All CEEM's past seminars, workshops, short courses etc are listed below. They can also be found categorised according to the subheadings at the left of this page.
Renewable Energy, Networks and Markets, CEEM UNSW, 17 Aug 2009, the program and presentations are available here.
International Research Workshop: Global Environmental Issues, Friday 20th February (Day 3), 9 am to 12 pm, Peter Farrell Room, John Niland Scientia Building, UNSW. The program and presentations are available.
Workshop for the Department of Climate Change: the Clean Development Mechanism. Presentations by Axel Michaelowa: The CDM: Current status [pdf] and CDM reform proposals [pdf], 9th Feb 2009.
Workshop: PV Safety, Arcing and Fusing - 26th March 2008
This one day workshop addressed a range of issues facing the PV industry.
Talks included: - A brief Introduction to a range of issues facing the industry
- PV Module Standards & Certification
- PV arcs and their properties
- What can we do about Arcs?
- Fusing of PV arrays
and finished with a joint discussion on the industry perspective and funding body perspectives. For more details contact Ted Spooner.
Experts Workshop on Emissions Trading Scheme Design
18th March 2008
Organised jointly with the EDN, CERF/EERH and the Victorian Department of Environment and Sustainability, held at the Department of Climate Change, Canberra. Presentations and discussions focused on emissions trading design, EU ETS insights and lessons learnt that are directly relevant for policy decisions on emissions trading for Australia. It was attended by the Department of Climate Change and Treasury. Presentations are available: Charlie Plott (Caltech, USA) [pdf], Tim Cason (Purdue University, USA) [pdf], Felix Matthes (Institute for Applied Ecology, Germany) [pdf]
Expert Workshop: Auctioning Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Permits - 28th November 2007This one day workshop addressed the economic aspects of auctioning emissions permits. The aim of the workshop was to bring together experts in the area of auctioning and emissions trading in order to discuss issues on auction design, which are relevant for emissions trading schemes. Please follow link to the Expert Workshop webpage.
Workshop: Auctioning Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Permits in Australia - 29th November 2007
This one day workshop aimed to give interested policy makers and key stakeholders an opportunity to learn about the various auction design and implementation options. Please follow link to the Workshop webpage
Joint CEEM-ISCR Workshop on Electricity Industry Restructuring, 19th - 20th April 2007This two-day workshop organised by the Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM), UNSW and the New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation (ISCR) reviewed experience to date and current research in electricity industry restructuring in Australia and New Zealand. The workshop theme was: Centralised versus decentralised decision-making in the electricity industry - in what circumstances is one or the other superior and under what conditions can they be successfully combined? The workshop program may be viewed here. The following presentations are available:
Day 1: 'Workshop theme and objectives' [pdf], by Hugh Outhred; 'Electricity Industry Restructuring in Australia: Taking stock' [pdf], by Hugh Outhred; 'New Zealand's Contemporary Electricity Reforms in Focus: Historical Myths and International Realities' [pdf] by Richard Meade; 'Assessing the performance of Electricity Markets: Part I Is NZEM one market?' [pdf],by Lewis Evans; 'Assessing the performance of Electricity Markets: Part II' [pdf], by Lewis Evans; 'Forecasting wind energy: challenges & solutions' [pdf], by Merlinde Kay; 'Wind Energy Integration: challenges and solutions' [pdf], by Filita Barker; 'Dynamical Electricity Pricing in California: Do customers Respond?' [pdf], by Matt Burgess
Day 2: 'Why ODV (ODRC) Regulation Inhibits Investment and can anything be done about it?' [pdf], by Lewis Evans; 'Using ownership to resolve Investment and Pricing Issues in Transmission and Distribution' [pdf], by Richard Meade; 'The Grid Debate: Part I' [pdf], by Lewis Evans; 'Network Representation in Electricity Spot & Derivative Markets' [pdf], by Hugh Outhred; 'Intervention in Electricity Investment: Required, or Self-Perpetuating?' [pdf], by Richard Meade; 'Forward Contracts in the Australian Market' [pdf], by Eddie Anderson; 'Short-term Resource Adequacy in the National Electricity Market'[pdf], by Stuart Thorncraft; 'Tradeable Environmental Instruments in Australia: Experience to Date & Future Prospects' [pdf], by Iain MacGill; 'NSW GGAS Outcomes and Design Issues' [pdf], by Rob Passey.
Workshop on wind energy forecastingA Wind Energy Forecasting Workshop was held on Friday 22 September 2006, hosted by the University of South Australia in Adelaide. The workshop featured 10 speakers and a total of 29 participants. Available documents: The workshop program [pdf]. The workshop summary [pdf].
Presentations: Torben Skov Nielsen (DTU, Denmark) "The latest outcomes with the ANEMOS project" [pdf], Matthias Lange (Energy & Meteo Systems, Germany) "How to produce optimal wind power predictions - future challenges for ANEMOS.plus" [pdf], Steven Lang (UCC, Ireland) "Forecasting Wind Power in the Irish Power System with the Multi-Scheme Ensemble Prediction System" [pdf], Cameron Potter (3-Tier, USA) "Wind Forecasting in North America" [pdf], Matthew Sloane (Australian Greenhouse Office) "Australian Wind Energy Forecasting Capability (WEFC) initiative" [pdf], David Waterson (NEMMCO) "Wind Energy Forecasting Workshop - NEMMCO's perspective" [pdf], William Bourke (Australian Bureau of Meteorology) "NWP Systems at the BoM of relevance to the Wind Energy Sector" [pdf], Claire Vincent (Australian Bureau of Meteorology) "Assessment of the performance of BoM high resolution assimilation and prediction" [pdf], Peter Coppin (CSIRO) "Implications of Extreme Wind Events for Wind Power Forecasting in SE Australia" [pdf], and Nicholas Cutler (CEEM, UNSW) "Summary of Workshop and Issues for Further Discussion" [pdf].
Workshop on wind power integration
The Electricity Supply Industry Planning Council hosted a CEEM workshop in Adelaide on 18th September 2006. The workshop program is available: [pdf].
Presentations are available: Hannele Holtinen (VTT, Finland) "Task 25 IEA RD&D WIND: Design and operation of power systems with large amounts of wind power" [pdf], John O Tande (SINTEF, Norway) "Planning And Operation Of Large Wind Farms In Areas With Limited Power Transfer Capacity" [pdf], Tom Molinski (Manitoba Hydro, Canada) "Manitoba Hydro Wind Power Integration Study Results" [pdf], David Waterson (NEMMCO) "Wind Energy Integration Workshop" [pdf], John Boland (Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, UniSA) "The Integration of Renewable Energy Systems into the Electricity Supply Network" [pdf].
