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Welcome & Plenary Session 1
13:00 - 15:00
Welcome and Opening Remarks by the IEW Directors
Potential impacts of digitalization on global energy consumptions and their quantitative and systematic analyses of fully autonomous cars
Dr. Keigo Akimoto, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)
When the most valuable becomes the cheapest: Accelerated electrification based on cheap renewables facilitates reaching Paris Climate targets
Prof. Dr. Gunnar Luderer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Is clean hydrogen a dirty and costly option? An analysis of the emissions and costs of low versus zero emission hydrogen
Dr. Thomas Longden, Australian National University
Dr. Keigo Akimoto, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)
Prof. Dr. Gunnar Luderer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Dr. Thomas Longden, Australian National University
16:00 - 18:00
Energy Investments
16:00 - 16:24
Will R&D accelerate the energy transition? A multi-model framework to assess decarbonization pathways
Dr. Larissa Pupo Nogueira, TNO Energy Transition
16:24 - 16:48
Revenue and risk of variable renewable electricity investment: the cannibalization effect under high market penetration
Prof. Tommi Ekholm, Finnish Meteorological Institute
16:48 - 17:12
Estimating Elasticity of Substitution in CES Production Function: Examining Different Nesting Structures and EU Regions
Vedunka Kopecna, Charles University
17:12 - 17:36
The impact of negative oil shocks on military spending and democracy in the oil states of the greater Middle East: Implications for the oil sanctions
Dr. Sajjad Faraji Dizaji, Tarbiat Modares University
17:36 - 18:00
Interdependencies Between Countries in the Provision of Energy
Prof. Doina Radulescu, University of Bern
Carbon Neutral Future
16:00 - 16:24
Alternative roads to achieve mid-century CO2 net neutrality in Europe
Dr. Renato Rodrigues, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research - PIK
16:24 - 16:48
Acceleration strategies for energy systems models: insights using the TIMES modelling framework
Dr. Evangelos Panos, Paul Scherrer Institute
16:48 - 17:12
Towards a sustainable energy system for the Netherlands in 2050
Martin Scheepers, TNO
17:12 - 17:36
Assessing of persistence, non-acceptance and sufficiency in the energy transformation of Germany
Dr. Christoph Kost, Fraunhofer ISE
17:36 - 18:00
Tightening EU ETS targets in line with the European Green Deal: Impacts on the decarbonization of the EU power sector
Sebastian Osorio, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Impact Assessment
16:00 - 16:24
Analysing the Trade-offs between Mitigation and Development Objectives for South Africa using a Linked Modelling Framework
Bruno Merven, Energy Systems Research Group University of Cape Town
16:24 - 16:48
From Factor-Four Mitigation to Zero-Net Emissions: Is a fair energy transition possible? Evidence from the French Low-Carbon Strategy
Emilien Ravigné, CIRED and Université Paris-Saclay
16:48 - 17:12
Modeling the Raw Material Requirements of the German Energy Transition
Dr. Antonia Loibl, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI
17:12 - 17:36
Free Power, Irrigation and Groundwater Depletion: Impact of the Farm Electricity Policy of Punjab, India
Disha Gupta, Delhi School of Economics
17:36 - 18:00
Modelling environmental impacts of nonfood crops based bioenergy production: an integrated life cycle and water footprint perspective
Jun Li, Sun Yat-sen University
Electricity System Modeling
16:00 - 16:24
Unraveling the Black Box of Power Market Models
Dr. Valeriya Azarova, ifo Institute
16:24 - 16:48
A long-term electrification outlook for Ethiopia
Andreas Sahlberg, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
16:48 - 17:12
The Influences of Non-optimal Investments on the Scale-up of Smart Local Energy Systems in the UK Electricity Market
Dr. Pei-Hao Li, UCL Energy Institute
17:12 - 17:36
Cost-benefit analysis of coal-plant repurposing: A case study for India
Dr. Gireesh Shrimali, Stanfort University
17:36 - 18:00
Deep Decarbonization Impacts on Load Shapes and Peak Electricity Demand
Dr. John Bistline, EPRI
12:00 - 13:30
Emission Trading
12:00 - 12:30
An Endogenous Emission Cap Produces a Green Paradox
R.J.R.K. Heijmans, Tilburg University
12:30 - 13:00
Carbon pricing and household welfare: Evidence from Uganda
Raavi Aggarwal, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change
13:00 - 13:30
Trade in Carbon and Carbon Tariffs
Dr. Emmanuel Asane-Otoo, University of Oldenburg
Mobility
12:00 - 12:30
An assessment of the GHG mitigation potential of land transport pathways presented in the Green Transport Strategy for South Africa and their economy-wide impact
Fadiel Ahjum, University of Cape Town
12:30 - 13:00
Redistributive and Revenue Effects of Policies Promoting Fuel Efficient and Electric Vehicles
Patrick Bigler, University of Bern
13:00 - 13:30
Integration of E-mobility into the power system: an assessment of security of supply, demand-side response opportunities, economic and environmental impacts
Dr. Simona De Lauretis, RTE
Digitalization
12:00 - 12:30
Digital Energy Transition: The disruptive effect on new social practices on the energy system
Lidia Stermieri, Paul Scherrer Institut
12:30 - 13:00
Climate Protection Potentials of Digitalized Production Processes: Microeconometric Evidence?
