The Future of Energy in the Atlantic Basin

The Department of Energy of Orkestra-Basque Institute of Competitiveness, of the University of Deusto would like to invite you to the presentation of the book “The Future of Energy in the Atlantic Basin”.

The work carried out by out by the Center for Transatlantic Relations of the University Johns Hopkins and the Department of Energy, provide a holistic view of the new energy scenario of the Atlantic Basin. The book explains the situation of the different energy sources in the territory, including unconventional fuels, offshore energy and the revolution towards a low-carbon economy. The authors of the book invite the reader to reflect on the evolution of the energy sector in this geographical area, the opportunities and the future challenges.

Among the main challenges is that of achieving a greater integration of the Atlantic Basin, in a scenario where the Pacific is going through an important growth due to, among other things, the Trans-Pacific Partnership or the Agreement between China and the United States of America against Climate Change. The book also emphasizes the need to give the Atlantic Southern Hemisphere and especially Africa the attention they deserve, before the new energy scenario.

The presentation will be made by:

• Emiliano López Atxurra, Chairman of the Department of Energy’s Sponsor Committee at Orkestra
• Paul Isbell, Editor and CAF Atlantic Energy Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations of the University Johns Hopkins SAIS in Washington DC
• Eloy Álvarez Pelegry, Editor and Director of the Department of Energy at Orkestra-Basque Institute of Competitiveness, University of Deusto

The presentation will be carried out in Spanish.

Free admission with prior registration.

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Speakers:

Paul Isbell

Paul is the CAF Atlantic Energy Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University SAIS in Washington DC, where he works primarily on the Atlantic Basin Initiative.

He is the author of Energy and the Atlantic: The Shifting Energy Landscapes of the Atlantic Basin (German Marshall Fund of the U.S. and OCP Foundation: Washington DC and Brussels, 2012). Previously he was a Visiting Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate Change at the Inter-American Dialogue and the Director of the Energy and Climate Change Program at the Real Institute Elcano (Elcano Royal Institute for International and Strategic Studies). He was a senior economic analyst in the Strategy Unit of the Equities Broker of Banco Santander in Madrid, and has taught at numerous universities in Spain, Latin America and the United States in the areas of international economics, energy and geopolitics. He also has numerous publications in these fields. Mr. Isbell is also a private consultant in project, program and global strategy.

Eloy Álvarez Pelegry

Eloy Álvarez Pelegry holds a Ph.D. in Mining Engineering from the Madrid Higher Technical School of Mining Engineers (ETSIMM), a Degree in Economic and Business Science from the Universidad Complutense (UC) and a Diploma in Business Studies from the London School of Economics. He is currently the Head of Orkestra's Energy Department. His professional career has been carried out in the field of energy, both in business and the Academy. Before entering Orkestra, he worked as Head of Cooperative Intelligence at Gas Natural Fenosa; Head of Quality, Environment and R&D; and of Fuels, of Planning, Economy and Control at Unión Fenosa. He has also worked at Electra de Viesgo, Enagás and Carbones de Importación.

At the same time he has been an Associate Professor of Economics at the ETSIMM and the UC, and lecturer of the energy courses at the Spanish Energy Club and at the University of Deusto, as well as Academic Director of the Club Español de la Energía. He has published more than 35 articles, a number of books, and has given more than a hundred talks.

He is a member of the energy groups: the Royal Elcano Institute, the Spanish Engineering Institute, the "Exploration, Demonstration and Production Projects in the EU" and "Emerging Technologies for Well Stimulation" groups of the European Commission, as well as the Carbon Capture Committee of the World Energy Council.

He has been a member of the Permanent Sedigas Commission and of different committees and groups of COTEC, UNESA, of the Spanish CO2 Association and of the European Platform for Zero Emissions. In 2012 he was named a numerary member of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Emiliano López Atxurra

Chairman of the Department of Energy’s Sponsor Committee at Orkestra-Basque Institute of Competitiveness, University of Deusto. Lawyer. Degree in International Studies and EU Law from the European College (1978-80). And international studies from the Political Studies Institute in Paris (1981-82). He has been a lecturer at the University of the Basque Country and has given classes in different courses on international strategy and community law at the University of Pau, Institute of Political Studies of the University of Bordeaux, National Institute for Public Administration, Basque Institute for Public Administration.

He has been a Board Member of the Caja de Ahorros Provincial de Gipuzkoa (1987-1988), of the Kutxa (1989-1992), and is currently a Board Member of the following societies: Gas Natural-Unión Fenosa (since 2003), Chairman of Petronor (since 2015), and Novia Salcedo Foundation (since 2006). He is also a member of a society of Law professionals whose social headquarters is in the Basque Country and Madrid, and with offices in Bordeaux, Paris, Brussels, Vienna, Hamburg, Milan, and Sao Paulo. He is a member of different corporations in the field of environmental consultancy and clean energy that carry out different work in Spain and internationally.