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My PAPER at WINDPOWER 2008, June 1-4, Houston, TX
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My PRESENTATION at the 2008 European Wind Energy Conference, 31 March-3 April, Brussels. Belgium
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My VISIT to PARIS, 26 March - 15 April 2008
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MY VISIT to Georgetown, CO 5-15 Febrary 2008
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My PAPERS are Cited in Other Published Papers
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MY QUOTE in the Northwestern Alumni Magazine, Winter, 2007
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MY GHG Emissions Papers Will Help You Understand Global Warming
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My PAPER, "The Economics of Storing Wind Electricity as Hydrogen" at WindPower 2007 June 3-6 Los Angeles, CA USA
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My PAPER, "The Technology of Storing Wind Electrcity as Hydrogen" at the European Wind Energy Conference, 7-10 May, 2007, Milan, Italy
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My First BLOG (April 5, 2007) on the New York Times Web Site
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My PAPER at the POWER GEN Renewable Energy and Fuels Conference, March 6-8, 2007, Las Vegas, NV
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My PRESENTATION "Reporting the Wind Story" At the Seminar "Reporting Energy Issues in the Midwest", Sponsored by the Foundation for American Communications, Urbana, IL September 14, 2006
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My ATTENDANCE at SOLAR 2006, July 8-13, 2006, Denver, CO
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My ATTENDANCE at WINDPOWER 2006, June 4-7, 2006, Pittsburgh, PA
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My ATTENDANCE at the AWEA RPS Workshop, March 7-8, 2006, Chicago, IL
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My Letter to the Editor of SPARK, November, 2005
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My "US Energy Sources and Uses" Interview on KYGT, Clear Creek County, CO Public Radio
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My ANSWERS to Certain Questions Concerning Illinois' 2005 Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)
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My 2005 COMMENTS to Illinois Commerce Commision Concerning lllinois' Renewable Portfolio Standard
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My October 4 Speech to the Sierra Club, Chicago Group, North Shore Program
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VISIT to Washington, DC 23-30 June 2005
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COMMENTS Quoted in Newspapers or Magazines
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PUBLISHED "Letter to the Editor" in Crain's Chicago Business
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UNPUBLISHED Letters to the Editor
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My PAPER Published in the February, 2005 Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
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My PAPER Published in the August, 2002 Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
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My PAPER World Renewable Energy Conference-VIII, Denver, CO USA, August 29-September 3, 2004
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MY PAPER California Climate Change Center's First Annual Conference on Climate Change, June 9-10, 2004, Sacramento, CA
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My PAPER, National Hydrogen Association 20O4 Convention, April 26-30, 2004, Los Angeles, CA
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MY PAPER-Global WINDPOWER 2004 Conference, Chicago, IL USA, 28-31 March 2004
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MY PAPER-United States Association for Energy Economics-NCAC-Washington, DC, Friday, December 19, 2003
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PAPER-Illinois Economics Association's 33rd Annual Meeting, October 17-18, 2003, Chicago, IL
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PAPER-American Wind Energy Association, WIND 2003 Conference, May 18-21, 2003, Austin, TX
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PAPER-American Solar Energy Society's SOLAR 2003 Conference, June 21-23, 2003, Austin,TX
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MY PAPER-International Solar Energy Society-SOLAR WORLD CONFERENCE 2003-14-19 June 2003,Goteborg, Sweden
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PAPER-European Wind Energy Association-2003 EUROPEAN WIND ENERGY CONFERENCE 16-20 June 2003-Madrid,Spain
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PAPER-National Hydrogen Association's 14th Annual Meeting, March 4-6, 2003, Washington, DC POST CONFERENCE Contact Information
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PAPER, SOLAR 2002, Reno, NV, June 15-20, 2002 POST CONFERENCE Contact Information
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MY PAPER, Global Windpower 2002 Conference, Paris, France, April 2-5, 2002 POST CONFERENCE Contact Information
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My Paper, RIO '02 CONFERENCE--ENERGY POLICIES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE January, 2002 RIO de JANEIRO, BRAZIL--POST Conference Contact Information
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RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITES
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Renewable Energy Investment Opportunities
