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The Economics of CO2 Sequestration through Enhanced Oil Recovery

Professor Charles Mason, University of Wyoming The process of injecting CO2 into mature oil fields to increase oil production, enhanced oil recovery (EOR), con...

Third Party Access to Infrastructure and the Future Recovery of Oil and Gas Reserves in the UKCS

Professor Alexander Kemp, University of Aberdeen The importance of ensuring effective mechanisms to allow third-party access to infrastructure in the Unite...

Crude oil futures markets: Does NYMEX trade and the decoupling of WTI and Brent affect ICE trade?

Professor Ronald Ripple, Curtin University This paper examines the relations between the futures trading activities on the NYMEX and the ICE exchanges, placed ...

Distributed electricity storage – a market failure?

Mr Philipp Grunewald, Imperial College London Electricity markets in the UK have evolved primarily around large scale generators, while networks remain regulat...

Investigating possible bias issues arising from improper use of the internal rate of return when used for decision-making on renewable energy technology investments

Ms Tanja Groth, Aarhus University/Stirling.DK ApS The internal rate of return (IRR) is, together with net present value (NPV), the most commonly used investmen...

Exploring policies for the transition towards electric vehicles

In order to meet the target of 450 ppm CO2-equivalent by 2050, a minimum of 50% energy-related GHG emission reduction needs to be achieved globally. The transpo...

The small scale feed-in tariff in Great Britain : its role in electricity system transition

Mr Jimmy Aldridge, University of Exeter The feed-in tariff for small-scale low-carbon generation was introduced across GB in April 2010 and has resulted in the...

Is Green Healthy for Competition? Renewable Technologies, Optimal Generation Mix and Price Volatility in Competitive Electricity Markets

Professor Asher Tishler, Faculty of Management, Tel Aviv University This paper presents a two-stage decision model with endogenous capacity and operations to a...

Political Shocks and Efficient Investment in Electricity Markets

Professor Felix Muesgens, Brandenburg University of Technology Investment decisions in electricity markets are driven by different factors: (expectations of) f...

A nuclear renaissance for Europe?

Professor Gordon MacKerron, SPRU, University of Sussex The conference agenda asks, among other things, where Europe will get its long-term energy supplies, and...

The Oil Companies’ Approach To Renewable Energy

Miss Ana Penha The research for this thesis, submitted in May 2009, focuses on the reasons for oil companies investing (or not) in renewable energy. During th...

Contract Renegotiation and Rent Re-Redistribution: Who Gets Raked Over the Coals?

Dr Ian Lange, University of Stirling Policy shocks affect the rent distribution in long-term contracts, which can lead to such contracts being renegotiated.  ...
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