Program
40th International Energy Workshop

08:00 - 09:00

Admission & Networking

09:00 - 09:45

Welcome and opening remark

Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin Henning, Fraunhofer ISE
Martin Horn, Mayor of Freiburg im Breisgau

09:45 - 10:15

Keynote: Challenges in decarbonising the energy industry

Dr. Georg Stamatelopoulos, EnBW

10:15 - 10:45

Coffee Break

10:45 - 11:15

Keynote: Climate policy in times of crisis, building a resilient energy transition

Francesco Ferioli, DG Energy

11:15 - 11:45

Keynote: Understanding climate action

Prof. Dr. E.M. Linda Steg, University of Groningen

11:45 - 12:30

Discussion

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

12:40 - 14:00

Energy scenario communication for strengthened inputs and trustworthy outputs

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Moderator: Bob van der Zwaan, TNO Energy Transition

12:40 – 12:45 Welcome remarks: Bob van der Zwaan, TNO Energy Transition

12:45 – 12:50 Introductory presentation: Nadeem Goussous, International Renewable Energy Agency

12:50 – 13:30 Panel presentations and moderated discussion: Evangelos Panos, Paul Scherrer Institute; Andrzej Ceglarz, Renewables Grid Initiative; Elena Verdolini, RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment

13:30 – 13:55 Interventions from the audience

13:55 – 14:00 Closing remarks: Asami Miketa, International Renewable Energy Agency

14:00 - 14:25

International climate finance to accelerate the low-carbon transition in emerging countries? A global assessment of financial de-risking potential

Thibault Briera, CIRED

14:25 - 14:50

Trade-offs between CO2 utilization and CO2 transport and storage in the global energy transition

Lucas Desport, MINES Paris

14:50 - 15:15

How do Climate Policy Events Shape the Pricing of Carbon in ETS Compliance and Voluntary Carbon Credit Markets?

Papa Orgen, Hochschule Fulda

15:15 - 15:40

Deployment of CO2 Capture and Storage in Europe Under Limited Public Acceptance: an Energy System Modeling Perspective

Prof. Bob van der Zwaan, TNO and University of Amsterdam

14:00 - 14:33

Achieving Economy-Wide Net-Zero Carbon Emissions in the U.S.

Dr. Geoffrey Blanford, Electric Power Research Institute

14:33 - 15:06

Investigation of New Energy Storage in Chinese Carbon-neutral Optimal Power Expanding Plan by 2060

Ye Yi, University of Tokyo

15:06 - 15:40

Insights from the German modeling project ARIADNE: Scenarios and pathways for Germany on its way to climate neutrality in 2045

Christoph Kost, Fraunhofer ISE

14:00 - 14:33

The Elasticity of Electricity Demand and Carbon Emissions Reductions in the Residential Sector: Evidence from a tariff shift in Russia

Salim Turdaliev, Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University

14:33 - 15:06

Decarbonization pathways for the residential sector in the United States

Dr. Peter Berrill, TU Berlin

15:06 - 15:40

An Investigation of Energy Self-sufficiency of Bangladesh for Different Socio-economic Scenarios using Dynamic Energy Economic Model

Dr. Jubair Sieed, University of Tokyo

14:00 - 14:33

Assessing flexibility options and operational impact of a renewable-dominant power grid in China

Dr. Jiang Lin, UC Berkeley

14:33 - 15:06

Developing decarbonisation pathways in changing TIMES for Irish homes

Jason Mc Guire, University College Cork

15:06 - 15:40

An Econometric Model to Improve the Predictability of Electricity Load in the Presence of Distributed Renewable Energy: The Case of Ireland

Dr. Kevin Forbes, Energy and Environmental Data Science

14:00 - 14:25

Competing Forces in the German New Car Market: How do they Affect Diesel, PHEV, and BEV sales?

