Webinar | Integrating Renewable Energy into the Grid
Integrating renewable energy sources into a national grid poses some challenges, especially when the grid is dominated by baseload production. Electricity design expert Professor Thomas-Olivier Léautier discusses these challenges, focusing on grids dominated by baseload nuclear production.
Speaker
Professor Thomas-Olivier Léautier, Toulouse School of Economics, France, and Electricite de France (EDF)
Thomas-Olivier Léautier is a professor of management at the University of Toulouse and a research director at the Toulouse School of Economics in France. He currently serves as EDF’s Chief Economist and Director of the Corporate University for Management. Thomas-Olivier has worked in the electricity power industry for more than 20 years, and published numerous scientific articles on the design of electricity markets. Professor Léautier holds a PhD in Economics and a Master of Transportation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, USA; a Master of Science from École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, France; and a Bachelor of Science from Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, France.
Event host
Associate Professor Guillaume Roger, Centre for Global Business (CGB), Monash Business School
A/Professor Roger is the founder and coordinator of the Australian Energy Markets Initiative (AEMI), which was introduced by CGB to spur academic research, policy formulation and industry engagement in the electricity sector in Australia. Guillaume also holds appointments as an Associate Director of the Monash Energy Institute and a Co-Director of the Grid Innovation Hub. His research focuses on incentive design and dynamic contracts under moral hazard and has been published in top field journals in economic theory.
Organised by
Centre for Global Business’ (CGB) Australian Energy Market Initiative (AEMI), Monash Business School
Event Details
- Date:
- 11 May 2021 at 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Venue:
- Online - Melbourne time
Description
Integrating renewable energy sources into a national grid poses some challenges, especially when the grid is dominated by baseload production. Electricity design expert Professor Thomas-Olivier Léautier discusses these challenges, focusing on grids dominated by baseload nuclear production.
Speaker
Professor Thomas-Olivier Léautier, Toulouse School of Economics, France, and Electricite de France (EDF)
Thomas-Olivier Léautier is a professor of management at the University of Toulouse and a research director at the Toulouse School of Economics in France. He currently serves as EDF’s Chief Economist and Director of the Corporate University for Management. Thomas-Olivier has worked in the electricity power industry for more than 20 years, and published numerous scientific articles on the design of electricity markets. Professor Léautier holds a PhD in Economics and a Master of Transportation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, USA; a Master of Science from École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, France; and a Bachelor of Science from Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, France.
Event host
Associate Professor Guillaume Roger, Centre for Global Business (CGB), Monash Business School
A/Professor Roger is the founder and coordinator of the Australian Energy Markets Initiative (AEMI), which was introduced by CGB to spur academic research, policy formulation and industry engagement in the electricity sector in Australia. Guillaume also holds appointments as an Associate Director of the Monash Energy Institute and a Co-Director of the Grid Innovation Hub. His research focuses on incentive design and dynamic contracts under moral hazard and has been published in top field journals in economic theory.
Organised by
Centre for Global Business’ (CGB) Australian Energy Market Initiative (AEMI), Monash Business School