Invitation: Multi-Country Electricity Transition Project | October 14 | EDF Environmental Economics Seminar Series

[Luis Fernandez Intriago]

Dear MES Community, 

The EDF Economics Team is pleased to announce a special Multi-Country Electricity Transition (MCET) Pre-COP 30 Seminar Series featuring recent research advances from our network. The Multi-Country Electricity Transition (MCET) network is a collaborative initiative that supports researchers and institutions across Asia, the Americas, and Africa in developing and applying SWITCH energy planning models to inform their countries' clean energy transitions. Through technical support and small grants, MCET enables teams to enhance modeling capabilities, share methodologies, and generate policy-relevant insights for decarbonizing electricity systems.

To accommodate our global community, we will host two parallel sessions on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. We will present an overview of the MCET project, followed by two research presentations showcasing recent grant outcomes, and conclude with a discussion on network achievements, challenges, and opportunities for strengthening our collective role in addressing the energy transition.

Asia-Friendly Session

• Time:  October 14, 12:00 AM – 1:30 AM ET (Asia afternoon/evening)
• Featured Projects:
  • Modeling Demand-Responsive Pricing for India's Power Sector (Prof. Tarun Sharma, IIT Roorkee)
  • Electricity Retail Pricing as Incentives for Load Optimization in Vietnam (Dr. Thuy Doan, Fulbright University Vietnam)
• Register Here

Americas-Friendly Session

• Time: October 14, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM ET
• Featured Projects:
  • Demand Response Implementation in Chile, Colombia, and Vietnam (Matías Negrete-Pincetic/Vinken team, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
  • Integrating Territorial Justice into Long-Term National Energy Planning Models for Honduras (Ricardo Pineda-Guzman, Sustenta Honduras)
• Register Here

We look forward to sharing these advances in SWITCH modeling and engaging with the broader community of energy systems modeling.

Best,

Luis A. Fernández Intriago

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