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WORKSHOP
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 2009 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.
Electricity sector restructuring
Professor AJ Goulding
Each student will pick a topic and a company or institution. The company should be one at which they, the professor, or other individuals at the Center have personal connections with, so as to facilitate direct contact with company leaders. Students should also choose a backup company or institution, should high level meetings prove impossible to arrange with the student’s first choice. Students will be required to choose a diverse set of topics across the electricity supply chain and from different geographic locations, so as to allow for the creation of a useful case library starting from the completion of the first semester. Not all case studies are likely to be deemed worthy of electronic or print publication, however, the purpose of limiting the class size is to assure that there is a high degree of interaction between the professor and students, and to provide a degree of professional social pressure to perform to a high standard.
Urban Energy Policy
Professor Steven Hammer
In late 2007, a new Shanghai-based NGO known as the Joint US-China Cooperation on Clean Energy (JUCCCE) was asked to develop a training module on local energy policymaking that can be inserted into the mayoral training program operated by the China Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Dr. Hammer has been assisting JUCCCE with the design of the energy training program.
This workshop will help in the preparation of case studies identifying "best practice" energy efficiency strategies that Chinese cities should pursue. These case studies will cover a wide array of policy areas, including transportation, energy efficient buildings, renewable energy and other clean power generation projects, and project finance.
One key challenge will be defining what constitutes best practice. There are many "best practice" manuals targeting city-level activities, including those prepared by the C40, ICLEI, Energie-Cites, the Rocky Mountain Institute, etc., so our first task will be to survey key urban stakeholders to assess how they define best practice, and learn what type of information they believe should be included in a case study, to make it maximally effective.
Because one of the priorities is to make the case studies China-relevant, students will engage with experts on China to understand how a concept deemed successful in one city may need to change to be a success in China. Students will also be required to consider what type of policy support/changes may be necessary to ensure a project's success.
Once a case study is completed, it will be immediately sent to JUCCCE for translation and posting on the JUCCCE Web site.
Over the course of the term, each student will be responsible for the development of several case studies. To the maximum extent possible, students will be allowed to focus on case study topics of greatest personal or professional interest.
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