During the EEM12 Conference the EEM12 and LdP Best Papers and the LdP Best PhD Prizes will be awarded. Denny Ellerman, Jean-Michel Glachant, David Newbery, Frank Wolak, Pippo Ranci and Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga will be part of the Selection Committees.
The winner will be announced at the EEM12 Gala dinner on 11 May, in Florence.

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The THINK research on offshore grids is extensively referred to in Adamowitsch's Report on "Connection to offshore wind power in Northern Europe (North Sea – Baltic Sea)"

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The Loyola de Palacio Chair will give a €2000 prize to the best PhD thesis. The competition is open to PhD defended after 1st January 2010. In order to participate in the competition please send your PhD thesis to the attention of Dr. Yannick Perez by April, 15^th, 23:59:59 CET

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The article by Karel Beckman in the European Energy Review reports on the pros and cons of the European Gas Target Model,

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The 2nd issue of the Journal "Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy" (EEEP) has now been published. FSR Director Jean-Michel Glachant is Editor-in-Chief and Sophia Ruester (THINK Team Leader) is Managing Editor.

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The 7th Conference on Energy Economics and Technology will take place on 27th April at the Technische Universität Dresden. This year's topic is "Infrastructure for the Energy Transformation". Persons wishing to attend the conference without presenting a paper can register by sending their contact details (name, organization, address, e-mail) to enerday@ee2.biz. Participation is free of charge.

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Matti Supponen Cross-Border Electricity Transmission Investments, EUI RSCAS, 2012/02, Florence School of Regulation, Download the full paper

Vincent Rious, Fabien Roques and Yannick Perez Which Electricity Market Design to Encourage the Development of Demand Response?, EUI RSCAS, 2012/02, Loyola de Palacio Chair, Download the full paper

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FSR Director Jean-Michel Glachant and the two Jean Monnet Fellows Miguel Vazquez and Michelle Hallack have published a new working paper on the Building of Gas Markets

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Tanguy Janssen, Yann Rebours and Philippe Dessante

Tight Volume Coupling: Analytical Model, Adverse Flow Causality and Potential Improvements, EUI RSCAS, 2012/09, Loyola de Palacio Chair

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LdP Jean Monnet Fellow Miguel Vazquez has published a new working paper on the Analysis of the Strategic Use of Forward Contracting in Electricity Markets

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Call for papers for the 12th IAEE European Energy Conference on " Energy challenge and environmental sustainability" September 9-12, 2012 in Venice, Italy, Deadline for abstract submission is 9th April 2012

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On 30-31 May in Paris the Economics of Public Private Partnerships Chair (EPPP) organises a Conference on Contracts, Procurement, and Public-Private Arrangements, focusing on the recent developments in contract theories.

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The IAEE European PhD Day will take place on 9 September at University Ca' Foscari of Venice with the cooperation of the YEEES Association. It provides a platform for presenting an in-depth discussion of research of PhD-students in the field of energy economics. Deadline for abstract submission: 1 June, 2012

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Sophia Ruester (THINK team leader) presented the results of the study on Grid Tarification at the Gas Regulatory Forum at Madrid on 22-23 March.

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The book "Et si le changement climatique nous aidait à sortir de la crise?" by Anaïs Delbosc (CDC Climat) and Christian de Perthuis (Climate Economics Chair) has now been published with le Cavalier Bleu editions.

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The AWEEE is a biannual scientific meeting organised by Fundación Barrié to promote discussion and debate on state-of-the-art research on energy and environmental issues. Authors are invited to submit theoretical and applied papers on this topic.

Deadline for submissions: 31 March

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The book EU Energy Innovation Policy Towards 2050 edited by Jean-Michel Glachant, Nicole Ahner and Leonardo Meeus has now been published. It contains inter alia the research outcome of the THINK tank of DG Energy coordinated by the FSR. Authors include Jean-Michel Glachant, Isabel Azevedo, Leonardo Meeus, Luis Olmos and Sophia Ruester (all FSR).

