Solutions for Governments
Investment sometimes falls simply not by technological limitations or lower cost alternatives short because of various market immaturity barriers such as non-standardized risks (both real and perceived), elevated transaction costs, policy uncertainty, and basic knowledge gaps in what renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies are, how they work, and whether they're reliable and financially viable.
Electricity Market Modelling and Financial Risk Management Instruments for Renewable Energy Projects
My research interest is in development of computational tools to combine our simulations of locational power markets with capacity expansion models, long-run marginal cost (LRMC) models, stochastic models of power and fuel prices based on spot and forward market data, and portfolio and risk management models, as well as cost-benefit and financial valuation models.
These computational tool development aim to offer expertise in related subject areas, including industry structure and regulatory policy, fuel markets and environmental compliance matters, analysis of mergers and acquisitions, support of market-based rates applications, financial evaluation of procurement and risk management decisions, economic damages, and litigation support.
- Computational tool development for valuation of generation and transmission assets
- Computational tool development for transmission planning efforts and cost-benefit analysis of transmission upgrades
- Computational tool development for new pricing methods using advanced quantitative tools and software;
- Computational tool development for designing, engineering and operating standards and verification for new technologies;
- Computational tool development for economic analysis of vertical market power
- Computational tool development for quantification of demand response benefits
- Computational tool development for evaluation of regional transmission organization (RTO) choices and seams
- Computational tool development for assessment of industry restructuring and market design features on prices, fuel use, and inter-regional power flows
- Computational tool development for evaluation and calibration of clients in-house simulation models
- Computational tool development for optimization of a diversified, balanced renewable power production portfolio and an appropriate transmission infrastructure.
- Computational tool development for identifying the main challenges faced by the insurance and renewable energy industries;
- Computational tool development for assessing current risk management mechanisms, and developing new ones;
- Computational tool development for analysing Public-Private approaches to financial risk management for the renewable energy sector;
- Computational tool development for encouraging greater engagement by private financial institutions to finance renewable energy projects in emerging markets and developing countries.
- Computational tool development for improving the flow of information about real insurance risks and the most adequate insurance cover;
- Computational tool development for insurance facilities addressing renewable energy business needs; and renewable energy projects.
- Computational tool development for determination of contract damages in support of settlement discussions and contract renegotiations