EEEP ("Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy") is a new journal published by IAEE ("International Association for Energy Economics"). It has been launched in January 2012 and circulated more than 4 000 copies in its first year of existence.
Synopsis:
The energy system has historically been characterised as “mature”, displaying small, incremental technological improvements and low levels of both public and private research intensity. However, over the past decade this situation has been changing, illustrated by significiant increases in public and private energy R&D expenditure across many countries in reaction to strengthening concerns around fossil fuel prices, climate change and energy security. These challenges have driven the search for alternative sources of energy, as well as more efficient ways of extracting and consuming fossil fuels. As support grows for energy innovation so too does the need to understand how energy innovation unfolds with a view to ensure that the vast public and private resources currently being committed to innovation in this sector are being deployed effectively.
In this context the talk outlines the Energy Strategy Fellowship’s current research project, which seeks to map out systems of energy innovation for a range of countries and technologies, measure the effectiveness of these different arrangements and compare different approaches with a view to learning lessons for successful energy research and innovation policy. Following a discussion of the drivers that have led to this renaissance in energy innovation and the project’s research objectives, the talk introduces the different technology and country case studies under examination, the methods employed and some of the innovation theory that underpins this research. Finally, the talk explores some emerging issues in the field of energy technology innovation the project engages with, such as the globalised nature of energy innovation, the role of the private sector and energy innovation outside ‘Western’ countries.
Biography:
Matthew has worked as a Research Associate within the RCUK Energy Strategy Fellowship team at Imperial College since 2012. His research examines the types of conditions responsible for accelerating the development and deployment of energy technologies with the potential to address critical challenges facing the global energy sector, such as climate change, energy security and fuel poverty. This work examines the development of a handful of promising, high-profile energy technologies across a variety of different countries worldwide to understand what makes for an effective energy innovation system. Prior to this he undertook his PhD thesis at the University of Leeds from 2009 exploring how the application of innovative energy business models could help to drive forward sustainability transitions.
There is increasing global interest in using Abiotic Depletion Potential (ADP) as a sustainability indicator in regulatory and voluntary initiatives aiming to promote green products. Yet, there is an international consensus that the resource depletion Area of Protection in Life Cycle Impact Assessment (through which ADP is estimated) needs to be redefined.
In this Webinar, we will show how the ADP is considered in the European regulatory context and the difficulties associated with its use. Critical points, such resource and reserve’s data misinterpretation, the factual errors in the results and related technical limitations of ADP’s insights will be explained.
With a focus on copper products and production, the webinar will offer recommendations and alternatives to assess resources in Life Cycle Assessment, and give keys to interpreting the use of resources in product policy.
Sustainable Critical Elements Supply Chains For Renewable Energy TechnologiesKwame Awuah-Offei
Presentation by Dr. Kwame Awuah-Offei at workshop on energy critical materials. Workshop was held at the Sustainability Institute, Stellenbosch. It was attended by researchers from Stellenbosch University, University of Western Cape, and Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
Synopsis:
The energy system has historically been characterised as “mature”, displaying small, incremental technological improvements and low levels of both public and private research intensity. However, over the past decade this situation has been changing, illustrated by significiant increases in public and private energy R&D expenditure across many countries in reaction to strengthening concerns around fossil fuel prices, climate change and energy security. These challenges have driven the search for alternative sources of energy, as well as more efficient ways of extracting and consuming fossil fuels. As support grows for energy innovation so too does the need to understand how energy innovation unfolds with a view to ensure that the vast public and private resources currently being committed to innovation in this sector are being deployed effectively.
In this context the talk outlines the Energy Strategy Fellowship’s current research project, which seeks to map out systems of energy innovation for a range of countries and technologies, measure the effectiveness of these different arrangements and compare different approaches with a view to learning lessons for successful energy research and innovation policy. Following a discussion of the drivers that have led to this renaissance in energy innovation and the project’s research objectives, the talk introduces the different technology and country case studies under examination, the methods employed and some of the innovation theory that underpins this research. Finally, the talk explores some emerging issues in the field of energy technology innovation the project engages with, such as the globalised nature of energy innovation, the role of the private sector and energy innovation outside ‘Western’ countries.
