Universal Access to Energy – Back to the professional breakfast

Schneider Electric

On January 25th, 2019, the Climate Economics Chair and the Energy and Prosperity Chair organised a thematic breakfast at Schneider Electric to launch their research programme on access to energy. After an overview of the main issues related to electrification in emerging countries, the researchers of the Chairs presented their current and future work on […]

Friday Lunch Meeting, Thomas Douenne, 25th of january 2019

Thomas Douenne (Doctorant à Paris School of Economics / Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) will lecture about his paper The vertical and horizontal distributive effects of energy taxes: A case study of a French policy.   Abstract This paper proposes a micro-simulation assessment of the distributional impacts of the French carbon tax. It shows that the […]

Friday Lunch Meeting, Clément Bonnet, 1st of February

Clément Bonnet (researcher in environmental economics and energy at IFP Energie Nouvelles) will present his article "Copper at the crossroads: Assessing the impact of low-carbon energy transition on a non-ferrous and structural metal".   Abstract The objective of this article is to evaluate the impact of the energy transition on the copper sector. It aims […]

Friday Lunch Meeting, Olivier Massol, 22th of february 2019

Olivier Massol (Professor at the Institut Français du Pétrole et Énergies Nouvelles (IFP Énergies Nouvelles)) will lecture about his paper Phasing out the U.S. Federal Helium Reserve: Policy insights from a world helium model (link here).  Slides' presentation    Abstract This paper develops a detailed partial equilibrium model of the global helium market to study […]

Friday Lunch Meeting, Fabien Roques, 19th of April 2019

Speaker   Fabien Roques, Associate Professor at Paris-Dauphine University   Title   A Climate and socio-economic study of a multi-member state carbon price floor to the power sector   Abstract   Our study shows the limitations of the recent ETS reform and the potential benefits from a Carbon Price Floor (CPF).   Objectives:  -Identify potential […]

Friday Lunch Meeting, Alexis Tantet, 26th april 2019

Alexis Tantet, Postdoctoral fellow at the Dynamic Meteorology Laboratory of the Polytechnic School
We develop a renewable energy mix optimization program. The main novelty is to take into account and evaluate the impact of climate variability, from multi-decadal to hourly time scales, on the mix.

Friday Lunch Meeting, Jacques de Gerlache, May 17th 2019

Greenhouse gases, energy production (fossil, renewable, nuclear), transformation, transportation or storage: the challenges of global energy transitions are many and varied. So much so that policy makers, economists or business leaders often tend to consider them individually.

Friday Lunch Meeting, Madeline Werthschulte, June 21st 2019

Speaker Madeline Werthschult, MSC Research Assistant at the Chair of Microeconomics (WWU Munster) with a Focus on Energy and Resource Economics. Article Cost Misperceptions and Energy Consumption. Authors: Madeline Werthschulte and Andreas Löschel   Abstract The aim of this study is to analyse the extent to which energy cost misperceptions can predict households' energy consumption. […]

Friday Lunch Meeting, Laurence Scialom, June 28th 2019

Speaker Laurence Scialom, University Professor at Paris Ouest Nanterre. Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the French Prudential Supervisory and Resolution Authority (ACPR) and the Investor Advisory Committee of the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF).  Title La fascination de l'ogre - ou comment desserrer l'étau de la finance Abstract Finance today operates in a […]