Advanced Metering Interfaces & Associated Oppurtunities: Metering - A Portal for Change
CEEM in association with Energy Action Group hosted a workshop on 17th May 2006. Presentations are available:Hugh Outhred (CEEM) " Background, philosophy & issues"[pdf], John Dick (EAG) " The NEM Metering/ Interface" [pdf], Jeff Huysmans
(Electricity Metering
Atlas Measurement) "
Less than 160Mwh Meter Arrangements" [pdf], Rod Jones (EA) "Advanced Metering Infrastructure" [pdf], Chris Amos (EA) "Advanced Tariff Design" [pdf], Hugh Outhred (CEEM) " Ancillary Services & Security Assessment" [pdf], Terry E. Jones (CSIRO) "End user participation - research" [pdf], Chris Reidy (ISF, UTS) "Participation barriers and social equity issues for small participants" [pdf], Margaret Beardow (Benchmark Economics) "The Importance of the Energy Sector" [pdf].
COP/MOP1 Side Event: Lessons learnt from emissions trading implementation
Organised by CEEM, the Fraunhofer Institute (Germany), Ecofys (Germany) and Baker & McKenzie (Australia), this occurred at the de Congrès, Montréal, Canada on the 9th Dec 2005. It included the presentations "Comparison of national allocation plans of EU member states" [pdf], "Monitoring in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme – Lessons learnt" [pdf], "Carbon Trading in the 'Real World' – a Legal Perspective" [pdf], as well as "Lessons learnt from environmental markets in Australia" [pdf].
Workshop on wind energy forecasting and wind power system integration
CEEM hosted a workshop on Dec 5-6, 2005 to explore the international and national experience with respect to:
- Trends in wind turbine design and wind farm design, monitoring and control
- Wind forecasting techniques
- Wind power system integration issues & their management
Speakers were drawn from Europe and Australia. This workshop is part of the WINDFORNEM project at CEEM. For more information click here.
The workshop program is available [pdf] and a workshop summary is available [pdf].
Presentations are available: by Thomas Ackermann, KTH, Sweden "European Wind Power Integration Experience and the Cell Controller Concept" [pdf], by Juan Rivier Abbad, IIT, Spain "Wind Power Current Spanish Situation" [pdf], by Gregor Giebel, Risø, Denmark "The State-of-the-Art in Short-term Prediction" [pdf], by Peter Coppin, CSIRO "Wind Forecasting in Australia" [pdf], by Bill Bourke, BoM "Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre Progress Report" [pdf], by Jeff Kepert, BoM "NWP for Wind Energy: Local and Overseas" [pdf], by Bruce Cameron, NEMMCO "Wind Generation: Integration. Experience & Unresolved Issues for Australia" [pdf], by Craig Oakeshott, ESIPC "Effectively Managing Wind Energy" [pdf], and by Jeff Kepert, BoM "Forecast Verification" [pdf]
On 2 August 2006, version 10 of the Wind Energy Forecasting Issues Paper was released - see the WINDFORNEM project publications here.
Experimental Economics Workshop
A 1 day free workshop on the 15th Nov 2005 run in association with Dr David Porter of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Economic Science at George Mason University, and Vernon Smith – Nobel prize winner in Economics 2002.
Designing Markets for Public Policy
A 1 day workshop on the 14th Nov 2005for bureaucrats run in association with Dr David Porter of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Economic Science at George Mason University and Dr Andrew Reeson from the Sustainable Ecosystems group of CSIRO. It focused on experimental economics and the design of regulatory & compliance markets.
New Horizons in Market-based Instruments
A 1 day symposium on the 11th Nov 2005in Canberra collaboration with AARES ACT, CSIRO, and the ARC Economic Design Network. The goal in this symposium was to demonstrate a selection of recent advances in MBI design and application.
State Options to Support Renewable Energy
A CEEM/CANA joint workshop was held on the 12th Oct 2005 for the renewable energy industry and NGOs to help inform their understanding of the policy options available for States to support uptake of renewable energy. Presentations are available: by Robert Passey "Options for State-based Renewables Obliogactions" [pdf], by Muriel Watt and Juan Rivier "Feed-in Tariff options" [pdf], and by Ric Brazalle of the BCSE "Fiscal Mechanisms" [pdf]
The Transition of Emissions Trading Schemes: From State to National Level
A joint workshop with Baker and McKenzie was held on the 12th August. Attended by 100 delegates from industry, government, academia and NGOs, it covered a wide range of issues relevant to development and operation of emission trading schemes in both Australia and Europe. Presentations are available: by Kay Gardiner (QLD Dept Energy) "Experiences in developing the Queensland 13% Gas Scheme" [pdf], David Hemming (DEUS) "Experiences in developing the NSW Benchmark Scheme" [pdf], Iain MacGill (CEEM) "Assessment of Baseline and Credit Schemes" [pdf], James White (IJETWG) "State based national emissions trading scheme in Australia" [pdf], Regina Betz (CEEM) "Allocation rules and investment incentives: Experiences with the European emissions trading scheme" [pdf], Karel Nolles (CEEM) "Designing efficient markets: results of market experiments" [pdf], Peter Hawkes (B&M) "Lessons learnt from other carbon markets" [pdf], Regina Betz (CEEM) "Transition and linking issues" [pdf] and Peter Zapfel (European Commission) "Linking of emissions trading schemes" [pdf].
Two associated papers are now available here: "Emissions Trading for Australia: Design, transition and linking options" by Regina Betz and Iain MacGill, and "The importance of market institution in generating prices: A review from experimental economics and implications for real world experience" by Karel Nolles.
UNSW/TPRI Joint Workshop
A workshop was held with the Taiwan Power Research Institute (Taipei) on 6th Sept 2005. Presentations by Hugh Outhred are available: "Policies to Support the Development of Energy Service Companies in Australia" [pdf], "Carbon Dioxide Reduction Technology Roadmap in Australia" [pdf], and "The Integration of Electricity & Environmental Markets in Australia" [pdf]. A presentation by Tony Owen is available: "Prospects for Fuel Cells and hydrogen: With an emphasis on transport applications" [pdf].
CEEM workshop on the NSW Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme (NGAS)
Three presentations from this workshop, held at UNSW on 21 April, 2005, are now available: "Introduction and agenda," Hugh Outhred [pdf], "NGAS registry analysis," Rob Passey [pdf] and "NGAS performance assessment," Iain MacGill [pdf]. A brief summary [pdf] and two discussion papers on this work are also available. Paper DP_050405 delivers a detailed analysis of the NGAS Registry for the 2003 compliance period and can be downloaded here [pdf]. Paper DP_050408 takes the findings of the registry analysis to make an assessment of the scheme's performance to date, develop scenarios of its possible future performance to 2012, and consider their policy implications. It can now be downloaded here [pdf].
CEEM workshop on Wind farm planning, network connection, operation in the NEM
CEEM ran this one-day workshop for Wind 2005 - 4th Annual Australian Wind Energy Conference, Adelaide, Feburary 2005.
The four workshop presentations are available - "Wind resources, technology and performance" [pdf]; "Wind farm planning and network related issues" [pdf]; "Energy and frequency issues in the NEM" [pdf]; and "Environmental regulation in the NEM" [pdf]. A conference presentation on "Facilitating wind power development in Australia" is also available [pdf].