Biography:
Matthew has worked as a Research Associate within the RCUK Energy Strategy Fellowship team at Imperial College since 2012. His research examines the types of conditions responsible for accelerating the development and deployment of energy technologies with the potential to address critical challenges facing the global energy sector, such as climate change, energy security and fuel poverty. This work examines the development of a handful of promising, high-profile energy technologies across a variety of different countries worldwide to understand what makes for an effective energy innovation system. Prior to this he undertook his PhD thesis at the University of Leeds from 2009 exploring how the application of innovative energy business models could help to drive forward sustainability transitions.
There is increasing global interest in using Abiotic Depletion Potential (ADP) as a sustainability indicator in regulatory and voluntary initiatives aiming to promote green products. Yet, there is an international consensus that the resource depletion Area of Protection in Life Cycle Impact Assessment (through which ADP is estimated) needs to be redefined.
In this Webinar, we will show how the ADP is considered in the European regulatory context and the difficulties associated with its use. Critical points, such resource and reserve’s data misinterpretation, the factual errors in the results and related technical limitations of ADP’s insights will be explained.
With a focus on copper products and production, the webinar will offer recommendations and alternatives to assess resources in Life Cycle Assessment, and give keys to interpreting the use of resources in product policy.
Sustainable Critical Elements Supply Chains For Renewable Energy TechnologiesKwame Awuah-Offei
Presentation by Dr. Kwame Awuah-Offei at workshop on energy critical materials. Workshop was held at the Sustainability Institute, Stellenbosch. It was attended by researchers from Stellenbosch University, University of Western Cape, and Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
Presentation @ Turin School of Regulation, Italy
5 September 2019
by Jean-Michel Glachant
Loyola de Palacio Chair Prof.
& Director Florence School of Regulation
European University Institute (Florence, Italy)
1. Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy
Jean-Michel Glachant (Editor in Chief)
2nd Editorial Board Meeting
September 12, 2012, Venice
2. Overview
EEEP Aims and Scope
• EEEP has been established as a new, policy-oriented IAEE
publication in 2011
• Published from 2012 twice a year in March and September,
each issue (approx. 125 pages)
• Focuses on all policy issues in the interface between energy
and environmental economics
… provides a scholarly and research-based, yet easily read and
accessible source of information on contemporary economic
thinking and analysis of energy and environmental policy
… shall nurture a dialogue between academics, business and
public authorities
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3. Overview
Editorial Team
• Editor-in-Chief: Jean-Michel Glachant
(European University Institute, Italy)
• Co-Editors: Paul Joskow (Sloan Foundation),
Michael Pollitt (Cambridge University)
• Book Review Editor: Einar Hope
(Norwegian School of Economics and
Business Administration)
• Managing Editor: Sophia Ruester
(Florence School of Regulation)
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4. Editorial Board
Members
Nasser Al-Dossary Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia A. Iwayemi University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Joseph Aldy Harvard University, USA Henry Jacoby Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eirik Amundsen University of Bergen, Norway John Jimison Energy Future Coalition, USA
Toshi Arimura Waseda University, Japan G. Lundberg Vattenfall, Sweden
Carlo A. Bollino University of Perugia, Italy J. –P. Montero Catholic University of Chile, Chile
J. Boucher GdF-Suez, France Karsten Neuhoff German Institute for Economic Research
Derek Bunn London Business School, UK David Newbery Cambridge University, UK
James Bushnell Iowa State University and NBER Shonali Pachauri IIASA, Austria
Claude Crampes University of Toulouse, France Karen Palmer Resources for the Future, USA
E. de Almeida Federal University Rio de Janeiro Andre Plourde Carleton University, Canada
Jos Delbeke European Commission, Belgium I. Perez-Arriaga Comillas University, Spain
Ottmar Edenhofer PIC, Germany Juan Rosellon CIDE, Mexico
Paolo Frankl International Energy Agency Fabien Roques CERA, France
Richard Green Imperial College, UK Maria Vagliasindi The World Bank, USA
N.H. von der Fehr University of Oslo, Norway C.v. Hirschhausen Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Ben Hobbs Johns Hopkins University, USA Adonis Yatchew University of Toronto, Canada
Mine Yucel Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, USA
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5. Editorial Board
Your role within EEEP
• Proposing papers for submission and/or books to be reviewed
• Reviewing selected contributions
• Possibility to propose „Symposia“
– i.e. collection of 3 to 5 outstanding papers addressing a specific topic,
accompanied by an introduction to the papers, for publication in EEEP
– … would, of course, also go through classical peer-review process
ANY IDEAS?
