2010 EPRG Spring Seminar

EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2010 Spring Seminar. On 13 May, EPRG hosted delegates to a dinner at Downing College, and on 14 May, to a full-day seminar at Clare College.

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Programme

Session 1: Energy demand

Chaired by Ben Hobbs (EPRG)

• Julian Allwood (University of Cambridge) – Energy and Material Efficiency
• Michael Pollitt (EPRG) – Economics of Energy Demand

Session 2: UK policy and politics

Chaired by Pierre Noël (EPRG)

• David Newbery (EPRG) – Carbon Tax versus Low-carbon Obligation
• Willy Rickett (formerly DECC) – Reconciling Politics and Policy

Session 3: Electricity transmission

Chaired by David Reiner (EPRG)

• Vladimir Parail (EPRG) – Economics of Interconnectors
• Robert Hull (Ofgem) – Tender Auctions for Offshore Transmission in the UK

Session 4: Managing uncertainty

Chaired by William Nuttall (EPRG)

• Rutger-Jan Lange (EPRG) – Optimal Support for Renewable Deployment
• Ben Hobbs and Harry van der Weijde (EPRG) – Transmission Planning under Uncertainty