Joint workshop with the
Electricity Research Centre (ERC) University College, Dublin
on Energy Planning
Three presentations from this workshop, held at UNSW on 31 January, 2005, are now available: "Introduction and agenda," Hugh Outhred [pdf], "The Electricity Research Centre and potential collaborations" Mark O'Malley [pdf] and "Operation and Planning in an All-Ireland Power System with Significant Wind Capacity" Ronen Doherty [pdf].
2009
Auctioning permits under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) lessons learnt for Australia, Dr William Shobe, Research Professor at the University of Virginia and Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Studies (CEPS), and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Economics, 27th Oct 2009 [pdf]
US Climate Change and Energy Policy: Recent developments and Implications for Australia, by Dr Perry Sioshansi, editor & publisher of Eenergy Informer, at UNSW, 10th Sept 2009 [pdf]
e-Energy - IT based management of energy efficiency, by Prof. Christof Weinhardt (Institute of Information Systems and Management, School of Economics and Business Engineering - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Engineering Building, Kensington Campus, Sydney, 19th March, 2009 [pdf]
Auctioning of CO2 Emission Allowances in Phase 3 of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, by Dr. Eva Benz (Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) - Mannheim, Germany), Australian School of Business, Kensington Campus, Sydney, 13th March, 2009 [pdf]
A package for future international climate change policy: enhancing developing country participation. A public lecture by Farhana Yamin (Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK) at Baker and McKenzie, Sydney, 13th Feb 2009 [pdf]
2008
Experimental Gasoline Markets, a seminar by Bart Wilson (Chapman University, California) at UNSW, 8th Dec 2008 [pdf]
Wind Energy in Spain, by Nestor Aparicio Marin from the University Jaume I of Castello (UJI), Spain, at UNSW, 24th Nov 2008 [pdf]
EU Emissions Trading System, a seminar by Dr. Simon Marr (European Commission, Environment Directorate General), UNSW, Fri 31st Oct 2008 [pdf]
Hedging Fixed Price Load Following Obligations in Competitive Electricity Markets, a seminar by Dr. Shmuel S. Oren (University of California, Berkeley) at UNSW, Wed 29th Oct 2008 [pdf]
Kyoto Mechanisms: Successes, Challenges and Reform, by Cameron Hepburn, Deputy Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford, UK, 26th August 2008 [pdf]. The associated paper is available [link].
Public Lecture - Climate Change: What can market based instruments deliver? by Barbara K. Buchner, Energy Efficiency and Environment Division, International Energy Agency, 10th April 2008 [pdf]
Public Lecture - Australia's Greenhouse Emissions trading Scheme: What Can we learn from Europe? by Dr Felix Matthes, Institute of Ecology, Berlin, 17th March 2008 [pdf]
What does the Expanded MRET mean for the NEM? by Jenny Riesz, Roam Consulting Pty Ltd, 15th February 2008 [pdf, abstract]
2007
Pathways to the Intelligent Grid, by Geoff James, CSIRO ICT Centre, 24th October 2007 [pdf]
Carbon tax or carbon permits: the impact on generators' risks, by Richard Green, Professor and Director of the Institute for Energy research and Policy, University of Birmingham, UK, 16th August 2007 [pdf] the associated [paper]
Energy [R]evolution: A sustainable World Energy Outlook, by Sven Teske, the director of the Renewable Energy campaign for greenpeace International, Germany, 5th June 2007. The report and background can be found at http://www.energyblueprint.info/
The Temporal and Spatial Aspects of Power-System Field-Recorded Data, by Mladen Kezunovic, Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M, 24th May 2007 [pdf]
Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy, by Mark Diesendorf, Institute for Environmental Studies, from the Symposium and Book Launch on Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy, UNSW 22nd May 2007 [pdf]
What is Australia doing about Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency, by Muriel Watt, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, from the Symposium and Book Launch on Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy, UNSW 22nd May 2007 [pdf]
Emissions trading: let's get it right and make it fair, by Frank Muller, visiting Professor, Institute for Environmental Studies, from the Symposium and Book Launch on Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy, UNSW 22nd May 2007 [pdf]
2006
Renewable Energy: Diversity and Security
Graham Sinden, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University, 23rd November 2006 [pdf]
Climate Change and Innovation
Professor Michael Grubb, UK Carbon Trust and the University of Cambridge, 5th September 2006. [pdf]
A Snapshot of Energy Policy in Germany: the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, the Renewable Feed-in Law, and provisions for Combined Heat and Power Plants
Berit Erlach, PhD Student at the Intsitute for Energy Engineering, Technical University of Berlin, Gemany, 7th September 2006 [pdf]
Energy Policy Development from a Complex Adaptive Systems Perspective
Robbie Morrison, PhD Student, Energy Engineering and Protection of the Environment Group, Technical University of Berlin, Gemany, 7th September 2006 [pdf]
The Economics of Nutrient Farming
Professor Brian Scott, visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA, 2nd August 2006 [pdf].
Upcoming Changes to the Texas Wholesale Electricity Market
Professor Ross Baldick, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas, Austin. Thursday 20th July 2006 [pdf].
The End of Oil
Assoc. Prof. Bob Lloyd, Director of Energy Studies at Otago University, New Zealand, 20th June 2006 [pdf]. The associated paper is also available [pdf]
UNSW Environmental Network and Cross-disciplinary Collaboration
Prof. Garry Smith, Director, Institute of Environmental Studies, UNSW, 27th April 2006 [pdf].
The French Electricity Market in the European Union
Assistant Professor Sophie Meritet, Centre of Geopolitics of Energy and Raw materials, Dauphine University, France. 25th Jan 2006 [pdf].
Border flow rights and Contracts for differences of differences: Models for Transmission Property Rights
Professor Ross Baldick, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Thursday 2 June, 2005. You can download the flyer [pdf], background paper [pdf] and presentation [pdf].
National Programmes for the support of PV in Germany
Christoph H&uunmlnnekes, PtJ-EEN, Monday 18 April, 2005, 1-2:30pm.Room G3, Electrical Engineering Building, UNSW. You can download the flyer [pdf] and presentation [pdf].
Cournot Models: Dynamics, Uncertainty and Learning
Professor Ferenc Szidarovszky, Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson
Thursday 18 March, 2005 1-2:30pm. Room G3, Electrical Engineering Building, UNSW. You can download the flyer here [pdf].
The value of residential PV electricity generation in the Australian National Electricity Market
Marc Pop, Visiting student with CEEM and the Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering
Wednesday 16 March 2005. You can download the flyer [pdf] and presentation [pdf].
Technical Challenges of Integrating Large Amounts of Wind Power onto Electricity Grids
Professor Mark O'Malley Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College Dublin
Thursday 3 February, 2005. Download the flyer [pdf] and the presentation [pdf].
Analysing the economic viability of PV in market-based electricity industries
Andrew Birch, Thursday 23 December, 2004. Download the flyer [pdf]. and the presentation [pdf].