Prof. Anna Alberini, University of Maryland

14:25 - 14:50

Modeling geographic density of electric vehicles chargers in a metropolitan area

Giovanni Santoboni, Transurban, USA

14:50 - 15:15

Co-benefits of air quality and net-zero carbon mitigation pathways: Case of the road transport sector in Ireland

Vahid Aryanpur, Energy Policy and Modelling, University College Cork

15:15 - 15:40

Charging and refueling demand for heavy-duty zero emission trucks in Norwegian transport corridors

Janis Danebergs, IFE

15:45 - 16:15

Coffee Break

16:15 - 16:48

What is the Future of Nuclear Power in Ukraine? The Role of Policy Decisions and Techno-Economic Drivers

Dr. Oleksandr Diachuk, Institute for Economics and Forecasting

16:48 - 17:21

A global stocktake of COP26: implications of the Glasgow pledges for the decarbonisation of the energy system

Rafael Garaffa, European Commission - Joint Research Centre

17:21 - 17:55

The impact of climate change, policies, and redistribution on within-country inequality

Dr. Johannes Emmerling, RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment

16:15 - 16:40

A retrofitting obligation for French dwellings - A modelling assessment

Lucas Vivier, CIRED

16:40 - 17:05

Municipal heating system modelling towards urban energy transition : integration of spatial dimension based on a participatory approach

Hyunkyo Yu, Chalmers University of Technology

17:05 - 17:30

Analysis of a Residential Power-to-Hydrogen-to-Power System using MILP Optimization and the Energy Hub Concept

Josien de Koning, Empa / ETH Zürich

17:30 - 17:55

Decarbonizing industrial small and medium enterprises: novel solutions to known challenges

Natapon Wanapinit, Fraunhofer ISE

16:15 - 16:48

The role of biomass and carbon capture in the power system aligned with the European Green Deal

Rebeka Beres, Energy and Sustainability Research Institute Groningen, University of Groningen

16:48 - 17:21

Switzerland’s national mitigation pathways: towards net-zero CO2 emissions in 2050

Dr. Evangelos Panos, Paul Scherrer Institute

17:21 - 17:55

Pathways to climate neutrality 2045 of the German energy system

Julian Brandes, Fraunhofer ISE

16:15 - 16:40

Do we need cities to decarbonise transportation? Modelling local strategies under strong national policies in TIMES-Västerbotten

Jonas Forsberg, Luleå University of Technology

16:40 - 17:05

Providing the transport sector in Europe with zero-emission fuels - a model-based analysis under consideration of the MENA region

Larissa Doré, Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie

17:05 - 17:30

Fuel Economy Standards and Public Transport

Dr. Waldemar Marz, ifo Institute/LMU Munich

17:30 - 17:55

Electrification Futures Study: Impact of Electric Vehicles on Bulk Power Systems

Dr. Matteo Muratori, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

19:00 - 21:00

Reception

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08:30 - 09:00

Admission & Networking

09:00 - 09:30

Keynote: Innovation for deep decarbonization: from empirical research to modelling insights

Prof. Elena Verdolini, EIEE

09:30 - 10:00

Keynote: Decarbonization regulation by a tax-transfer system: The Carbon Tax-Climate Basic Income (CaTaBi) Scheme

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Neumaerkter, University of Freiburg

10:00 - 10:30

Keynote: Decarbonization in the Global South: Embedding efforts to mitigate climate change with those to achieve decent standards of living for all

Dr. Shonali Pachauri, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:25

Multi-Objective Optimization to identify carbon neutrality scenatios for the Italian electric sector

Alice Di Bella, Post Degree Researcher

11:25 - 11:50

What adds more exibility? An energy system analysis of storage, demand-side response, heating electri cation, energy e ciency and distribution reinforcement

Arthur Rinaldi, Assistant PhD

11:50 - 12:15

TIMES-Europe: A Novel European Integrated Energy System Model

Dr. Stefan Luxembourg, TNO Energy Transition Studies

12:15 - 12:40

“It takes two to tango” – Modeling detailed power sector dynamics by coupling hourly investment and dispatch energy system model with IAM

