Training & Workshops

Taiwan Environment Protection Administration (Taipei, Taiwan) – Special workshop on Global and Regional Energy Modeling

Title: 2005 – Conference of Energy Models Users’Group: Global and Regional Energy Modeling
Host: Taiwan Environment Protection Administration
Venue: Taiwan Environment Protection Administration (Taipei, Taiwan)
Date:  April 4-7, 2005
Contacts:  GianCarlo Tosato

Programme – Summary
April 4, 2005 – Workshop Day 1
April 5, 2005 – Workshop Day 2
April 6, 2005 – Workshop Day 3
April 7, 2005 – Invitation Only Meetings

April 4, 2005

Workshop Day 1

8:30 – 9:00
Registration

9:00 – 9:10
Opening: Dr. GianCarlo Tosato, Conference Committee Chair

9:10 – 9:30
Welcome Speech
Dr. Rong-i Wu, Vice Premier, Executive Yuan
Dr. Jiunn-rong Yeh, Executive Director, National Sustainable Development Council, Executive Yuan
Dr. Juu-en Chang, Minister, TEPA

9:30 – 9:50
Welcome and Introduction of ETSAP
Dr. Hertsel Labib, Chairman of ETSAP

Keynote Speech
Dr. Robert Dixon, Council on Environmental Quality, Executive Office of the United States President

10:15 – 10:40
Coffee Break

Private Financing for Certified Emission Reductions
Owen Carroll, SUNY Stony Brook and Magnet Group, US; John Lee, Brookhaven National laboratory, US

Regional Energy and Environmental Issues In Central America
Marco Gonzalez, Central American Commission on Energy and Development, CA

Technology dynamics, Energy Scenarios and Social perspectives
GianCarlo Tosato, IEA/ETSAP, Project head, Italy

The Effect of Carbon Tax on CO2 Emission and the Economy of Taiwan –  An Application of DGEMT Model
Chi-Yuan Liang, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

CARIBELATE: An Organizational Template for Incubation and Diffusion of GHG Emissions Reduction Technologies
Edward Linky, US Environmental Protection Agency; John Lee, Brookhaven National laboratory, US

Lunch (Host: TEPA)

Energy Policy Analysis Using MARKAL in the ASEAN Region
Hugh Bannister, EPSAP, Australia

Regionalization of US DOE MARKAL
Paul Friley, Firas Barazi, and John Lee, Brookhaven National laboratory, US

Modelling of Regional Energy Collaboration in the Nordic Countries
Erik Ahlgren, Anna Krook Riekkola, and Thomas Unger, Sweden

NE-MARKAL: An Energy/Economic/Environment Framework for Exploring Regional Policy Options in the Northeast United States
Gary Kleiman and Ren-Tseng Young

Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, US

15:55 – 16:20
Coffee Break

Recent developments of World MARKAL/TIMES Scenarios Done at GERAD
Maryse Labriet, Group for Research in Decision Analysis, Canada

Integrated Energy Planning and GHG Emission Reduction in Central America: Development of a Regional MARKAL Model
Ta-hsiung Lin, Soon-Ching Ho, Hui-Chen Chien, TEPA Taiwan, James Lu and Marsha Tsai, ITRI, John Lee and Vatsal Bhatt, and Ann Reisman National Laboratory, US

18:00 – 20:00
Welcome Dinner (Host: TEPA)

April 5, 2005

Workshop Day 2

The strategies of TEPA for Climate Change and the role Markal Model plays
Fung-Luh Yeh, Soon-Ching Ho, Hui-Chen Chien, TEPA Taiwan

An Assessment of the China Power-Generation Sector
Socrates Kypreos and Robert Krakowski, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland

Analysis of Taiwan’s Future Energy Structure under the Clean Energy
Development Goal, Bureau of Energy, Taiwan

A Model Analysis of Energy Network in Zero Emission Industrial Park
Shimazaki Yoichi, University of Yamanashi, Japan

Current MARKAL Applications in Taiwan
Jhy-Ming Lu, Miao-Shan Tsai, Kuei-Lan Chou and Yu-Feng Chou, ERL, ITRI,Taiwan

11:05 – 11:25
Coffee Break

A Portfolio Approach in Local Energy Planning: The Case of New York City
John Lee, Vatsal Bhatt, Edward Linky, and Owen Carroll, US.

An Economy-wide Analysis of Policy Responses of Taiwan to Stabilize CO2 Emissions
Shih-Hsun Hsu, Han-Pang Su, Hsing-Chun Lin, and Du-Hwa Li, TaiwanUniversity, Taiwan

MARKAL Modeling in Vietnam

12:40 – 14:00
Lunch (Host: TEPA)

National and Local Modeling (Continued)
MARKAL Modeling in Cambodia

MARKAL Modeling in Myanmar

Issues in Energy and Environmental Planning
Issues in Energy and Environmental Planning
Luis Ake , Belize

Issues in Energy and Environmental Planning
Fernando Alvarado , Costa Rico

15:40 – 16:05
Coffee Break

Issues in Energy and Environmental Planning
Salvador Rivas , El Salvador

Issues in Energy and Environmental Planning
Gerardo Salgado, Honduras

Issues in Energy and Environmental Planning
Carlos Mansilla, Guatemala

19:00
Welcome Dinner (Host: BOE)

April 6, 2005

Workshop Day 3

Issues in Energy and Environmental Planning
Marina Stadthagen , Nicaragua

Issues in Energy and Environmental Planning
Eduardo Reyes, Panama

Issues in Energy and Environmental Planning
Tumentsogt Tsevegmid, Mongolia

10:15 – 10:30
Coffee Break

Mathematical Tools for Economic Programming Energy Models
GianCarlo Tosato, IEA/ETSAP and. Alain Haurie , Switzerland

Panel Discussion: Issues on Modelling Needs and International Cooperation, Concluding Remarks

12:30 – 13:30
Lunch (Host: TEPA) April 6, Morning

13:30 – 15:30
Optional Site Visit to Hsinchu Science Park (HSP) (Host: ITRI)

19:30 – 20:30
Farewell Dinner (Host: ETSAP)