Chair or Research Initiative

Research initiative on the levers of the energy transition

Supported by EDF, this initiative aims to enhance understanding of the drivers of the ecological transition.

Partner since the early 1990s

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TSE and EDF have been collaborating for over 30 years. TSE research teams have supported EDF through the transformation of its business model, organization, and operational processes in response to changes in the energy sector.

Activities

The partnership between TSE and EDF encompasses several types of activities:

  • Research projects on topics of mutual interest,
  • Dissemination of research findings to stakeholders and decision-makers in the energy sector.

The research projects supported under this partnership are designed with a long-term perspective and involve regular interactions between TSE researchers and EDF teams.

Priority research areas

  • Investment and production
  • Pricing and distribution
  • Competition and strategy
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[…] TSE-EDF partnership has been able to solve essential issues for the electricity sector, following the pace of the eventful reorganizations of the sector.

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June 4-5, Energy and Climate Economics Conference

  • Research

  • Energy and Climate

Three decades of collaboration with EDF

  • Corporate Relations

  • Energy and Climate

  • Partnership research

TSE and EDF have built together a long-standing partnership. Under the egis of the TSE Energy and Climate Center, this partnership covers three main topics: investment and production, pricing and distribution…

About EDF

Électricité de France (EDF) is a French public limited company engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution, trading, and supply of electricity, wholly owned by the French State. Operating both in France and internationally, the Group is active across the entire electricity value chain and plays a central role in the transition to a low-carbon energy system.
 

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Articles

The economics of carbon leakage mitigation policies

Stefan Ambec, Federico Esposito, and Antonia Pacelli

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 125, n° 102973,

Climate policy with electricity trade

Stefan Ambec, and Yuting Yang

Resource and Energy Economics, vol. 76, n° 101422,

Les Certificats d'Economie d'Energie entre économie et politique

Claude Crampes, and Thomas-Olivier Léautier

Revue Économique, vol. 74, n° 1, , pp. 51-80

Environmental Policy with Green Consumerism

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 111,

Real-time electricity pricing to balance green energy intermittency

Energy Economics, vol. 94, n° 105074,

Valeur de l'eau et de l'électricité des barrages-réservoirs.Une version cyclique de la règle de Hotelling

Claude Crampes, and Michel Moreaux

Revue Économique, vol. 72, n° 3, , pp. 377-420

Decarbonizing electricity generation with intermittent sources of energy

Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 6, n° 6, , pp. 919-948

Economics of stationary electricity storage with various charge and discharge durations

Claude Crampes, and Jean-Michel Trochet

Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 24, n° 100746,

How many markets for wholesale electricity when supply ispartially flexible?

Energy Economics, vol. 81, , pp. 465-478

Ensuring Capacity Adequacy in Liberalised Electricity markets

Nicolas Astier, and Xavier Lambin

The Energy Journal, vol. 40, n° 3,

The Dutch retail electricity market

Machiel Mulder, and Bert Willems

Energy Policy, vol. 127, , pp. 228-239

Chocs de demande, effets d’apprentissage et exclusion

Revue Économique, vol. 70, n° 3, , pp. 441-453

Working papers

Discounting along the merit order, with an application to the electricity market

TSE Working Paper, vol. 26-1762,

Pricing intermittent renewable energy

TSE Working Paper, vol. 25-1653, ,

Assistance to electricity consumers with price misperception

TSE Working Paper, vol. 25-1613,

Equilibrium Effects in Complementary Markets: Electric Vehicle Adoption and Electricity Pricing

Pascal Heid, Kevin Remmy, and Mathias Reynaert

TSE Working Paper, vol. 24-1589, ,

The design of electricity markets : an economic analysis / Analyse économique de l’organisation du marché de l’électricité

TSE Working Paper, vol. 23-1484,

Les Certificats d'Economie d'Energie entre économie et politique

Claude Crampes, and Thomas-Olivier Léautier

TSE Working Paper, vol. 21-1205, ,

Imperfect competition in electricity markets with partially flexible technologies

TSE Working Paper, vol. 21-1198,

Environmental Policy with Green Consumerism

TSE Working Paper, vol. 20-1124, ,

(Mis)allocation of Renewable Energy Sources

Stefan Lamp, and Mario Samano

TSE Working Paper, vol. 20-1103, ,

Real-time electricity pricing to balance green energy intermittency

TSE Working Paper, vol. 20-1087, ,

Economics of stationary electricity storage with various charge and discharge durations

Claude Crampes, and Jean-Michel Trochet

TSE Working Paper, vol. 19-985,

Supply flexibility in electricity markets

TSE Working Paper, vol. 18-964,

All events

Past

15th Energy and Climate Economics Conference

  • Conference

  • Date From 4 to 5 June 2026

  • Place Auditorium 3 JJL -Auditorium 4

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Past

14th Toulouse Conference on the Economics of Energy and Climate

  • Conference

  • Date From 6 to 7 June 2024

  • Place Auditoriums A3 JJ Laffont -A4

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Past

13th Toulouse Conference on The Economics of Energy and Climate

  • Conference

  • Date From 15 to 16 June 2022

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Experts

Stefan Ambec

TSE Research Faculty

Senior Researcher, INRAe

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Nicolas Astier

TSE Associate Faculty

Professor at the Paris School of Economics.

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Claude Crampes

TSE Research Faculty

Professor Emeritus of Economics, TSE

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Christian Gollier

TSE Research Faculty

Professor in Economics

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Sophie Moinas

TSE Research Faculty

Professor of Finance (TSE-TSM), TSE

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Jérôme Renault

TSE Research Faculty

Professor, TSE

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Mathias Reynaert

TSE Research Faculty

Professor of Economics, TSE

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Bert Willems

TSE Associate Faculty

Professor in Economics, Tilburg University

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Contact

Stefan Ambec

Scientific director

Eve Séjalon

Head of Research Partnerships and Centers

Pascale Maréchal

Research Partnerships Project Manager

Event

Past

15th Energy and Climate Economics Conference

  • Conference

  • Date From 4 to 5 June 2026

  • Place Auditorium 3 JJL -Auditorium 4

Détails