Chen Chris Gong, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

11:00 - 11:20

MAPSEN Project - Methods and Analyses to Determine the Impact of Decentralized Prosumers and Energy Storage on Germany’s Power Generation and Electricity Grid

Verena Fluri, Fraunhofer ISE

11:20 - 11:40

Battery storage bends the curve of solar and wind integration costs in India

Ahmad Murtaza Ershad, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

11:40 - 12:00

The multi-facets of increasing the renewable energy integration in power systems

Sophie Chlela, MINES Paris, PSL University

12:00 - 12:20

Harmonising utility-scale solar PV auction results globally

Dr. Malte Jansen, Imperial College London

12:20 - 12:40

The role of Rooftop Solar PV in global energy transitions

James Glynn, Columbia University in the City of New York

11:00 - 11:33

Allowance Transactions in the EU ETS – Evidence from Austrian Companies

Dr. Claudia Kettner, Austrian Institute of Economic Research

11:33 - 12:06

Pricing and Competition with 100% Variable Renewable Energy and Storage

Prof. Tommi Ekholm, Finnish Meteorological Institute

12:06 - 12:40

What buildings decarbonisation means for the EU ETS

Dr. Sebastian Osorio, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

11:00 - 11:25

Minigrid sizing and the issue of data-paucity in developing countries. A case study in rural Rwanda.

Nicolò Stevanato, Politecnico di Milano

11:25 - 11:50

Reducing externalities from road freight transportation in Europe: can hydrogen play a role?

Julien Lafaille, Grenoble Ecole de Management

11:50 - 12:15

Impacts of grid electricity access on rural non-farm entrepreneurship and employment in Ethiopia and Nigeria

Setu Pelz, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

12:15 - 12:40

Measuring the Impacts of Renewable Energy Deployment on Employment: An Empirical Study in Thailand

Phawida Jongsuwanwattana, Kyoto University

11:00 - 11:25

Should models account for governance regimes? Insights from retrospective modeling of electricity system transitions in European countries

Xin Wen, University of Geneva

11:25 - 11:50

Assessment of the role of green Hydrogen for the long term development of the energy system - a case study for Algeria

Naima Chabouni, MINES Paris Tech - CMA, Center for Applied Mathematics

11:50 - 12:15

Electricity Market Design and Market-Based Environmental Policy in India

Dr. Shefali Khanna, Imperial College London

12:15 - 12:40

Distributional effects of carbon pricing and structural change in India

Dr. Marian Leimbach, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

12:45 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 14:33

Buildings Energy Consumption If Work-From-Home Is Here To Stay

Giacomo Marangoni, Politecnico di Milano / RFF-CMCC-EIEE

14:33 - 15:06

Analysing and predicting the impact of spatial development on energy service demands to aid deep mitigation pathway development

Ankita Gaur, Energy Policy and Modelling, University College Cork, Ireland

15:06 - 15:40

How to support residential energy conservation cost-effectively? An analysis of public financial schemes in France

Bettina Chlond, ZEW Mannheim

14:00 - 14:25

The role of offshore wind in the Norwegian low-carbon transition

Kristina Haaskjold, Institute for Energy Technology

14:25 - 14:50

As simple as possible but not simpler - Comparing detailed and simplified representations of a deterministic hydropower model

Hanna Ek Fälth, Chalmers University of Technology

14:50 - 15:15

Wind power potentials in models – A GIS based reality check

Prof. Fredrik Hedenus, Chalmers University of Technology

15:15 - 15:40

Return of crop production and energy use for irrigation: Empirical Evidence from Ethiopia

Dr. Rahel Deribe Bekele, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

14:00 - 14:25

The impact of major emitters mid-century strategies and Glasgow pledges

Dr. Lara Aleluia Reis, RFF-CMCC EIEE

14:25 - 14:50

Mapping national development priorities under the Sustainable Development Goals framework – a systematic analysis

