Mina Bahrami Gholami
University of Auckland Energy Center, New Zealand
Biography
Mina Bahrami Gholami is a PhD candidate of economics at the University of Auckland. With knowledge on both econometric and mathematical methods, she is passionate about environmental issues including topics on mitigating emissions and renewable energies. She has nearly completed her doctoral research on evaluating the opportunities for solar PV generation, and the impacts of large solar and wind power on the New Zealand electricity market. Applying agent based model, using the solver SWEM that is developed by the Energy Center, she simulates power market to answer the open questions about the effects of intermittent power extension on nodal and national prices. Her background goes back to environmental economics. For her Master’s thesis, she conducted a comparative study on greenhouse gas emissions in OECD and OPEC countries using econometric approach, panel data.
Abstract
Abstract : Potential solar and wind power expansion in the New Zealand Network