The California Energy Crisis and its Aftermath: A Regulator's Perspective
Aaron Johnson, California Public Utilities Commission, CA, USA. Thursday 18 November 2004. Download the flyer [pdf] and the presentation [pdf].
Assessing Transmission Congestion Impacts on Electricity Markets
by Prof. George Gross, Dept of Electrical and Computing Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Thursday 23 September 2004. Download the flyer [pdf] and the presentation [pdf].
Can energy efficiency policies reduce consumption and save carbon? The UK experience.
by Dr Gill Owen, Centre for Management under Regulation, Warwick, Business School, Warwick University, UK, Thursday 9 September 2004, Download the flyer [pdf] and the presentation [pdf].
How close is the Hydrogen society?
by Professor Bent Srensen, Head of Energy and Environmental Group, Roskilde University, Denmark. Friday 10 September 2004. Download the flyer [pdf].
2009
Carbon Trading - Implications for Business, by Regina Betz at the Australian Institute of Credit Management Annual Conference, 21st Oct 2009 [pdf]
The Impacts of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme on the Additionality of GreenPower, by Rob Passey at the 47th ANZSES Conference, Townsville, 1 Oct 2008 [pdf]
Australian energy and climate policy: challenges and opportunities for regional Australia, by Iain MacGill at a CRCCS & ESM Seminar, Southern Cross University, 24th Sept 2009 [pdf]
Climate Change and the Hunter - Impacts of CPRS, by Regina Betz at Newcastle, at the Infrastructure Integration and Economic Development in the Hunter Region Conference, 17th September 2009 [pdf]
Monte-Carlo Optimisation Framework for Assessing Electricity Generation Portfolios, by Peerapat Vithayasrichareon at the AUPEC 2009 conference, Adelaide, 27-30th September 2009 [pdf]
The governance challenge for implementing effective, efficient and fair market-based climate policies: Case studies of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) and the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), by Regina Betz at the EGOS colloquium, Barcelona, 3 July 2009 [pdf]
Improved Energy Services Provision through the Intelligent Control of Distributed Energy Resources, by Michael Pedrasa at the 2009 IEEE Bucharest PowerTech Conference, Bucharest, Romania, 28 June - 2 July 2009 [pdf]
Uniform Standard or Emissions Trading? Efficient coverage of installations in a GHG Emission Trading Scheme, by Regina Betz at the EAERE Annual conference, Amsterdam, 26 June 2009 [pdf]
Initial Allocation Effects in Market Making Oligopoly with Emissions Trading in the Short Run and the Long Run, by Christoph Heinzel at the EAERE Annual conference, Amsterdam, 26 June 2009 [pdf]
The European Carbon Market: From theory to practice, by Regina Betz at a Market Engineering Lecture on the 16 June 2009, University of Karlsruhe, Germany [pdf]
Recent developments in Australia and implications for linking, by Regina Betz at the Project Meeting “Linking issues in the post 2012 Carbon market“ held at the SBSTA/SBI, Bonn (Germany), 12 June 2009 [pdf]
The economics of distributed energy: drivers for increasing uptake, by Iain MacGill at the IBC Decentralised Energy Conference, Sydney, 9-10 June 2009 [pdf]
The concept of the Additional Action reserve, by Regina Betz at the eceee Summer Study, La Colle sur Loup, France, 5 June 2009 [pdf]
An energy efficiency policy model that addresses the influences of the Infrastructures of provision, by Rob Passey at the eceee Summer Study, La Colle sur Loup, France, 2 June 2009 [pdf]
Experience to date and prospects for wind energy in the Australian National Electricity Market, by Iain MacGill at the NSC ATSE DIISR Australia Taiwan Strategic Workshop, Sydney, 21-22 May 2009 [pdf]
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Certificate Trading: the Australian Experience, by Hugh Outhred at the APEC Workshop on Recent Advances in Utility-Based Financial Mechanisms that Support Renewable Energy &Energy Efficiency, Honolulu, Hawaii, 31st March 2009 [pdf]
Climate Policy: Comparing cap and trade and tax schemes, by Regina Betz at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library Vital Issues seminar on Carbon Tax and Emissions Trading, Canberra, 17th March, 2009 [pdf]
An experimental study of investment decisions in carbon emission trading schemes: What determines efficiency? by Regina Betz and Anna Gunnthorsdottir at the AAREA 53rd Annual Conference, Cairns, 11th Feb 2009 [pdf]
Tradeable green certificates as a means of environmental policy? Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence for Poland and Romania, by Christoph Heinzel at the EERH meeting in Cairns, 10th Feb 2009 [pdf]
Implications of different penalty regimes on the efficiency of emission trading, by Phillia Restiani at the EERH meeting in Cairns, 10th Feb 2009 [pdf]
The European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme for Greenhouse Gases: Are the Future’s Markets Contributing to Dynamic Efficiency? by Paul Twomey at the EERH meeting in Cairns, 10th Feb 2009 [pdf]
How to auction permits and predict the carbon price in Australia? by Regina Betz at the EERH meeting in Cairns, 10th Feb 2009 [pdf]
2008
Environmental Markets, Carbon Markets and Australian Experiences, by Iain MacGill at the Ecological Conservation in Forestry ACEDP Brainstorming Workshop Beijing, 2-4 December 2008 [pdf]
Challenges in integrating renewable energy into electricity industries, by Hugh Outhred at the International Solar Energy Society Asia-Pacific Conference, Sydney, 27th Nov 2008 [pdf]
Influences on residential uptake of distributed generation and energy efficiency, by Rob Passey at the International Solar Energy Society Asia-Pacific Conference, Sydney, 27th Nov 2008 [pdf]
An ADRA Research Project to Overcome Barriers to Renewable Energy in Rural Indonesia by Community Capacity Building using the I3A Framework, by Maria Retnanestri at the International Solar Energy Society Asia-Pacific Conference, Sydney, 26th Nov 2008 [pdf]
The I3A Framework, Enhancing Sustainability of Off-Grid PV Energy Service Delivery in Indonesia, by Maria Retnanestri at the International Solar Energy Society Asia-Pacific Conference, Sydney, 26th Nov 2008 [pdf]
