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October 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]

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]

September 2009

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]

Climate change & sustainable energy: Ethical decision-making for engineers, by Hugh Outhred to the ELEC4122 Strategic Leadership & Ethics class at UNSW, 24 June 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]

August 2009

Workshop: Renewable Energy, Networks and Markets, CEEM UNSW, 17 Aug 2009, the program and presentations are available here.

July 2009

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]

June 2009

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]

NSW Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme: The Promise of Emissions Reductions, by Declan Kuch at the History and Philosophy Postgraduate Conference, UNSW, 10 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]

Penalty Design in Emissions Trading Scheme, by Phillia Restiani at the UNSW Research Showcase - Climate change and environmental sustainability program, June 2009 [pdf]

Research at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM), by Iain MacGill at the UNSW Research Showcase - Climate change and environmental sustainability program, June 2009 [pdf]

May 2009

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]

Hybrid technologies and greenhouse gas reduction: doing less with more, by George Wilkenfeld at the UNSW Sustainable Energy Discussion Group, 11 May 2009 [pdf]

March 2009

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]

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]

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]

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]

February 2009

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.

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 Unions Emissions Trading Scheme for Greenhouse Gases: Are the Futures 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]

January 2009

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]

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]

How to auction permits and predict the carbon price in Australia? by Regina Betz 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 Unions Emissions Trading Scheme for Greenhouse Gases: Are the Futures Markets Contributing to Dynamic Efficiency? by Paul Twomey at the EERH meeting in Cairns, 10th Feb 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]

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.

December 2008

CEEM's 4th Annual Conference, The CPRS White Paper & Global Context: What’s proposed, what’s changed, what’s missing. Thursday 18th Dec 2008. The presentations are available here.

Experimental Gasoline Markets, a seminar by Bart Wilson (Chapman University, California) at UNSW, 8th Dec 2008 [pdf]

Energy Showcase (5th Dec 2008) A day of presentations and posters by UNSW researchers working on energy research. The following CEEM presentations are available:

- Policy instruments for a sustainable energy future: CEEM’s vision, by Regina Betz [pdf]
- Integrating high levels of renewable energy generation into the electricity industry, by Hugh Outhred [pdf]
- A novel approach to forecasting large changes in wind energy that threaten power system security, by Nick Cutler [pdf]
- Distribute energy in Australia, by Zaida Contreras [pdf]
- Distorted time preferences and structural change in the energy industry, by Christoph Heinzel [pdf]
- Energy-related research in Arts and Social Sciences, by Stephen Healy [pdf]

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]

November 2008

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]

Workshop: The role of PV in Smart Grids, 25th Nov 2008 [link]

Wind Energy in Spain, by Nestor Aparicio Marin from the University Jaume I of Castello (UJI), Spain, at UNSW, 24th 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]

The Social Movement for Climate Action in Australia, by Mark Diesendorf from the Institute of Environmental Studies at an internal CEEM Sustainable Energy Discussion Group, 18th Nov 2008 [pdf]

Progress on the UNSW's ADRA EFCC 011 Research Project, by Maria Renanestri, CEEM Workshop, R2063 Quad UNSW, Sydney, 14th 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]

October 2008

EU Emissions Trading System, a seminar by Dr. Simon Marr (European Commission, Environment Directorate General), UNSW, Fri 31st Oct 2008 [pdf]

Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) - policy and implementation, by Regina Betz at CarbonExpo 2008, 30th 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]

Climate change, carbon trading and the built environment, presentation by Iain MacGill to Property Portfolio Management, Sydney, 27-28 Oct 2008 [pdf]

Australia's changing energy & environmental policy context, and it's implications for the Built Environment, by Iain MacGill, for the UNSW Faculty of the Built Environment course 'Energy and the Built Environment' [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]

Time for a Rethink on Climate Change, by Hugh Outhred at a CEEM Sustainable Energy Discussion Group. 7th 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]

September 2008

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]

Project Management, Renewable Energy and Rural Development, by Maria Retnanestri and Hugh Outhred, University of New South Wales, 16th Sept 2008 [pdf]

The smart grid: getting the incentives right, by Hugh Outhred at the National Smart Grids Forum, 10th-11th Sept, Sydney [pdf]

Emissions trading in Australia - allocation challenges, a Public Forum organised by the Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets, The Institute of Environmental Studies (UNSW) and the Environmental Economics Research Hub on the 1st Sept 2008. Presentations are available here.

August 2008

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].

Economic, social and regulatory policy challenges for energy, by Regina Betz at the Centre for Energy Research and Policy Analysis launch, UNSW, 12th August 2008 [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]

July 2008

Climate change research at UNSW’s Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets, by Iain MacGill and Regina Betz at the UNSW Forum on Climate Change, 31st July 2008 [pdf]. A video is available under 'Part 1 of Proceedings' at [link].

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]

Workshop on the Role of PV in the Electricity Utilization in Indonesia & Launching of the DGEEU’s 10 kWp Grid-Connected PV Installation, DGEEU Building, Jl. Rasuna Said, Jakarta, Indonesia, 15 July 2008. The presentations are available.

 

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