Paris was very nice; so was Provence.

At the Global Windpower 2002 Conference, I presented my paper; The Effect That the Kyoto Protocol Will Have on the Cost of Wind Energy in the Signatory Countries.  

ABSTRACT:

Green House Gases (GHG) emissions are causing global warming. This paper focuses oncarbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions, the major GHG.  The paper discusses the effect that the Kyoto Protocol will have on the cost of wind electricity in signature countries. Burning fossil fuels to generate electricity creates CO₂ air emissions. Wind generated electricity has no CO₂ emissions.  At the 1992  “Earth Summit” in Rio, the UN FCCC was adopted by the earth’s nations. At the 1997 COP-03 in Kyoto, a Protocol to the FCCC was adopted. The Kyoto Protocol sets a time period (commitment period) by which certain signature (Annex I) nations must reduce the amount (assigned amounts) of GHG emissions that they can emit. The paper first studies the Kyoto Protocol provisions for international bubbles international emissions trading, joint implementation (JI), the clean development mechanism (CDM), and wind electricity.  The Kyoto Protocol allows each Annex I nation to design their own GHG emission control system. The paper next discusses wind and the major GHG emission architectures; cap and command, cap and trade and carbon tax. At the end of the paper is a summary of the effect that the Protocol will have on the cost of wind power.

If you did not have time to meet with me while we were both at the Global Windpower 2002 Conference in Paris, you can arrange an appointment at my office in Chicago.

Chicago has great hotels and restaurants. It is convenient to fly to Chicago from Paris as well as from other departure points all over the planet Earth.

I look forward to seeing you in Chicago.