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Jean-Michel Glachant invites you to the first  FSR webinar entitled "A 'Target Model' for the Internal Gas Market" on 13th March at 11:00-12:00 am CET"

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Please note that the deadline for registering for the FSR SPECIALISED TRAINING COURSE on REGULATION of GAS MARKETS Florence,26-30 March 2011 is TODAY.
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ERRA offers a new training course for emerging countries between 26-30 March in Istanbul, Turkey

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Closing date for submissions to British Institute of Energy Economics Academic Conference is next Thursday March 1^st - European Energy in a Challenging World: The impact of emerging markets - St John's College, Oxford, England, 19-20 September 2012,

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THINK – FSR’s think tank advising DG Energy – has just published a Mid-term BOOKLET, gathering all research results of its first 3 semesters.

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FSR invites to submit proposals for papers for the 1st Annual Conference on the Regulation of Infrastructure Industries by 15th March. The guiding topic is Emerging Regulatory Challenges in the Infrastructures.

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The Florence School is very pleased to announce that the inaugural issue of the Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy led by Editor-in-Chief Jean-Michel Glachant (FSR Director) and Editors Paul L. Joskow and Michael Pollitt is now availiable online visit the website

"EU Involvement in Electricity and Natural Gas Transmission Grid Tarification" by Sophia Ruester, Claudio Marcantonini, Xian He, Jonas Egerer, Christian von Hirschhausen and Jean-Michel Glachant Download

“Offshore Grids: Towards a Least Regret EU Policy” by Leonardo Meeus, Isabel Azevedo, Marcelo Saguan, Jean-Michel Glachant and François Lévêque Download

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FSR Director Jean-Michel Glachant has been nominated Chairman ad interim of the International Energy Regulation Network (IERN)

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The Florence School is pleased to announce the 1st Annual Conference on the Regulation of Infrastructure Industries, bringing together all of the FSR’s expertise in a single event.
The Conference is on June 15^th, deadline for submissions: March 1^st 2012.

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An article describing the mission of FSR Research has been published on the EUI Review.

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Organised by The Economics of Public Private Partnerships Chair this conference focuses on recent developments in contract theories. A special attention will be given to proposals addressing issues related to procurement and public-private arrangements.

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On 22 December 2011 the Climate Change Policy Research Unit of EUI started the new project ’Assessment of EU Climate Policies’. Headed by Prof. Ellerman and Prof. Glachant, the project will carry out and promote evaluation of EU climate policies and provide a forum for EU researchers to discuss this research. A web site will be developed in the course of the project.

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Prof. Ellerman, Director of the Climate Policies Research Unit at EUI, will moderate the discussion with Dr. Barbara Buchner, Director of the Venice office of the Climate Policy Initiative, on the outcomes of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, Durban, South Africa −− Registration is required.

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The book “The Transit Dimension of EU Energy Security – Russian Gas Transit Across Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova” by Katja Yafimava has been now published by Oxford University Press

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The FSR opens the Call for Papers for the Scientific Seminar on “Communications and Media Markets: Emerging Trends and Policy Issues”, 18-19 May 2012. Deadline for application is the 31st of March.

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The book EU Energy Law and Policy Issues, 3rd Edition, by B. Delvaux, M. Hunt, K. Talus (eds.) has been published by Intersentia.

The book contains  inter alia articles by Nicole Ahner (Scientific Coordinator LdP) and Adrien de Hauteclocque (Adviser LdP).

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The book EU Energy Law : Volume VI, The Security of Energy Supply in the European Union edited by Jean-Arnold Vinois (Acting Director, DG Energy) has now been published by Claeys & Casteels.

FSR Director Jean-Michel Glachant and Nicole Ahner (Coordinator LdP) contributed with the Chapter “Is Energy Security the Objective of the EU Energy Policy?”

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