Janna Axenbeck, ZEW Mannheim
13:00 - 13:30
Telecommuting, Carbon Emissions, and Urban Form
Dr. Waldemar Marz, ifo Institute/ LMU
Renewables
12:00 - 12:30
Deployment of wind power - model assumptions vs reality
Prof. Fredrik Hedenus, Calmers
12:30 - 13:00
Bioenergy-induced land-use change emissions with sectorally fragmented policies
Leon Merfort, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
13:00 - 13:30
Nearly Cost-Optimal Alternatives in a Renewable Power System Which Are Robust to Cost Uncertainty
Fabian Neumann, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
15:00 - 16:40
Energy Policy
15:00 - 15:30
Costs and benefits of political and physical collaboration in the European power market
Dr. Mathias Mier, ifo Institute / University of Munich
15:35 - 16:05
Dynamic Evaluation of Policy Feasibility, Feedback and the Ambitions of Coalitions
Stephen Bi, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
16:10 - 16:40
Achieving Negative Carbon Leakage through Sectoral Border Adjustment Reductions
Prof. Timothy Fitzgerald, Texas Tech University
Energy Investments
15:00 - 15:25
A climate investment trap in developing economies
Dr. Nadia Amelie, University College London
15:25 - 15:50
Battery storage paving the way for solar PV in India
Ahmad Murtaza Ershad, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
15:50 - 16:15
Innovation Trends in Electricity Storage: What Drives Global Innovation?
Siyu Feng, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
16:15 - 16:40
Energy Transitions and Technology Change: "Leapfrogging" Reconsidered
Dr. Rob Fetter, Duke University
Electricity System Modeling
15:00 - 15:25
The impacts of the electricity demand pattern on electricity system cost and the electricity supply mix: a comprehensive modeling analysis
Xiaoming Khan, Chalmers University of Technology
15:25 - 15:50
Influence of electrification pathways in the electricity sector of Ethiopia - policy implications linking spatial electrification analysis and medium to long-term energy planning
Ioannis Pappis, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
15:50 - 16:15
Too Much of a Good Thing: Reducing Emissions by Curtailing Renewables in Power Systems Operation
Dr. Germán Morales-España, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)
16:15 - 16:40
Electrification Futures Study: Impact of Electric Vehicles on Bulk Power Systems
Dr. Matteo Muratori, NREL
Power-to-X
15:00 - 15:25
Renewable Natural Gas as Climate-Neutral Energy Carrier?
Dr. Remko Detz, TNO Energy Transition
15:25 - 15:50
Market-based renewables: How flexible hydrogen electrolyzers stabilize wind and solar market values
Oliver Ruhnau, Hertie School
15:50 - 16:15
The Prospects for Offshore Hydrogen Production
Dr. Joost van Stralen, TNO
16:15 - 16:40
The Interaction between Hydrogen and Power Generation
Dr. Geoffrey Blanford, Electric Power Reseach Institute
Renewables
15:00 - 15:25
Scenarios for geothermal energy deployment in Europe
Dr. Jon Limberger, TNO
15:25 - 15:50
Experts predict 50% lower future costs for onshore and offshore wind than they did in 2015
Philipp Breiter, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
15:50 - 16:15
Sources of uncertainty in long-term global scenarios of solar photovoltaic technology
Dr. Marc Jaxa-Rozen, University of Geneva
16:15 - 16:40
Modeling all alternative solutions for highly renewable energy systems
Tim Pedersen, Aarhus University
18:00 - 20:00
Plenary Session 2
Chair: IEW Board
18:00 - 20:00
Plenary Session 2
Quantifying the Challenges of Reaching 100% Renewable Energy for the United States
Dr. Trieu Mai, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Timmermans' Dream
Prof. Bob van der Zwaan, TNO and University of Amsterdam
