change economics; Sustainable economic growth; Chinese economy; Analytic general equilibrium model Continue Reading
Victor Ajayi
Research Associate Email: [email protected] Research Interest: efficiency and productivity analysis using stochastic frontier econometrics, energy economics, electricity market reform, banking reform, and economic policy. Biography: Victor completed his PhD degree in Economics from Loughborough University in 2017. He holds a master’s degree in Energy Economics and Policy from University of Surrey. He is also a network… Continue Reading
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
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
Christian Growitsch
Institute Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems Email: [email protected] Tel: +49 0341 / 231039 500 Research Interests: Energy Economics and Regulatory Economics Biography: PD Dr. Christian Growitsch took on his position as institute director of the Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy IMW in Leipzig in May 2021. Since January… Continue Reading
Ilkka Hannula
Senior Energy Analyst at the IEA, Paris, France Email: [email protected] Research Interests: low-carbon fuels, system integration of renewables, electrification of industrial processes, and negative emissions technologies Biography: Dr Hannula is a Senior Energy Analyst at the IEA where he is leading the Agency’s analytical work on renewable energy technologies and assessing the role of renewables… Continue Reading
Geoffroy Dolphin
Post Doctoral Fellow, Resources for the Future E-mail: [email protected] Research interests: energy policy, environmental economics, political economy Biography: Geoffroy received his Ph.D. in business economics from the University of Cambridge. He is now Post Doctoral Fellow at Resources For the Future. Geoffroy’s research interests span political economy, energy & environmental economics and climate policy. His… Continue Reading
Harry van der Weijde
Scientist, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) Email: [email protected] Telephone: +31 6 15181760 Research interests: Techno-economic energy and transport system modelling; optimization; equilibrium modelling; risk and uncertainty; energy market design; economic impact analysis. Background: Harry van der Weijde is Scientist in the Department of Strategic Analysis and Policy at the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research… Continue Reading
Thomas Tangerås
Senior Research Fellow, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Stockholm, Sweden Telephone: +46 (0) 8 665 45 26 Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Electricity markets and regulation. Background: Thomas Tangerås directs the “Sustainable Energy Transition” research program at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics in Stockholm. He has held visiting positions at University of Toulouse and Stanford… Continue Reading
Kamiar Mohaddes
Associate Professor in Economics & Policy, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge Email: [email protected] Telephone: +44 (0) 1223 766 933 Research Interests: Macroeconomics; Global and National Macroeconometric Modelling; Energy Economics; Climate Change Background: Kamiar Mohaddes is an economist at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow in Economics at Girton… Continue Reading
Liz Hooper
Senior Researcher, Industrial Policy Researcher Centre, Wolfson School, Loughborough University Email: [email protected] Continue Reading
EU ETS Auctions Workshop
University of Cambridge, 12 January 2007 Summary The Electricity Policy Research Group (EPRG) hosted a one-day workshop designed to address the economic and technical issues relating to auctions for CO2 allowances in the European Emissions Trading Scheme. The workshop was underwritten by Climate Strategies and contributes to the research programme of the EPRG. The programme… Continue Reading
Second Phase National Allocation Plans of the EU ETS – A Comparative Analysis
Download the Excel file with Tables Recent Updates of Tables PROJECT INFOCombining efforts of an international team of experts, the available Second Phase National Allocation Plans are evaluated against detailed criteria. Our objective is to facilitate easy evaluation and comparison of Second Phase NAPs. The information and data are extracted from official sources and documents, and… Continue Reading
Review of EU ETS (2007)
To inform the discussion of EU ETS design post-2012, we conducted roundtables with academic, policy, industry and NGO participants: Continue Reading
Tao Zhang
Senior Lecturer, Loughborough University London Email: [email protected] Research Topic: Agent Based Simulation of Energy Trends Additional information Continue Reading
Christian von Hirschhausen
