Launch of the Renewable Energy Superpower Plan, Melbourne

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Renewable Energy Superpowers will be nations with abundant, high quality renewable energy resources as well as skills and industrial capacity. Renewable energy resources are not equivalent in all nations. The cost of generating power can more than halve across the typical range of wind or solar conditions. This is the new energy advantage. Low cost energy, combined with land availability for harvesting, and the industrial capacity to utilise energy, are the building blocks for Renewable Energy Superpowers About our speakers: Gerard Drew - Beyond Zero Emissions Gerard is an engineer with ten years experience in automotive design and development in Australia and Asia. Gerard is now the head of research at Beyond Zero Emissions - a climate solutions think-tank based in Melbourne, Australia. While at BZE Gerard has authored a number of research reports on transport, energy and economics. Recent reports include Zero Carbon Australia High Speed Rail, Fossil Economy, Carbon Crisis and most recently Renewable Energy Superpower. Professor Ross Garnaut - University of Melbourne Professor Garnaut is a Professorial Research Fellow in Economics at the University of Melbourne (since 2008). He was the senior economic policy official in Papua New Guinea’s Department of Finance in the years straddling Independence in 1975, principal economic adviser to Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke 1983-1985, and Australian Ambassador to China 1985-1988. Professor Karen Hussey - Deputy Director Global Change Institute Deputy Director, Global Change Institute Proffesor Hussey is Deputy Director at the Global Change Institute at The University of Queensland, a position she took up in September 2015. Trained as a political scientist and economist, Karen undertakes research in the field of public policy and governance, with a particular interest in public policy relating to sustainable development. Her recent research has focused on water and energy security, the role of the state in climate change mitigation and adaptation, the links between international trade and environmental regulation, and the peculiarities of public policy in federal and supranational systems. Karen Hussey is Deputy Director at the Global Change Institute at The University of Queensland, a position she took up in September 2015. Trained as a political scientist and economist, Karen undertakes research in the field of public policy and governance, with a particular interest in public policy relating to sustainable development. Her recent research has focused on water and energy security, the role of the state in climate change mitigation and adaptation, the links between international trade and environmental regulation, and the peculiarities of public policy in federal and supranational systems. - See more at: http://www.gci.uq.edu.au/professor-karen-hussey#sthash.4WmfmTWl.dpuf Fergus Green - Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (UK) Fergus Green is primarily responsible for providing academic and policy-related research assistance and advice to Professor Stern. He is also a Policy Analyst within the Institute’s Policy Team, working on projects relating to international climate cooperation, climate policy in China, and various theoretical topics concerning the ethics and politics of climate change mitigation policy. Tim Buckley - Energy Finance Studies, Australasia, at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) Tim Buckley has 25 years of financial markets experience, having spent the majority of this time as a top-rated equities research analyst in Australia, with some time covering global and Asian equity markets. Buckley is co-founder and managing director of Arkx Investment Management, an investor in leading global-listed clean energy companies. Additionally, Arkx consults in the low carbon finance sector, providing an international perspective into the Australian market. Tim was with Citigroup for 17 years, culminating in his role as Managing Director and Head of Australasian Equity Research for the last six years. He is highly experienced at analyzing and valuing listed equity investments.