Facilitating the integration of distributed energy resources into the Australian National Electricity Market, the challenge of retail market design, by Iain MacGill at the International Solar Energy Society Asia-Pacific Conference, Sydney, 26th Nov 2008 [pdf]
DE policy and regulatory requirements, by Iain MacGill at the APVA/CEEM workshop ‘The Role of PV in Smart Grids: Integration of Renewable Energy Systems and Distributed Energy in Electricity Grids, Opportunities and Issues for PV’, Sydney, 25th Nov 2008 [pdf]
The Australian energy and climate policy context and potential implications for DE: the Garnaut Review, CPRS and expanded RET, by Iain MacGill at the CSIRO/WADE conference Decentralised Energy: Technology, Policy and Opportunities for Australia & the Asia-Pacific Region, Sydney. 21st Nov 2008 [pdf]
Emissions trading: Designing and implementing an effective, efficient and equitable greenhouse gas trading scheme: Lessons learnt from the European Union, by Regina Betz at the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) 2nd Asian meeting, Perth, 6th Nov 2008 [pdf]
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) - policy and implementation, by Regina Betz at CarbonExpo 2008, 30th Oct 2008 [pdf]
Climate change, carbon trading and the built environment, presentation by Iain MacGill to Property Portfolio Management, Sydney, 27-28 Oct 2008 [pdf]
Prospects for Wind Energy in Australia, by Hugh Outhred for the Alternaive Technology Association, Sydney, 14th Oct 2008 [pdf]
The Garnaut Review and the Energy Sector, by Hugh Outhred at a Monty Pelican Society Forum on the Garnaut Review and Society’s Response to Climate Change, Sydney. 8th Oct 2008 [pdf]
Prospects for Wind Energy in Australia, by Hugh Outhred at a Beyond Zero Emissions discussion group, Fitzroy, Melbourne. 6th Oct 2008 [pdf]
Improving Energy Sustainability in Poor Rural Communities in Indonesia, by Maria Retnanestri, ANZSES Sydney group, 30th Sept 2008 [pdf]. A media release announcing the award of the associated research project is available [pdf]
The smart grid: getting the incentives right, by Hugh Outhred at the National Smart Grids Forum, 10th-11th Sept, Sydney [pdf]
The Highs & Lows of the PV Market in Australia, by Muriel Watt at the Appropriate Technology Retailers Association of Australia (ATRAA) in Melbourne, 1st August 2008 [pdf]
Policies to Facilitate the Evolution to a Sustainable Electricity Industry: Reflections on the Australian Experience, by Hugh Outhred at the Symposium on the Electrical Energy Evolution in China & Australia, Cairns. 30th July 2008 [pdf]
Prospects for wind energy in Australia, by Hugh Outhred for the ANZSES NSW branch, Sydney. 24th July 2008 [pdf]
What is the outlook for low emissions technologies in the Australian National Electricity Market? by Hugh Outhred at the Legalwise Seminar “Carbon Trading, Clean Energy & the Cost of Inaction, Sydney. 26th June 2008 [pdf]
Distributed Generation: Regulatory & Institutional Barriers, by Hugh Outhred at the Engineers Australia seminar “Distributed Generation: Engineering and Economics”, Newcastle. 24th June 2008 [pdf]
Study of Grid-connect Photovoltaic Systems – Benefits, Opportunities, Barriers and Strategies, by Robert Passey at the International Association of Energy Economics Annual Conference, Istanbul, Turkey. 19th June 2008 [pdf]
Facilitating the integration of wind energy into the Australian National Electricity markst: the role of market design, by Iain MacGill and Hugh Outhred at the International Association of Energy Economics Annual Conference, Istanbul, Turkey. 19th June 2008 [pdf]
Auctioning greenhouse gas emissions permits: how should the auction be designed? by Regina Betz at the International Association of Energy Economics Annual Conference, Istanbul, Turkey. 19th June 2008 [pdf]
The proposed Herons Creek Power Station: Some issues for community consideration, by Hugh Outhred at a Community Seminar in Laurieton. 12th June 2008 [pdf]
Adding Value to Wind Power Forecasts During Periods of High Uncertainty, by Nick Cutler at the AWEA Windpower Conference in Exhibition in Houston, Texas. 1st-4th June 2008 [pdf].
The promise and pitfalls of market-based environmental regulation: some lessons from the Australian experience, by Iain MacGill at the Instituto de Investigacion Tecnologica (IIT), Madrid, Spain. 28th May 2008 [pdf]
Seeing a bigger picture from NWPs for Wind Power Forecasts During Periods of High Uncertainty, by Nick Cutler at the Second Workshop on Best Practice in Use of Short-term Prediction, Madrid, Spain. 28th May 2008 [pdf]
The Australian National Electricity Market: current status & developments, by Iain MacGill at the Instituto de Investigacion Tecnologica (IIT), Madrid, Spain. 27th May 2008 [pdf]
Facilitating high wind penetrations within the Australian National Electricity Market: renewable support policies and market design issues and opportunities, by Iain MacGill and Hugh Outhredat the 7th International Workshop on Large Scale Integration of Wind Power and on Transmission Networks for Offshore Wind Farms, Madrid, Spain. 26th May 2008 [pdf]. The associated paper is available [pdf]
Electricity Industry Restructuring in Australia: experience to date and emerging challenges, by Iain MacGill at the Instituto de Investigacion Tecnologica (IIT), Madrid, Spain. 21st May 2008 [pdf]
Using Numerical Weather Prediction forecasts at multiple grid points to assist power system operators to predict large rapid changes in wind power, by Nick Cutler at the New Zealand Wind Energy Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 8th-9th April 2008 [pdf]
Emissions trading scenarios for Australia, by Iain MacGill at the Dairy Manufacturers Sustainability Council Meeting, Sydney, April 2008 [pdf]
Auctioning greenhouse gas emissions permits: How should the auction be designed? by Regina Betz, Stefan Seifert, peter Cramton and Suzi Kerr, at the Australian Agriculture and Resources Economics Society (AARES) Conference Canberrra, 5th-8th February 2008 [pdf].
Sanction Design in Emissions Trading Programs, by Phillia Restiani and Regina Betz at the Australian Agriculture and Resources Economics Society (AARES) Conference Canberrra, 5th-8th February 2008.
Optimal coverage of installations in a Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), by Todd Sanderson, Tiho Ancev and Regina Betz, at the Australian Agriculture and Resources Economics Society (AARES) Conference Canberrra, 5th-8th February 2008.