Probabilistic Uncertainty Quantification in Coupled Human-Earth Systems: Emissions, Energy and Temperature
Sergey Paltsev, MIT
Dr. Trieu Mai, National Renewable Energy Labratory (NREL)
Prof. Bob van der Zwaan, TNO and University of Amsterdam
Sergey Paltsev, MIT
12:00 - 13:40
Power-to-X
12:00 - 12:25
Country-Specific Cost Projections for Renewable Hydrogen Production Through Off-Grid Electricity Systems
Dr. Jacob Janssen, TNO
12:25 - 12:50
Potential and limitations of hydrogen-based e-fuels in climate change mitigation
Dr. Falko Ueckerdt, Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research
12:50 - 13:15
The impact of CO2 reduction targets and imported synthetic energy carriers on the transition pathway of the German energy system
Julian Brandes
13:15 - 13:40
Integrated Electricity, Gas and Hydrogen Systems Modelling: A case of North Sea Countries
Dr. Binod Koirala, TNO Energy Transition
Electricity System Modeling
12:00 - 12:25
Regional disparities in vulnerability to the European electricity sector transition until 2035
Jan-Philipp Sasse, University of Geneva, Renewable Energy Systems Group
12:25 - 12:50
Coal mining investments on shaky grounds: Avoiding overcapacities of coal supply
Christian Hauenstein, Technische Universität Berlin
12:50 - 13:15
Regional impacts of electricity system transition in Central Europe until 2035
Jan-Philipp Sasse, University of Geneva, Renewable Energy Systems Group
13:15 - 13:40
Managing intermittency in the electricity market
Nandeeta Neerunjun, Aix Marseille School of Economics
Energy and Household
12:00 - 12:25
Distributional consequences of climate change impacts on energy demand across Italian households
Dr. Lorenza Campagnolo, Ca'Foscari University of Venice and CMCC@Ca'Foscari
12:25 - 12:50
Transition dynamics of solar photovoltaic (PV) prosumers in Sweden
Dr. Sujeetha Selvakkumaran, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden - Chalmers University of Technology
12:50 - 13:15
Evaluating the impacts of mini-grid electrification in sub-Saharan Africa
Dr. Sinem Ayhan, MCC-Berlin
13:15 - 13:40
Global residential space heating scenarios towards net-zero emissions
Dr. Alessio Mastrucci, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Renewables
12:00 - 12:25
Optimizing agricultural demand response for reducing costs of renewable energy integration in India
Tarun Khanna, Hertie School
12:25 - 12:50
Renewable Energy Generation Effects on the Electricity Market: An Empirical Study on Japan's Electricity Spot Market
Dr. Teng Ma, Kyoto University
12:50 - 13:15
Renewable energy potential – a meta-analysis
Marie-Alix Dupré la Tour, RTE & CIRED
13:15 - 13:40
Modeling intermittency of solar and wind availability: Low-dimensional scenario generation capturing the statistics of both spatial and diurnal variations
Dr. Martin Densing, Energy Economics Group, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)
15:00 - 17:00
Plenary Session 3
Chair: IEW Board
15:00 - 17:00
Plenary Session 3
Drive Less, Drive Better, or Both? Behavioral Adjustments to Fuel Price Changes in Germany
Prof. Anna Alberini, University of Maryland
Decreasing market value of variable renewables is a result of policy, not variability
Tom Brown, Technische Universität Berlin
RAMP-mobility: time series of electric vehicle consumption and charging strategies for all European countries
Emanuela Colombo, Politecnico di Milano
Prof. Anna Alberini, University of Maryland
Tom Brown, Technische Universität Berlin
Emanuela Colombo, Politecnico di Milano
Announcements
Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin HenningFraunhofer ISE
18:00 - 19:40
Emission Trading
18:00 - 18:30
Do Subsidized Renewables Suppress Energy Storages and can Carbon Pricing be a Solution?
