The Workshop in International Energy Management and Policy provides second-year IEMP students with the opportunity to apply what they have learned from their coursework, internships and prior work experience to real-world consulting engagements. Students work in teams with a faculty supervisor to assist clients on energy-focused assignments.

There will be three IEMP workshops in Spring 2008 semester:

Development
Professors Philip LaRocco and Ellen Morris

The client is E+Co, a non-profit investment company for energy enterprises in developing countries. E+Co’s mission is to empower local small and medium enterprises that supply clean, modern and affordable energy to households, businesses and communities in developing countries. E+Co provides a combination of enterprise development services and investment to local enterprises; resulting in access to energy for those using traditional, expensive, unhealthy and unreliable energy as well as the elimination of energy waste by offsetting fossil fuel use.

The workshop will concentrate on an analysis and validation of actual transactions, projects or partnerships aimed at delivering modern energy to un-served or under-served populations in developing countries. The workshop will be a combination of investigation and evaluation of energy investments and small businesses in a set of developing countries combined with fieldwork in Ghana to get a first-hand view of energy enterprises serving the poor.

The course will be co-taught by Phil LaRocco, E+Co Executive Director and Ellen Morris, from Sustainable Energy Solutions, a consulting firm that advises energy practitioners and programs on energy and development, and more specifically in the area of energy and microfinance.

Admission is limited and interested students should visit CourseWorks for further information.

Finance
Professors Reider Brekke and David Nissen

The client is an American technology company planning an Initial Public Offering.

The class will serve as consultant in support of the financing due diligence. Tasks will include support of market assessment, business plan development, and financial evaluation.

Admission is limited and Interested students should visit CourseWorks for further information.

New York City Economic Development Corporation
Professor Stephen Hammer

The client is the New York City Office of Long-term Planning and Sustainability. This workshop's task is to develop a primer for local authorities on how they might participate in various carbon markets, using New York City as a case study. The team will be responsible for analyzing various voluntary and mandatory carbon markets operating around the world (e.g., Chicago Climate Exchange, European Trading Scheme, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, etc.), to determine how each market is structured, what type of deals are typically eligible, what deals are typically worth, etc. This information will then be applied to New York City government operations and private sector activity around New York to explore how local stakeholders might be able to structure different initiatives (landfill gas capture, changes in fuels used by local vehicle fleets, etc.) to harness the financial benefits available through different carbon markets.

An important part of the research will also explore how these markets might be restructured so they are more "urban" friendly, an important consideration given that many claim that the vast majority of the world's energy use (and carbon emissions) occur in cities.

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