Wind Energy Forecasting: Managing Weather Impacts on Wind Generation, by Merlinde Kay, Nicholas Cutler, Iain MacGill and Hugh Outhred, at AMOS 2008, 29th January - 1st February 2008
Utilising full 3D information from a numericl weather prediction system to improve short-term wind forecasting for wind farms, by Nicholas Cutler, Merlinde Kay, Iain MacGill and Hugh Outhred, at AMOS 2008, 29th January - 1st February 2008
2007
An Evolutionary Programming Tool for Assessing the Operational Value of Distributed Energy Resources within Restructured Electricity Industries, by Iain MacGill at the AUPEC 07, Perth, WA, December 9th -12th 2007 [pdf]
Planning & Design of Sustainable Biomass Waste Management and Bioenergy Production, by Napat Jakrawatana, at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Student Forum, 30th November 2007 [pdf]
Assessing our Sustainable Energy Options: Key Issues, Uncertainties, Priorities and Potential Choices, by Iain MacGill at the Australia & Climate Change Diplomacy: Towards a Post-Kyoto Regime UNSW/ASSA Workshop, Sydney, November 2007 [pdf]
Emissions Trading, Renewable Energy Targets and the Way Ahead, by Iain MacGill at the Bioenergy Australia Conference, Gold Coast, 26th-28th November 2007 [pdf]
A Response to the Owen Inquiry, by Hugh Outhred at the NSW Energy Summit 2007, 'Securing the state's power future', Sydney, 19th November 2007 [pdf] the Summit program [pdf]
Framework for the Economic Valuation of Decentralised Electricity Supply, by Zaida Contreras at the E-CReW Workshop, Bathurst, NSW 12th-13th November 2007 [pdf]
Sanction Design in Emissions Trading Progress, by Phillia Restiani at the E-CReW Workshop, Bathurst, NSW 12th-13th November 2007 [pdf]
Current status and prospects of key 'clean coal' competitors in the evolving electricity industry, by Iain MacGill at the Future Clean Coal: Carbon Capture and Storage IBRC Conference, Brisbane, 12th-13th November 2007 [pdf]
Water: managing a scarce resource, by Hugh Outhred at the 10th Annual Energy Risk & Trading Conference, 15th-16th October 2007 [pdf]
Scenarios Analysis of Possible Sustainable Energy Futures for Alice Springs, by Jessica Picton, Muriel Watt and Iain MacGill, at the ANZSES 45th Annual Conference Solar07, Alice Springs, Australia, 2nd-6th October 2007 [pdf]
The role of wind in a sustainable energy future for Australia, by Iain MacGill at the Auswind Conference, Melbourne, 9th-10th October 2007 [pdf]
Designing and Implementing Effective, Efficient and Equitable Trading Schemes: Principles, Experience to Date and Current Australian Proposals, by Regina Betz at the E + CO2 conference, Melbourne, 18th September 2007 [pdf]
Integrated Planning Tool for Optimistic Bioenergy Production from Regional Biomass Waste - and its application in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, Australia, by Napat Jakrawatana, Suwat Suwannoppadol, Stephen Moore and Iain MacGill, at Bioenergy 2007, International Bioenergy Conference & Exhibition, Jyvaskyla, Finland, 3rd-6th September 2007 [pdf]
The Australian National Electricity Market, by Iain MacGill, presented at the Vietnam Electricity Training Program, Sydney, 5th September 2007 [pdf]
Wind Energy Forecasting: Overview, Challenges and Australia's Contribution, by Merlinde Kay at the AMOS bimonthly Seminar Series, Sydney, 1st August 2007 [pdf]
Carbon neutral offsetting proposals for desalination plants, by Iain MacGill, at the Going Carbon Neutral Conference, Sydney, 25th July 2007 [pdf]
Renewable energy resources, technology integration, by Iain MacGill, presented to EGAT (Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand) training program, Sydney, 9th-10th July 2007 [pdf]
The Energy future of Australia: What role for the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (AP6), by Iain MacGill at the AIE Young Energy Professinals Workshop, Sydney, 3rd July 2007 [pdf]
Experience with market-based Ancillary Services in the Australian National Electricity Market, by Stuart Thorncraft at IEEE PES GM, Tampa Florida, USA, 24th-28th June 2007 [pdf]
Achieving resource Adequacy in the Australian National Electricity Market, by Hugh Outhred at the IEEE PES GM, Tampa, Florida, USA, 24th-28th June 2007 [pdf]
Market Power & its mitigation in the Australian National Electricity Market, by Hugh Outhred at the IEEE PES GM, Tampa, Florida, USA, 24th-28th June 2007 [pdf]
Linear Electricity Spot Market Constraints for Managing Post-Separation Frequency Deviations, by Stuart Thorncraft at IEEE PES GM, Tampa Florida, USA, 24th-28th June 2007 [pdf]
Carbon pricing: context, Australian experience + prospects, by Iain MacGill at the National Consumers Roundtable on Energy, Canberra, 18th June 2007 [pdf]
Putting a price on carbon, by Iain MacGill at the CANA Conference: Converting Concern into Action, Canberra, 18th-19th June 2007 [pdf]
EU: Emission Trading - Better Job Second Time Round?, by Joachim Schleich, Regina Betz and Karoline Rogge, at ECEEE Summer Study 2007, La Colle sur Loup, 5th-9th June 2007 France [pdf]
Is the future renewable? International and Australian perspectives on renewable energy, by Iain MacGill at ACCESS/AIIA NSW, 23rd May 2007 [pdf]
The European Emissions trading system: lessons learnt, prospects and linking options for Australia, by Regina Betz at the Conference on Impacts, Solutions & Strategies for carbon Emissions trading, 16th May 2007, Brisbane [pdf]
Experimental Economics and Emissions Trading (ET) in Sydney, by Regina Betz, a presentation at the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change, 9th May 2007, Sydney [pdf].
Wind Variability: a manageable issue or fatal flaw? by Iain MacGill at the BCSE Sustainable Energy Conference 2007, Sydney. 9th -10th may 2007 [pdf]
High Risk Scenarios for Wind Power Forecasting in Australia, by Nick Cutler, Merlinde Kay, Iain MacGill and Hugh Outhred at EWEC 2007, Milan, Italy, 7th -10th May 2007 [pdf]
Australian Climate Change Policy and its Implications for AP6 Countries, by Iain MacGill at the China Energy Law International Symposium, Beijin China, 27th - 28th April 2007. [pdf]
Electricity Industry Restructuring in Australia - Outcomes to Date and Future Challenges, by Iain MacGill, a presentation to CEEP/CAS Beijing, China, 26th April 2007. [pdf]
Emissions Trading - European Union Experiences, by regina Betz at the Workshop for NSW Local Government Emissions Trading Scheme (LGETS), 5th March 2007, Sydney [pdf].
The Sustainability of desalination plants in Australia: is renewable energy the answer?, by D Knight, Iain Macgill and Rob Passey at the OzWater Conference, Sydney, 5th March 2007. [pdf]
Global warming: Energy Security or Energy Sovereignty: The politics of renewables, by Iain MacGil, at a conference supported by the department of Political Economy, University of Sydney, 2nd March 2007 [pdf]
Resource Adequacy in restructured Electricity Industries: the Australian Experience, by Iain MacGill and Hugh Outhred at the IAEE/OAEE Conference Wellington NZ, 18th-21st February 2007 [pdf]
Challenges in Wind Energy Forecasting, by Merlinde Kay, Nick Cutler, Iain MacGill and Hugh Outhred at AMOS 2007, Adelaide, 5th-8th February 2007 [pdf]
2006
A Survey of Techniques Used to Control Microgris Generation and Storage during Island Operation, by Michael Pedrasa and Ted Spooner, at the AUPEC 2006 Conference, Melbourne, 10th-13th December 2006 [pdf]
Renewable Energy: Policy Options and Integration Issues, by Hugh Outhred at SP Power Singapore, 4th December 2006 pdf].
Techno-Economic Modelling of Energy Systems: Possible CEEM Contributions, by Iain MacGill at the Techno-Economic Modelling Workshop with CCSD, UNSW, CO2CRC and CSIRO, Sydney, 1st December 2006 [pdf]
The role of Renewable Energy in Combating Climate Change, by Hugh Outhred at the Australian Embassy, Jakarta, 30th November 2006.
Renewable Energy: Policy Options and Integration Issues, by Hugh Outhred at BPPT, Jakarta, 28th November 2006 [pdf].