Auriane Meilland, CIRED

14:50 - 15:15

Efficiency in Wholesale Electricity Markets: On the Role of Externalities and Subsidies

Dr. Sylwia Bialek, New York University

15:15 - 15:40

Reaching climate targets with carbon pricing - Analysis of the German buildings sector

Alexander Burkhardt, IER Universität Stuttgart

14:00 - 14:25

Optimal emissions under exogenous and endogenous learning

Léo Coppens, University of Mons

14:25 - 14:50

System-level Effects of Increased Energy Efficiency in Global Low-carbon Scenarios: a Model Comparison

Dr. Francesco Dalla Longa, TNO

14:50 - 15:15

An open-source IAM for Energy-Land-Material-Climate Scenarios

Nadine Freistetter, Finnish Meteorological Institute

15:15 - 15:40

The Low Carbon Lifestyle Module: A Dynamic Mechanism for Incorporating Lifestyle Change into Global Integrated Assessment Models

Dr. Hazel Pettifor, University of Oxford

14:00 - 14:25

Establishing low-carbon hydrogen trade relations - where to go and who to partner with?

Johannes Brauer, CERNA, MINES Paris PSL

14:25 - 14:50

Assessing green energy growth in Nepal with a hydropower-hydrogen integrated power grid model

Dr. Khem Gyanwali, Tribhuvan University

14:50 - 15:15

Import options for chemical energy carriers from renewable sources to Germany

Johannes Hampp, Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen

15:15 - 15:40

On the cost competitiveness of blue and green hydrogen

Dr. Falko Ueckerdt, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

15:45 - 16:15

Coffee Break

16:15 - 16:48

Analyzing the impact of energy transition policies on the economy by soft-linking bottom-up and top-down models: the case study of the Netherlands

Amir Fattahi, University of Groningen

16:48 - 17:21

Carbon pricing: the green modernization of the Russian economy

Dr. Alexander Golub, American University

17:21 - 17:55

Decarbonization of the global economy: if technologies are so good, why do we still need a carbon price?

Dr. Alexander Golub, American University

16:15 - 16:40

Long-term optimisation of the hydrogen-electricity nexus in France

Dr. Behrang Shirizadeh, Deloitte Economic Advisory

16:40 - 17:05

Intensive and extensive margins of the peak load: measuring adaptation with mixed frequency panel data

Dr. Francesco Colelli, Ca'Foscari University

17:05 - 17:30

When do consumers want to opt in to real-time pricing for electricity?

Dr. Quentin Hoarau, MIT

17:30 - 17:55

Prosumage of solar electricity: batteries, heating and mobility

Dr. Wolf-Peter Schill, DIW Berlin

16:15 - 16:40

Global renewable LCOE – including socio-economic factors in assessments of resource potential

Xiaoming Kan, Chalmers University of Technology

16:40 - 17:05

Renewable Energy Siting: A Major Challenge to Grid Decarbonization and Power System Modeling

Dr. Trieu Mai, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

17:05 - 17:30

Biomass’ role in Greener Albertan Electricity Generation – A Discussion and Analysis

Ziad Memon, University of Alberta

17:30 - 17:55

Did the Covid-19 pandemic speed up a transition away from coal? An expert elicitation survey

Lorenzo Montrone, MCC Berlin

16:15 - 16:40

Incorporating consumer choice into an optimization model for the German heat sector: Effects on projected bioenergy use

Dr. Matthias Jordan, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

16:40 - 17:05

Energy-related financial literacy and collective retrofit investment decisions in post-Soviet bloc countries

Fissha Asmare, Vilnius University

17:05 - 17:30

An EU ETS paving the way to climate neutrality The right design considering myopic behavior of decision-makers

Joanna Sitarz, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

17:30 - 17:55

Modeling the cost-effective gas network in Austria until 2050: from the decision between decommissioning and refurbishment investments

Sebastian Zwickl-Bernhard, Energy Economics Group

16:15 - 16:35

Paris Agreement targets under uncertain negative emission technologies and climate sensitivity