Dr. Adhurim Haxhimusa, University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons
18:35 - 19:05
Alternative carbon price trajectories can avoid excessive carbon removal
Dr. Jessica Strefler, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
19:10 - 19:40
Avoided Emissions Permanence
Prof. Alexander Golub, American University
Mobility
18:00 - 18:30
Who Values Future Energy Savings? Evidence from American Drivers
Dr. Lutz Sager, Georgetown University
18:35 - 19:05
The Influence of Public Charging Infrastructure Deployment and Other Socio-Economic Factors on Electric Vehicle Adoption in France
Bassem Haidar, CentraleSupélec
19:10 - 19:40
Addressing Electric-Vehicle Range Anxiety In Urban And Rural Areas
Bassem Haidar, CentraleSupélec
Energy Policy
18:00 - 18:25
Comparing environmental and energy policy options in India: Sectoral impacts and interactions
Brinda Yarlagadda, PNNL-JGCRI
18:25 - 18:50
The EU green RD&D strategy for the Paris agreement target
Dr. Lara Aleluia Reis, RFF-CMCC EIEE
18:50 - 19:15
Tightening the EU 2030 targets in accordance with the EU Green Deal: Impacts of different splits to ETS and non-ETS sectors
Dr. Robert Pietzcker, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
19:15 - 19:40
Policy implications of China Coal Power Plants for 2060 Carbon Neutrality Target
Mingjian Yin
Carbon Neutral Future
18:00 - 18:25
Relative role of electricity and gas in a carbon neutral future: insights from an energy system optimization model
Dr. Behrang Shirizadeh, CIRED
18:25 - 18:50
A multi-objective optimisation approach to explore decarbonisation pathways in a dynamic policy context
Chryso Sotiriou
18:50 - 19:15
Assessing global climate change mitigation scenarios from a power system perspective using a novel multi-model framework
Maarten Brinkerink, University College Cork
19:15 - 19:40
How uncertainty in technology costs and carbon dioxide removal availability affect climate mitigation pathways
Anastasis Giannousakis, PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Buildings
18:00 - 18:25
Deep decarbonisation of buildings energy services through demand and supply transformations in a 1.5°C scenario
Antoine Levesque, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
18:25 - 18:50
U.S. residential heat pumps: the private cost, public benefit, and strategic options for pushing adoption rates beyond 32%
Dr. Thomas Deetjen, University of Texas
18:50 - 19:15
Estimating energy requirements for thermal comfort in the European Union at individual building level
Nikola Milojevic-Dupont, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change
19:15 - 19:40
Long term, cross-regional effects of building insulation policies and socio-economic trends
Dr. Giacomo Marangoni, Politecnico di Milano / RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment
13:00 - 14:40
Energy and Household
13:00 - 13:25
Distributional effects of carbon pricing when considering household heterogeneity: An EASI application for Austria
Anna Eisner, Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
13:25 - 13:50
The effect of providing monetary information on energy savings for household appliances: a field trial in Spain
Dr. Amaia de Ayala, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3)
13:50 - 14:15
Households' energy demand and the effects of carbon pricing in Italy
Luciano Lavecchia, Banca d´Italia
14:15 - 14:40
Emission distribution and incidence of national mitigation policies among households in Austria
Stefan Nabernegg, Wegener Center, University of Graz
Carbon Neutral Future
13:00 - 13:25
Roadmap for China's 2060 Carbon Neutrality Pledge
Dr. Junling Liu, School of Economics and Management, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)
13:25 - 13:50
Deep decarbonization of integrated power grid of eastern South Asia considering hydrogen and CCS technology
Dr. Khem Gyanwali, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
13:50 - 14:15
What role of natural gas in Russia's decarbonized future?
Dr. Olga Garanina, Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University
14:15 - 14:40
Sustainable strategies and low emission pathways in Small Island Developing States: a cost-optimization approach for the integration of renewables in the Republic of Mauritius
Anna Genave, University of Réunion
Impact Assessment
13:00 - 13:20
Beyond aggregated damage functions in an integrated assessment model
Koji Tokimatsu, Tokyo Institute of Technology
13:20 - 13:40
Within-country inequality and climate change - A model for IAMs with an application to Brazil and France
Dr. Johannes Emmerling, RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment
13:40 - 14:00
Climate policy accelerates structural changes in energy employment
Aman Malik, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
14:00 - 14:20
Accounting for the the benefits of mitigation in net zero emission pathways
Dr. Laurent Drouet, RFF-CMCC EIEE European Institute
14:20 - 14:40
The multi-level economic impacts of deep decarbonization strategies for the energy system
Gaëlle Le Treut, CIRED
Energy Investments
13:00 - 13:25
Climate Finance and Emission Reductions: What Do the Last Twenty Years Tell Us?
Dr. Claire Gavard, ZEW Mannheim
13:25 - 13:50
Patent Protection and the Transition to Clean Technology
Dr. Isabel Hovdahl, NNH Norwegian School of Economics
13:50 - 14:15
Population Growth and the Trade-off between Green and Brown Expansion of Electricity Supply in Developing Countries: A Spatial Model and Evidence for Indonesia
Dr. Peter Mulder, TNO Energy Transition Studies
14:15 - 14:40
Energy system developments and investments in the decisive decade for Paris Agreement targets
Dr. Christoph Bertram, Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research
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