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Keywords: Energy economics, climate change policy, oil sands, renewable energy, environmental law, constitutional law
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Market Impacts of Geographic Dispersion of Wind Energy in Alberta Invited to present poster at CanWEA Annual Conference.T06-P05 University of Alberta Activity 2019-10-09 T06-P05 Market impacts of geographic dispersion of wind energy in Alberta Speak and present poster at The Future of Alberta's Electricity System SymposiumT06-P05 University of Alberta Activity 2019-11-06 T06-P05 Backcasting utility-scale solar market impacts in Alberta Speak and present poster at The Future of Alberta's Electricity System SymposiumT06-P05 University of Alberta Activity 2019-11-06 T06-P05 Market Impacts of Wind Energy in Alberta Abstract selected to present poster at FES Industry Mixer Research to the Real WorldT06-P05 University of Alberta Activity 2020-02-20 T06-P05 Carbon price pass-through in electricity market Invited to present paper "Carbon price pass-through in electricity market" at 2019 AERE Summer ConferenceT06-P05 University of Alberta, University of Calgary Activity 2019-05-31 T06-P05 Interview with Terra Informa Interviewed for Terra Informa podcast following The Future of Alberta's Electricity System symposiumT06-P05 University of Alberta Activity 2019-12-09 T06-P05 2019 Electricity Symposium: The Future of Alberta's Electricity System A symposium hosted by the Alberta School of Business’ Centre for Applied Business Research in Energy and the Environment and Future Energy Systems. This one-day conference featured a variety of speakers and participants from different parts of the electricity industry to provide clarity and advance conversations between stakeholders in Alberta’s electricity system.
Keynote speakers: Senator Paula Simons, Minister Sonya Savage, Jillian Buriak
Panel topics included:
Alberta's evolving electricity market
What's next for renewables and storage in Alberta?
Climate change risk, disclosure, and strategy.
Research Spotlights:
CABREE Electricity Modelling Team
Michael Craig, University of Michigan, Electricity Systems in a Changing Climate
Sam Harrison, University of Toronto, Carbon Pricing and the Ontario Electricity marketT06-P05 University of Alberta Activity 2019-11-06 T06-P05 2018 Electricity Symposium: The Future of Alberta's Electricity System A one-day conference addressing topical issues surrounding Albert'a energy market. Featuring a variety of speakers and participants from different parts of the electricity industry to provide clarity and advance conversations between stakeholders in Alberta's electricity system.
Keynote speakers: Christy Clark, Arlene Strom, Julia Pyper
Panel topics included:
Uncertainty in Alberta's electricity market
The impact of policy changes on electricity markets
Alberta's electricity industry to 2030
Research Spotlights:
UofA/EPCOR Distributed Energy Resource Integration Study
David Brown, UofA: The importance of retail rate design and the value of behind-the-meter solar energy storage
T06-P05 University of Alberta Activity 2018-10-04 T06-P05 Power Demand in the Time of COVID In response to COVID-19, governments across Canada and around the world have instituted various degrees of physical distancing restrictions. While these are essential to protecting public health and limit ultimate economic damage, they have led to a contraction of near-term economic activity. We use power demand information to track this evolution. T06-P05 University of Alberta, University of Calgary Publication 2020-05-09 T06-P05 Calibrating Canadian Wind Atlas Data to Historic Market Performance Examining historic market data from wind farms in Albert and comparing it to the Canadian Wind Atlas. Developing dynamic loss coefficient in order to use the data to develop typical meteorological year output for geographic dispersion modelling.T06-P05, T14-P04 University of Alberta Publication 2020-08-01 T06-P05, T14-P04 Market impacts of geographically dispersed wind farms in Alberta Simulating wind energy developments in Northern Alberta to examine the potential market benefits of wind farm operations in regions with less correlated weather regimes than historical locations.T06-P05, T14-P04 University of Alberta Publication 2022-04-30 T06-P05, T14-P04 Toward Sustainable Electricity Markets: Merit-Order Dynamics on Photovoltaic Energy Price Duck Curve and Emissions Displacement Using historical merit order curves, this work examines the displacement of other market participants as solar fleets are built into Alberta's electricity marketT06-P05 University of Alberta Publication 2025-05-18 T06-P05 Mapping The Evolution of Canada’s Wind Energy Fleet Wind energy has grown steadily in Canada since the early 2000s, over which time there has been significant technology change. This work examines the changes in wind farm configurations and sizes across the country during the past 20 years.T06-P05, T14-P04 University of Alberta Publication 2022-07-01 T06-P05, T14-P04 Wind power emissions displacement in Alberta's electricity market Wind energy can generate emissions offsets in Alberta's greenhouse gas emissions framework. The work examines historical generators displacement as a result of wind farms in Alberta by examining marginal dispatch in the Alberta merit order over the past 8 years.T06-P05 University of Alberta Publication 2020-07-01 T06-P05 Modelling wind-hydrogen storage in Alberta’s electricity market Examining the opportunity, constraints, performance and economic requirements for green hydrogen system viability in Alberta’s electricity market. Economic viability will depend on exogenous variables including carbon pricing, natural gas futures, as well as forecasts for renewable curtailment or arbitrage opportunities in Alberta’s electricity market under varying renewable energy fleet scenarios.T06-P05, T14-P04 University of Alberta Publication 2021-05-01 T06-P05, T14-P04 Canadian Electricity Markets during the COVID -19 Pandemic: An Initial Assessment T06-P05 University of Alberta, University of Calgary Publication 2020-08-01 T06-P05 Alberta’s quiet but resilient electricity transition ● Alberta’s phase-out of coal-fired electricity has been an underreported climate policy success, expected to result in a 40 MtCO2/yr reduction in GHG emissions by 2030.