Integrating Renewables: Regulatory, Policy & Commercial Issues, by Hugh Outhred at the IEA Experts Workshop, Paris 20th November and also presented at Sustainable Energy Ireland, Dublin, 23rd November 2006 [pdf].
Wind energy integration into power systems, by Iain MacGill, at the Australia-India Joint Sustainable Energy Workshop, Sydney, December 2006 [pdf]
What role for nuclear power in the Australian electricity industry?, by Iain MacGill, at the Australian Institute of Energy (AIE) Conference, Melbourne, 27th-29th November 2006 [pdf]
What is the Future for Nuclear Energy in Australia?, by Iain MacGill, at the EESA - Energy NSW Conference 2006, 17th November 2006 [pdf]
International Oil Market Outlook: The next 5 years, keynote address by Tony Owen, at the World China Network Forum on Energy, Shanghai, 8-9 November 2006 [pdf]
Wind Generation and its potentail impact on the NEM, by Iain MacGill, at the Energy Risk and Trading Conference, Sydney, 24th-26th October 2006 [pdf]
The Australian National Energy Reform Agenda: Where is it up to?, going and in whose interest?, by Iain MacGill, at the 2006 Annual Conference of the Financial and Consumer Rights Council (FCRC), Ballarat, 4th October 2006 [pdf]
Load-based licensing: Getting the rates right, by Tiho Ancev and Regina Betz, at the 35th Australian Conference of Economics (ACE) 25th-27th September 2006, Perth WA [pdf]
The Commercial Context for Integrating Wind Energy into the Australian Electricity Market, by Iain MacGill, at the Global Windpower 2006 Conference, Adelaide, 18th-21st September 2006 [pdf]
The First Australian Installation of the Wind Power Prediction Tool, by Nick Cutler, at the Global Windpower 2006 Conference, Adelaide, 18th-21st September 2006 [pdf]
Assessing Nuclear Power using a Risk-based Framework, by Rob Passey, Iain MacGill and Muriel Watt, at the ANZSES Solar 2006 Conference, Canberra, 13th-15th September 2006 [pdf]
Experience with Residentail Grid-Connected PV Systems in Australia, by Muriel Watt, Rhys Morgan, and Rob Passey at the ANZSES Solar 2006 Conference, Canberra, 13th-15th September 2006 [pdf]
The Role of Renewable Energy in Rural Development, by Hugh Outhred and Maria Retnanestri, at the Australia-Indonesia Joint Symposium on Science and Technology, Jakarta, 13th-14th September 2006 [pdf]
Refuting Fallacies about Wind Power, by Mark Diesendorf, a public forum on wind power, Cooma, NSW, 25th August 2006 [pdf]
Integrating Wind Energy into the Australian Electricity Market, by Hugh Outhred at the World Renewable Energy Congress IX, Florence, 23rd Augsut 2006 [pdf]
Electricity Industry Restructuring for Efficiency and Sustainability - Lessons from the Australian Experience, by Hugh Outhred and Iain MacGill, August 2006 [pdf]
The Potential for Sustainable Energy Futures, by Iain MacGill, a presentation at the Energy Debate: Climate Change and Energy Options for Australia, hosted by ACSIS and the Menzies Foundation, 23rd August 2006 [pdf]
Photovoltaics in Australia, by Muriel Watt, a presentation to the Southern Highlands and Tablelands Regional Group of Engineers Australia - Sydney Division, 17th August 2006 [pdf]
Emissions Trading: How to determine the efficient coverage?, by Regina Betz at the 29th IAEE International Conference in Potsdam, Germany, 8th June 2006 [pdf].
The International Oil Market: A paradigm shift, by Tony Owen to the Reserve Bank of Australia on the 10th May 2006 [pdf]
The National Radioactive Waste repository Project: Social & Political Aspects, by Hugh Outhred at the Enviro06 National Young Professionals Forum in Melbourne on the 9th May 2006 [pdf]
Designing effective and efficienct environmental markets in the energy sector, by Hugh Outhred and Iain MacGill at the BCSE Conference 2006 in Brisbane, 4th May 2006 [pdf]
Dispelling energy market myths about wind, by Hugh Outhred at the BCSE Conference 2006 in Brisbane, 4th May 2006 [pdf]
PV in Australia 2005: Markets & Performance, by Muriel Watt at the BCSE Conference 2006 in Brisbane, 4th May 2006 [pdf]
Using Domestic Offset Projects in the EU ETS, by Regina Betz at the LETS Update Conference in London on the 2nd May 2006 [pdf]
Emissions Trading to Combat Climate Change: The impact of scheme design on transaction costs, by Regina Betz at the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society's 2006 Conference, 8th Feb, Sydney [pdf]. The associated paper is available here
Prospects for Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: With an emphasis on transport applications, by Tony Owen, for both the Keynote Address at the Inaugural Meeting of the Hong Kong Association for Energy Economics, Hong Kong, and at the 10th Annual Oil and Gas Conference of the Iranian Institute of Energy Studies Conference, Tehran, 5th and 19th Dec 2005 [pdf]
Reviewing the Productivity Commission Report on Energy Efficiency, by Hugh Outhred at the Australian Energy Reform conference, Melbourne, 7th Dec 2005 [pdf]
Some Considerations when Designing Retail Electricity Markets that work for Energy Efficiency & Distributed Resources, by Muriel Watt at the BCSE Business of Energy Efficiency Conference, Melbourne, 22-23rd Nov 2005 [pdf]
Tariff Implications for the Value of PV to Residential Customers, by Muriel Watt at the ANZSES Annual Conference, Dunedin New Zealand, 28th Nov, 2005 [pdf]
Integrating Wind Generation into the Australian National Electricity Market, by Iain MacGill at the ANZSES Annual Conference, Dunedin New Zealand, 28th Nov, 2005 [pdf]
Options for State-based Renewables Obligations, by Rob Passey at the ANZSES Annual Conference, Dunedin New Zealand, 28th Nov, 2005 [pdf]
Australian Policy on Network Augmentation, by Hugh Outhred at the International Symposium on Enhancing the Stability and Reliability of the Taiwan Power System, Taipei, Taiwan, 28th Nov 2005 [pdf]
EU National allocation plans: Lessons learnt, by Regina Betz at the Central Research Institute for Electrical Power Industry (CRIEPE), Tokyo, Japan, 4th Oct 2005 [pdf]
Allocation rules and investment incentives: Experiences with the European Emissions Trading Scheme, by Regina Betz at WWF, Japan, 3rd Oct 2005 [pdf]
Emissions Trading & Compatibility with Future International Architectures, by Regina Betz at the IEA/IETA Fifth Annual Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading, 27th Sept 2005 [pdf]
Compatibility of ISO 14064 and other regimes (Kyoto and EU ETS), by Regina Betz at the ISO TC 207 annual conference, Madrid, Spain, 13th Sept 2005 [pdf]
Public Perceptions: Nuclear power & Alternatives, by Hugh Outhred at the Australian Nuclear Association Conference, Sydney, 10th Nov 2005 [pdf]
The ethics of climate change for Electrical Engineering, by Iain MacGill for students of Ethics and Electrical Engineering Practice, UNSW, 21st Oct 2005 [pdf]
Renewable generation in the National Electricity Market, and related environmental markets, by Iain MacGill at the University of Sydney,11th Oct 2005 [pdf]
An economic assessment of Perth's hydrogen fuel cell buses, by Colin Cockroft (Murdoch University) and Tony Owen (CEEM) at the 25th Annual North American Conference of the USAEE/IAEE Denver, Colorado, USA: 18-21 September 2005 [pdf]
Assessing the performance of emissions trading: some early experience on the possible effectiveness, efficiency and equity impacts of NSW's Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme, by Iain MacGill at the BIEE Academic Conference, Oxford, September 2005 [pdf]
Emissions trading to combat climate change: The impact of scheme design on transaction costs, by Regina Betz at the British Institute of Energy Economics (BIEE) Academic Conference in association with UK Energy Research Centre, St John's College Oxford, 22nd Sept 2005 [pdf]. The associated publication is also available [pdf]
Making markets that drive energy efficiency, Presentation by Iain MacGill at the USAEE/IAEE Annual North American Conference - Fueling the Future, Denver, 20th Sept 2005 [pdf].