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SPECIALIZATIONS
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Buying Electricity and Natural Gas in Illinois' Competitive Energy Market
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Large (=> 1 MW) Wind Projects
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Small Wind (< 1 MW) Projects
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The Kyoto Protocol and Emissions Trading
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Solar Thermal Projects
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PV (Photovoltaic) Projects
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Hybrid, Electric, Hydrogen and Alternative Fuel Vehicles
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Microturbines & Distributed Generation Projects
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PUBLISHED PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS
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Abstracts of My Published Papers and Presentations
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Complimentary Copy of my Article in the June, 2002 Issue of the Northern Solar SUN
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MY PAPER-Global WINDPOWER 2004 Conference, Chicago, IL USA, 28-31 March 2004
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Michael Stavy
Consulting Energy Economist
312.832.1631
432 North Clark Street
Suite 204
Chicago, Illinois USA 60610

michaelstavy@covad.net
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I presented my paper, The Use of the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) to Help Finance Wind Projects in Developing Countries, at the Global WindPower Conference, 28-31 March 2004, Chicago, IL
I handed out the most current version of my paper at my presentation. Below is the paper's abstract in English and French, the two official OECD languages. ABSTRACT (ENGLISH) The Kyoto Protocol was created to reduce global warming by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Protocol measures GHG in metric tons (tm) of carbon dioxide (CO2), the major GHG. The Protocol sets the first time period by which the developed signature nations (OECD-Annex I) must reduce the amount of CO2 that they can emit. The non-Annex I (developing) countries are not required to reduce emissions in the first time period but may do so using the Protocol’s clean development mechanism (CDM). The paper discusses the sections of the Protocol that could effect the cost of wind electricity in CDM projects. Topics include the Protocol’s emission control architecture, international emissions trading, Annex I nations’ emission control architectures, the CDM, the protocol’s AAU and CER emission units, the computation of wind’s avoided emissions (tm-CO2/MWh) and the reduction in the cost of wind electricity (US$/MWh; Euro/MWh). Worksheets with benchmark values and a list of abbreviations are provided. Even with optimistic benchmark values, the CDM does not make wind cost competitive with coal or gas plants. SYNTHESE (FRANÇAIS) Le protocole de TOKYO fut créer pour réduire le réchauffement de la terre par la diminution de l'effet de serre (greenhouse emission -GHG-). Le protocole mesure l'effet de serre en tonnes métrique (tm) de dioxyde de carbone (CO2), le gaz majeur de l'effet de serre. Le protocole organise la première période pendant laquelle les pays développés signataires (OCDE-Annexe I)doivent réduire le stock de CO2 qu'elles peuvent émettre. La réduction des émissions n'est pas requise pour les autres pays (pays non listés dans l'annexe I) pendant cette période mais ces derniers peuvent utiliser le mécanisme de développement propre du Protocole. Le papier discute des sections du Protocole qui pourraient avoir un effet sur le coût de l'électricité issue de l'énergie du vent dans les projets de mécanisme de développement propre (CDM/Clean Development Mecanism). Les sujets abordés incluent l'architecture du contrôle des émissions du Protocole, le commerce international des émissions, l'architecture du contrôle des émissions des nations développés de l'annexe I, le mécanisme de développement propre (CDM), les unités d'émission AAU (Assigned Amount Unit) et CER (Certified Emission Reduction-CDM) du Protocole, le calcul des émissions interdites concernant l'énergie du vent (tm-co2/MWh) et la réduction des coûts de l'électricité qui lui est liée (US$/Euro/MWh). La feuille de calcul avec des valeurs repères et une liste des abréviations est annexée. Même avec des valeurs repères optimistes, le mécanisme de développement propre (CDM) ne permet pas à l'énergie du vent d'être compétitive par rapport à celle du charbon ou du gaz.  The Parisian Park where I worked to get a global perspective on this paper. (Mouse-Over; the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore where I worked to get a US national perpsective on this paper. For more information on the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore go to http://www.nps.gov/indu/ )
I am a fee based consulting energy economist in private practice. If you did not have time to meet with me at the GLOBAL WINPOWER 2004 Conference or if you did not attend the GLOBAL WINPOWER 2004 Conference, you make an appointment at my office here in Chicago. Chicago has great hotels and restaurants. It is convenient to fly to Chicago from all over the planet. 28 July 2005 Michael Stavy---Your Kind of Energy Economist From Your Kind of Town.
Source: Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau 
A row of wind turbines at a Palm Springs, California wind farm Source: NREL
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