● Mutually reinforcing regulatory and pricing policies at the provincial and federal levels have helped ensure the durability of the phaseout through major political transitions.
● Natural gas-fired generation now dominates Alberta’s electricity sector; the pathway to future decarbonization of the sector remains uncertain.
● While the rapid electricity transition has enabled provincewide emissions reductions in recent years, continued expansion of oil sands emissions threatens Alberta’s progress.
T06-P05 University of Alberta Publication 2021-05-16 T06-P05 Ana Patricia Oliver Hernandez Ana had finished her undergrad in business (accounting) prior to her visit. Supervised by Andrew LeachT06-P05 University of Alberta Activity 2022-05-04 T06-P05 Optimizing Photovoltaic Output in a Northern Market T06-P05 University of Alberta Publication 2022-04-30 T06-P05 Biomass’ role in Greener Albertan Electricity Generation T06-P05 University of Alberta Publication 2022-04-30 T06-P05 Alberta’s Renewable Electricity Program: Design, Results, and Lessons Learned We present a case study and analysis of Alberta's Renewable Electricity Program, one of a suite of policies implemented between 2015 and 2019 to increase the share of renewable generation in the Canadian province's fossil-fuel-dominated electricity system. The program consisted of a series of reverse auctions for contracts-for-differences which provided successful proponents with a project-specific guaranteed price for power generation. We find that the Renewable Electricity Program was successful in three important ways. First, it contracted for new renewable generation at prices in the range of CA$30 to CA$43/MWh (US$23 to US$33/MWh), well below expectations and among the lowest procurement costs globally at the time. These contracts have resulted in gains to the government of CA$75.5 million (US$60 million) to date. Second, the program ushered new entrants into Alberta's power market, including through mandated Indigenous equity participation in one round of auctions. Third, we find that price discovery and the incentive to develop new projects provided by the program spurred privately-financed development. While the program was a success, we argue that its design did not adequately reward high-value generation, which could have become an issue in future auction rounds. We analyse design alternatives that would have improved the program's dynamic efficiency.T06-P05 University of Alberta, University of Calgary Publication 2022-12-01 T06-P05 A Wind Offset Paradox: Alberta’s Wind Fleet Displacing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Depressing Future Offset Values Alberta's electricity system has undergone a major transition phasing out coal in less than a decade despite the fact it supplied nearly two-thirds of the market when the transition began. Renewable energy is growing as part of this change, including wind and solar. Significant support for wind energy has come from offset credits in Alberta. policy, which credits wind (and other renewables) with a mix of build and operating margin emissions. This paper looks at historic hourly marginal emissions over the past 10 years and to examine how wind energy's emissions displacement has changed over this timeframe and what that might mean for emissions credits in the future.T06-P05 University of Alberta Publication 2025-01-24 T06-P05 Alberta’s Path to Net-Zero Market model of Alberta's electricity system out to 2035 to examine technology and policy suites approaching net-zeroT06-P05 University of Alberta Activity 2024-05-23 T06-P05 Green with Envy? Hydrogen production in a carbon-constrained world T06-P05 University of Alberta Publication 2024-01-01 T06-P05 Between Doom and Denial Book published in 2023 on climate change and the energy transition.T06-P05 University of Alberta Publication 2023-10-01 T06-P05 Danielle Smith may be grandstanding, but Canada’s Clean Electricity Regulations do need a fix Op-ed on the clean electricity regulationsT06-P05 University of Calgary, University of Alberta Publication 2023-10-10 T06-P05 The Perils of Promising a Costless Energy Transition opinion piece in the Globe and Mail building off my book and lecture seriesT06-P05 University of Alberta Publication 2023-10-10 T06-P05 McGill Max Bell Lectures Inaugural speaker, featured in 3 lectures (Ottawa, Calgary, Montreal)T06-P05 University of Alberta Activity 2024-05-21 T06-P05 Revenue-optimized photovoltaic orientation in a northern competitive electricity market with carbon offsets Optimizing solar orientation for maximum revenues as Alberta’s fleet growsT06-P05 University of Alberta Publication 2023-10-03 T06-P05 Alberta’s wind fleet displacing greenhouse gas emissions and depressing future offset values T06-P05 University of Alberta Activity 2024-10-24 T06-P05 Alberta’s path to net-zero electricity under alternative policies Market model of Alberta's electricity system out to 2035 to examine technology and policy suites approaching net-zeroT06-P05 University of Alberta Publication 2025-05-16 T06-P05 Canada’s post-COVID Climate Challenge Climate policymaking in crisis: the impact of declining oil prices, COVID-19, and the Ukraine war in CanadaT06-P05 University of Alberta Publication 2025-05-15 T06-P05