Theresa Schaber, Finnish Meteorological Institute

16:35 - 16:55

Good Stick, Bad Carrot: The Impacts of Removing Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Increasing Carbon Taxation in Ireland

Dr. Aykut Mert Yakut, Economic and Social Research Institute

16:55 - 17:15

Electrification of the hard-to-abate chemical sector: implication for Net-Zero power systems in Europe

Meilland Cabot, MINES ParisTech, PSL University

17:15 - 17:35

Electricity Outages and Health Outcomes of Children: Empirical Evidence from Transition Economy

Yermone Sargsyan, Institute of Economic Studies Charles University Prague

17:35 - 17:55

Severity of variable renewably energy droughts in Germany and Europe

Martin Kittel, German Institute for Economic Research

19:00 - 23:00

Conference Dinner

08:30 - 09:00

Admission & Networking

09:00 - 09:30

Keynote: Hydrogen infrastructures in future integrated energy systems

Hans Christian Gils, German Aerospace Center (DLR)

09:30 - 10:00

Keynote: Prosumers, markets and regulations – can we get the incentives right?

Prof. Dr. Christoph Weber, University Duisburg-Essen

10:00 - 10:30

Keynote: Integrated Energy Systems Modeling – Case Study of Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Gabriela Hug, ETH Zurich

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:50

How costly are biofuel mandates? - an analysis of transport fuels and biomass usage to achieve emissions targets in the European energy system

Dr. Markus Millinger, Chalmers University of Technology

11:50 - 12:40

Making the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Acceptable and Climate Friendly for Least Developed Countries

Dr. Sigit Perdana, EPFL

11:00 - 11:50

The effects of climate change mitigation strategies on the energy system of Africa and its associated water footprint

Ioannis Pappis, KTH Royal Instutite of Technology

11:50 - 12:40

International and intertemporal knowledge spillovers in carbon-free and carbon-efficient technologies

Dr. Yeong Jae Kim, RFF-CMCC EIEE

11:00 - 11:25

Role of P2X in prospective net-zero scenarios: A techno-economic assessment

Kannan Ramachandran, Paul Scherrer Institute

11:25 - 11:50

Who should own storage? A case study of players with large-scale P2X in cross-country electricity markets based on a game-theoretic equilibrium model

Yi Wan, Paul Scherrer Institute

11:50 - 12:15

Endogenous learning for green hydrogen in a sector-coupled energy model for Europe

Elisabeth Zeyen, Technical University of Berlin (TUB)

12:15 - 12:40

Probabilistic feasibility space of scaling up green hydrogen supply

Adrian Odenweller, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

11:00 - 11:25

Storage requirements in a 100% renewable electricity system: Extreme events and inter-annual variability

Oliver Ruhnau, Hertie School, Berlin

11:25 - 11:50

Flexibility capacities and contributions in the future German energy system

Markus Kaiser, Fraunhofer ISE

11:50 - 12:15

The contribution of distributed energy systems (rooftop PV integrated with EVs) to carbon neutrality in Shenzhen, China

Liya Xue, School of Economics and Management, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)

12:15 - 12:40

RAMP-mobility: generating stochastic mobility, charging profiles and flexibility constraints for Electric Vehicles and grid integration

Francesco Davide Sanvito, Politecnico di Milano

11:00 - 11:25

Reaching net zero emissions in Switzerland: The essential role of biomass and carbon capture and utilization

Dr. Adriana Marcucci, ETH Zurich

11:25 - 11:50

Endogenous Technological Change in Power Market Models - Learning-By-Doing

Jacqueline Adelowo, ifo Institut

11:50 - 12:15

A multi-scale, linking&rolling framework for long-term planning of reliable power systems in transition

Yacine Alimou, Mines ParisTech

12:15 - 12:40

Materials industry modelling in net-zero emissions scenarios: hydrogen contribution to low-carbon steel

Kimon Keramidas, Université Grenoble-Alpes