2009 EPRG annual conference (Brussels)

Welcoming remarks and announcements

David Newbery, Richard Schmalensee and Jacqueline Boucher

Is liberalisation passé?

Chaired by A Denny Ellerman

• Richard Schmalensee (MIT‐CEEPR) – United States
• Michael Pollitt (EPRG) – Great Britain

The electricity generation gap

Chaired by William Nuttall

• Fabien Roques (CERA and CIRED) – Generation Capacity in Europe by 2020
• John Parsons (MIT‐CEEPR) – Financing Generation through Long‐term Contracts

Lunch speaker

Geoff Bertram (Victoria University of Wellington) – From the Antipodes: Climate Policy in New Zealand

Delivering renewables deployment

Chaired by David Newbery

• Karsten Neuhoff (EPRG) – Implementing the EU Renewables Directive
• Michael Toman (World Bank) – 25% Renewable in the US

Solar power

Chaired by Richard Schmalensee

• Joshua Linn (MIT‐CEEPR) – Pushing Solar into the Grid
• Till Stenzel (Hazel Capital) – Solar Power for Europe from North Africa

Dinner speaker

Jean‐Pierre Hansen (GDF‐Suez) – A European Energy Policy?