Electricity Industry Restructuring and its Implementation in Australia, Presentation by Iain MacGill at the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, 5th Sept 2005 [pdf].
Technology Assessment for Clean Coal technologies, Presentation by Iain MacGill on the 29th August at the Clean Coal Conference, Brisbane 2005 [pdf]
Facilitating the uptake of stochastic renewable energy resources in the Australian NEM: wind energy, Presentation by Iain MacGill at the Auswind 2005 Conference, Sydney, 19 August 2005 [pdf]
Electricity industry restructuring and sustainability – where is Australia heading? Lecture by Hugh Outhred at the University of Otago, New Zealand, 5 August 2005 [pdf]
Electricity Market and Power System Operation in Australia
An invited paper presented by Hugh Outhred at a the
Korea Power Exchange International Workshop on Electricity Market and Power System Operation
at COEX Intercontinental Hotel in Seoul, Korea on 6 July, 2005 [pdf].
A review of experience with electricity industry restructuring in NSW, Presentation by Hugh Outhred to the NSW Power and Gas Conference, Sydney, June 22-23rd, 2005 [pdf]
Nuclear power: Magic Lantern or Pandora's Box?, Presentation by Hugh Outhred to Australian Institute of Energy Symposium: Nuclear Power for Australia, Sydney, June 8th, 2005 [pdf]
Incentives for energy efficiency and innovation in the European Emissions Trading Scheme, Presented by Regina Betz and Joachim Schleich at the ECEEE conference in France, 3 June 2005.
Solving the intermittency issue(s), Presentation by Iain MacGill to REGA Forum 2005: Finding New Directions: Strategies for Continued Growth, Launceston, June 2-3rd, 2005 [pdf]
Facilitating Wind Power Development in Australia, Presentation by Iain MacGill to the Joint Lecture Program of Engineers Australia, ITEE, IEEE, IEE and Environmental Engineering Society, May, 2005. [pdf]
Climate Change and Emissions trading, Presented by Regina Betz at AIESEC “Environmental Sustainability – Who's Responsible? How individuals and organizations can work towards a sustainable future”, UNSW, 16 May 2005.
Electricity Industry Restructuring: Lessons from the Australian experience, [pdf] and Electricity Industry Restructuring: Issues for Asian countries, [pdf]. Presentations by Hugh Outhred to EPRI International Conference on Global Electricity Industry Restructuring, San Francisco, May 2005.
Status of Australia's PV Market, Presentation by Muriel Watt at Sustainable Energy 2005, the BCSE Annual Conference, 27-29 April 2005, Melbourne. [pdf]
EU Emissions trading - implementing the EU ETS directive in EU Member States, Presented by Regina Betz at CSIRO, Melbourne, 11 April 2005.
Experiences in designing the European Emissions trading scheme, Presented by Regina Betz at the Interjurisdictional Working Group meeting, Melbourne, 11 April 2005.
Distributed resource participation in the Australian National Electricity Market, Seminar presented by Hugh Outhred at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, March, 2005. [pdf]
The outlook for electricity industry restructuring in Australia, Presentation by Hugh Outhred to Energy APAC, Beijing, March, 2005. [pdf]
Facilitating wind power development in Australia, Invited presentation by Iain MacGill to Wind 2005 - 4th Annual Australian Wind Energy Conference, Adelaide, February. [pdf]
Analyses of Photovoltaic System Output, Temperature, Electricity Loads and National Electricity Market Prices – Summer 2003-04, Presentation by Muriel Watt, Scott Partlin, Monica Oliphant, Hugh Outhred, Iain MacGill and Ted Spooner at ANZSES'04, Perth, November, 2004 [pdf]. The associated paper is also available [pdf].
Decentralised coordination of distributed power system resources using evolutionary programming, Presentation by Iain MacGill at CSIRO Intelligent Systems seminar, November, 2004. [pdf]
Electricity Industry Restructuring - A review of progress, Seminar presentation by Hugh Outhred at the University of Otago, September, 2004. [pdf]
Using a market game as a tool for teaching strategic behaviour in an electricity industry restructuring course, Presentation by Thai Cau, Hugh Outhred and Iain MacGill at the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2004, Brisbane, September [pdf] The associated paper is also available [pdf].
The Australian Energy Sector and Climate Change – What Role for Geosequestration? Presentation by Iain MacGill at the Australian Institute of Energy (AIE) Evening Presentation Series - Geosequestration – are we burying our problems? Sydney, 9 August 2004 [pdf]
The ethics of climate change and the electricity industry, Presentation by Iain MacGill to ELEC4011 – Ethics and Electrical Engineering Practice, UNSW, September 2004 [pdf]
CEEM - a new UNSW Research Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets, Presentation by Iain MacGill at the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2004, Brisbane, September [pdf]
Making Market Mechanisms Work for Energy Efficiency, Presentation by Iain MacGill to The Business of Energy Efficiency, Australia's Second National Energy Efficiency Conference, September 2004, Sydney [pdf]
A new UNSW Research Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets, Presentation by Iain MacGill to a UNSW World Energy Congress Youth Symposium, 7 September 2004, Sydney [pdf]
A risk-based technology assessment framework for evaluating our GHG abatement options, Presentation by Iain MacGill to Second Annual 'Towards Zero Emissions' Conference, Brisbane, 26-28 July 2004 [pdf]
Lessons on the Design and Implementation of Renewable Energy, Greenpower and Greenhouse Emissions Abatement Markets from the Financial Markets and Experimental Economics, Presentation by Karel Nolles at the 24th USAEE/ IAEE North American Conference, Washington DC, July 8-10 2004 [pdf]. The associated paper is also available [pdf].