Professor of Energy Economics and Public Sector Management, Chair, Department of International Economics, DIW Berlin Telephone: +49 30 89 78 93 43 Email: [email protected] Research Projects: TSEC2 Research Interests: Electricity markets and regulation. Background: Energy Economics, Applied Industrial Economics, Public Sector Management, Infrastructure and Transport Policy, European Integration Policy. Additional information Continue Reading
Pierre Noël
Global Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University Email: [email protected] Research Interest: Oil and gas markets and industries; interaction between international relations and energy market dynamics; global and regional energy security; US, European and Chinese energy policies and politics. Background: Dr Pierre Noël’s research interests sit at the intersections between international energy markets… Continue Reading
Stephen Littlechild
Fellow, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge and Emeritus Professor, University of Birmingham. B Com, PhD, D Sc (Hon), D Civ Law (Hon) Telephone: + 44 1564 74 2502 Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Privatisation, competition and regulation. Background: Formerly Director General of Electricity Supply, 1989-98. For list of publications, please click here Continue Reading
Dr. Xi Liang
Xi Liang Professor of Sustainable Transitions in Construction and Infrastructure, Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, UCL Tel: +44 (0) 1316 515 328 Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Infrastructure finance; real option analysis; stakeholder consultations; commericialing CCS (Carbon Capture and storage) and CO2 capture ready (CCR); financing lower carbon electricity in China; behavioural finance Background: Xi Liang… Continue Reading
Tooraj Jamasb
Director, CBS Endowed Professor of Energy Economics, Copenhagen School of Energy Infrastructure, Department of Economics, Copenhagen Business School Ph.D. Energy Economics (University of Cambridge), M.Sc. Int. Energy Management & Policy (University of Pennsylvania), M.S. Politique et Gestion de l’Energie Energy (ENSPM-IFP, France), M.E.M. Energy Management (Norwegian School of Management), B.B.A. Business Administration (Tehran Business School)… Continue Reading
Pär Holmberg
Research Fellow, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Sweden Telephone: +46 (0)8 665 4559 Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Electricity markets Biography: Pär Holmberg is Associate Professor in Economics and has a Ph.D. in Electric Power Engineering. Both degrees are from Uppsala University (dissertations in 2000 and 2005). He is a Senior Research Fellow of IFN and an associate… Continue Reading
Raphael Heffron
Raphael J Heffron BA, MA, MLitt, MPhil, MSc, PhD, Barrister-at-Law Professor & Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine EU Jean Monnet Professor in the Just Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy (2019-22) – Senior Counsel @ Janson, Brussels, Belgium Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy – Fellow of the… Continue Reading
Dabo Guan
Distinguished Professor of Climate Change Economics, Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, China Research Interest: International climate change policies, scenario analysis on climate change mitigation and adaptation, ecological-economic modeling and environmental input-output analysis related to topics such as ecosystem services quantification, consumption and pollution of resources and sustainable consumption in developing countries. For more… Continue Reading
Janusz W. Bialek
Director of the Skoltech Center for Energy Systems, and Professor of Power and Energy Systems, Newcastle University Email: [email protected] [email protected] Research Interests: Research Transmission pricing; congestion management; strategic bidding; power system dynamics and stability. Background: MEng (1977) and PhD (1981) from Warsaw University of Technology, Poland. For more information please click here or here Continue Reading
Morgan Bazilian
Morgan Bazilian Colorado School of Mines Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Energy Planning; Energy Access; Smartgrids; and Energy Governance Background: Morgan Bazilian is a Research Professor of Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines. He was Lead Energy Specialist at the World Bank for 4 year. He has over two decades of experience in the… Continue Reading
Michelle Baddeley
Associate Dean (Research and Development) University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Honorary Professor, UCL Institute for Global Prosperity Email: [email protected] Research Interests: energy and the environment, infrastructure, housing, transport, behavioural economics, discrete choice modelling Biography: Michelle Baddeley is an applied and behavioural economist and Director of the University of South Australia’s Institute for Choice, based in North Sydney.… Continue Reading