• Supporting EEEP‘s establishment as a core journal between
academics, policy, and industry
6. Past activities
Establishment of this new Journal
2011
•Preparation of this new publication in close cooperation between IAEE
headquarters and a working group chaired by Einar Hope
•Editorial team has been built up
•Journal website, article submission & referee guidelines and online
submission portal have been established; call for papers and flyers have been
distributed, etc.
2012
•Completion of three issues (inaugural issue with invited contributions + two
regular issues)
•Regular issues include:
– (1) symposium of papers addressing a specific topic
– (2) Regular articles coming from open submission process
– (3) Book reviews
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10. Reflections after one year of publication
Submission statistics
2011 2012
(April – December) (January –
August)
# of submissions 29 30
Rejections (immediate) 13 21
Rejections (after referee feedback) 8 3
Accepted regular submissions 4 2
Currently with authors for revision 4 1
Currently with referees 0 3
Intake of new papers continuously increased slightly
… but it remains a challenge to attract the higher-quality papers, given competition
from other journals and the challenges that are accompanied with the establishment
of a completely new publication (e.g. no impact factors available yet)
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11. Reflections after one year of publication
Topics covered in open submissions
04-12/2011 01-08/2012
Energy sectors
Oil and natural gas markets 7 2
Coal markets 1 1
Renewable energies and environmental economics 10 13
Nuclear energy 1 1
Electricity markets 5 5
Energy demand 1 5
Special topics in energy and environmental policy
Objectives and instruments in climate policy 6 5
Energy market design 1 3
Infrastructure regulation and regulatory policy 1 1
Competition policy (including market power issues, etc.) - 2
Emission trading 3 2
Policy of international negotiations and agreements on environmental issues - 2
Energy, environment and developing countries 9 5
Institutions for policy formation and enforcement - -
Sustainability of energy systems 4 2
Energy systems in city planning - 1
Demand response tools 1 1
Energy security 1 2
Renewable energy policy 10 5
Technology and innovation policy 4 -
Energy efficiency policy 6 3
Natural resources policy for energy extractive industries 1 -
Transportation policy - -
Taxation and financial policy issues - -
Private-public partnership in energy industries - - 11
12. Reflections after one year of publication
Editorial statistics
Total IAEE membership worldwide 3400
EEEP copies printed per issue 5000 (7500 Inaugural Issue)
Total numbers of papers published in Volume 1, 2012 26
Average number of pages per EEEP issue in 2012 140 pp.
Referees per submitted paper 2-4
Average time submission to feedback to authors 3.2 months
(if no immediate rejection)
Average time submission to final acceptance 5.3 months
Average time submission to publication 10 months
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13. Future activities
Schedule until March 2013 - EEEP Vol. 2 (1)
[Regular articles submitted through open call-for-papers]
Submission- / review- / Preparation of Printing
resubmission process final manuscripts
1// Regular submissions 15.12. 10.01. March 2012
2// Articles to referees (min. 2 Target for last Target for last final Publication
referee reports) final submissions manuscripts to be
3// Feedback to authors targeted sent to IAEE for
to be sent after 8 weeks typesetting
4// Possibly resubmission going
back into referee loop
5// Final decision by editors
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14. Further points for discussion
EEEP in a world where technology and
competition change
… and where we see a world-wide
movement for better and faster access
to research publications
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