The Atlantic Workshop on Energy and Environmental Economics is a biannual scientific meeting organized by Fundación Barrié, Economics for Energy and the research group rede at the University of Vigo. The workshop has become an important outlet for the discussion and debate on state-of-the-art research on energy and environmental issues, with a limited number of participants coming from all around the world. The call for papers is now open. Full information in www.eforenergy.org/toxa.

Carmen Becerril, President of Acciona Energía, lectured on global energy trends and lessons for Spain. The event, in collaboration with the Barrié Foundation, took place in the headquarters of the foundation in A Coruña.

Lutz Kilian, professor at the University of Michigan and a leading energy economist, was in charge of the open session of the annual workshop of Economics for Energy. His presentation was devoted to the economic impacts of oil demand and supply shocks, and was organized in collaboration with the Areces Foundation in its Madrid headquarters.

In collaboration with the Areces Foundation and with the support of FEEM, Economics for Energy has organized its second workshop devoted to the study and debate on the main research lines of the center. The workshop brought together prestigious international experts in the field of energy economics and was directed to an audience (by invitation) of leading representatives of firms, public administrations and Universities. The workshop was closed with a keynote lecture by Lutz Kilian (Michigan), open to the general public.

The second annual report of Economics for Energy was presented on Tuesday 29 November 2011 at the Comisión Nacional de Energía (Madrid). The introductory speech was given by Tomas Gomez, director of the Comisión Nacional de Energía. Afterwards Xavier Labandeira and Pedro Linares, directors of Economics for Energy, presented the report and answered question from the audience. The full version of the report and its executive summary are available for download in the publicactions section of our webpage.

Emiliano López-Atxurra, partner of IBK and member of the board of directors of BBK Bank, Gas Natural Fenosa and Petronor, gave the inaugural lecture of the master in management of sustainable development to a large group of students, academics and business representatives. Atxurra recommended a balanced energy mix to respond to a changing global environment. This activity was carried out in collaboration with Economics for Energy.

José R. Camino, President of Alcoa Spain, Javier Guerra, Galician Minister of Industry, Salustiano Mato, President of the University of Vigo, and Xavier Labandeira, Director of Economics for Energy, participated in the official delivery of a 350,000 US$ grant to promote advanced research in energy economics through postdoctoral researchers.

In collaboration with the Institute for Fiscal Studies and supported by Alcoa Foundation, Energy Economics organized a Workshop to explore and discuss the present and the future of energy and environmental taxation in Spain.

As part of the Conference Series on Energy, Sustainabillity and Firms, organized by Economics for Energy, rede and the Fundación Barrié, Daniel Rey (Group of Marine and Environmental Geology of the University of Vigo) gave a seminar on scientific exploration to the Great Burato, about 250 miles in front of the Galician coast, to explore the possible gas reserves.

As part of the Conference Series on Energy, Sustainabillity and Firms, organized by Economics for Energy, rede and the Fundación Barrié, Senén Ferreiro (General Director of Valora) gave a seminar on challenges and opportunities that the Economics of Climate Change after Cancun.

In collaboration with the Fundación Areces and with the support of FEEM, Economics for Energy organized its first workshop devoted to the study and debate on the main research lines of the center. Directed to an audience of leading representatives of firms, public administrations and Universities, the workshop had the participation of a significative group of prestigious national and international experts.

As part of the Conference Series on Energy, Sustainabillity and Firms, organized by Economics for Energy, rede and the Fundación Barrié, Dr. Anil Markandya (Director of BC3) gave a seminar on the Economics of Climate Change after Cancun.

The editors, Emilio Cerdá and Xavier Labandeira, presented a book that covers the main economic aspects associated to the application and design of climate change policies. The book includes contributions by 28 prestigious national and international experts, who had joined an Economics for Energy workshop on the issue.

Ibon Galarraga, one of the authors of the book that covers the main economic aspects associated to the application and design of climate change policies, provided information on it during the Cancun summit. The book includes contributions by 28 prestigious national and international experts, who had previously joined an Economics for Energy workshop on the issue.

The first report of Economics for Energy was presented in the Instituto de Estudios Fiscales (Madrid) with the presence of the Secretary of State for Climate Change, the General Director of the IEF, the Directors of Economics for Energy and the co-author of the report.

As part of the Conference Series on Energy, Sustainabillity and Firms, organized by Economics for Energy, rede and the Fundación Barrié, Rosa García (Alcoa) gave a seminar on Green Policies: Risks and Opportunities.

Economics for Energy joins the Fundación Barrié and the research group rede, of the University of Vigo, in the organization of the Atlantic Workshop on Energy and Environmental Economics. In its fourth edition, the workshop had as its guiding issue green tax reforms, with extended presentations on the issue by Gilbert Metcalf and Agnar Sandmo.

In February 2010 Economics for Energy organized an international workshop on climate change policies, in collaboration with ICEI (Complutense University). WIth the presence of prestigious international experts, such as the nobel prize recipient James Mirrlees, the workshop dealt with the main economic aspects associated to the design and effects of those policies, for an audience of leading representatives of firms and public administration.