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Program for Research in Energy and Emissions Markets – Index

Joe Maisano — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 04:43:31 +0000

The Program for Research in Energy and Emissions Markets (PREEM) at the University of Technology, Sydney aims to develop models and quantitative tools for unified pricing and risk management platforms of energy and environmental markets. It will also work towards the development and introduction of prudential standards for Energy Markets (similar to Basel for Banking and Finance). PREEM will bring together UTS scholars from the School of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science, and School of Finance and Economics, Faculty of Business to work alongside with their domestic and overseas partners.

Upcoming Events:

8th April 2011 – Valuing Power Plants with Spark Spread Options

Recent Events:

22nd March 2011 - Optimization at Work: From Market Design for Emission Trading Schemes towards Robust Risk Measures (Prof. Hans-Jakob Lüthi)

9th March 2011 – Inaugural Seminar – An Industry Prospective

Note that TTA is currently hosting PREEM web postings and email notifications on a temporary basis until University resources are set up to do this.

UTS Launches Program for Energy Research

Joe Maisano — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 04:19:54 +0000

On the 9th of March, 2011, over 100 people from the energy industry and academia gathered to launch the Program for Research in Energy and Emissions Markets (PREEM) at University of Technology, Sydney.

The seminar was very well received with positive feedback received from many who attended. At this stage, PREEM are planning to conduct a seminar such as this one on an annual basis.

The seminar, ‘An Industry Prospective’, featured a number of top speakers from the industry. Their presentations are listed below, for viewing or download.

Dean Price – Electricity Futures and Options (1.3 MB)

Alex Georgievski – Green Commodity Costs (803 KB)

Prof. Paul Simshauser – Boomerang Paradox (397 KB)

Ben Vanderwaal – Delivering Reliability of Supply (840 KB)

Dr. Alex Radchik & Dr. Igor Skryabin – Solar Derivatives (1.9 MB)

The original program and list of topics can be found here.

Note that TTA is currently hosting PREEM web postings and email notifications on a temporary basis until University resources are set up to do this. For the latest PREEM news including presentations of past events, please visit the PREEM index page.

PREEM Inaugural Seminar

Welcome from Prof. Erik Schlögl, director of QFRC

Prof. Alex Novikov introduces PREEM

Dean Price speaking on the Futures Markets

Alex Georgievski speaking on Green Commodity Costs

Prof. Paul Simshauser speaking on Fuel Poverty

Ben Vanderwaal speaking on Reliability of Supply

This event was made possible due to these event sponsors

Dr. Alex Radchik speaking on Solar Derivatives

Program for Research in Energy and Emissions Markets at UTS

Joe Maisano — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 22:48:40 +0000

A new Program for Research in Energy and Emissions Markets has been established by the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). This Program aims to create links between the University and the energy industry via short courses, seminars and postgraduate research. The Program runs within the University’s Quantitative Finance Research Centre (QFRC).

In order to mark the establishment of this Program, the QFRC is inviting industry participants, academics and others to its inaugural seminar ’An Energy Industry Prospective’ on Wednesday, the 9th of March. Confirmed speakers from the industry include Professor Paul Simshauser (Chief Economist & Group Head of Corporate Affairs, AGL Energy Limited), Ben Vanderwaal (Managing Director, ROAM Consulting Pty Ltd) and Dean Price (General Manager, d-cyphaTrade).

More information can be found at http://www.qfrc.uts.edu.au/energy/prospective.html

To RSVP, please contact Caroline Dobson, Ph. 9514 774

Trading Technology Australia is proud to support this Program.

Former VENCorp CEO to Lead AEMO

Joe Maisano — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:45:00 +0000

Matt Zema, former CEO of VENCorp has been appointed the CEO of the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO). Commencing operations on 1 July 2009, the AEMO takes over the roles of NEMMCO, VENCorp, the Electricity Supply Industry Planning Council (ESIPC), the Retail Energy Market Company (REMCO), the Gas Market Company (GMC) and the Gas Retail Market Operator (GRMO). Brian Spalding, current CEO of NEMMCO, becomes the AEMO’s head of Operations.