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Denis Bednyagin
Hors programme EDOC
birth date: 23.08.1974
nationality: Russian
web site: http://lasen.epfl.ch/page67044.html

office(s): GCA3454
phone(s): [+41 21 69] 32497
private phone: +41 76 412 7406
MISSION
To contribute to the development of sustainable energy systems through elaboration of advanced integrated analysis tools and performing policy relevant research aimed at promoting innovation in energy sector

Work on PhD thesis:
"Spillover Benefits and Social Rate of Return of Global R&D Programs in Energy Sector: Case of Thermonuclear Fusion and Gen-IV Nuclear Fission"
BIOGRAPHY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2002 - present time
Laboratory of Energy Systems, EPFL, Switzerland
/Research fellow/
2000 - 2002
"Power Machines Group" & JSC “Leningradsky Metallichesky Zavod” (AO “LMZ”), Russia
/Project manager & administrative representative at the construction site of “Alholmens Kraft AB” 256 MW Biofuel Thermal Power Plant, Finland /
1999 - 2000
Renaissance Insurance Group, Russia
/Marketing manager/
1998 - 1999
Société Industrielle Lesaffre /France/, Representative office in Russia
/Marketing manager/
1996 - 1998
LMZ Energy Limited, Ireland - Russia - India
/Project manager, construction of power plants on turn-key basis/
1994 - 1996
Commercial Bank “Rossiyskiy Kredit”, Moscow, Russia
/Economist, Department of business development in foreign countries/

EDUCATION

2004 - present time
PhD candidate, Chair of Economics and Management of Innovation (CEMI), College of Management of Technology (CDM), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
2002 - 2003
Postgraduate Master's degree in energy, EPFL, Switzerland
1991 - 1996
University diploma of economist specializing in international economic relations, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Russia
1995
Students exchange program in international management, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC), Jouy-en-Josas, France
MAIN PUBLICATIONS
Estimating Spillover Benefits and Social Rate of Return of Fusion Research, Development, Demonstration and Deployment Program: Conceptual Model and Implications for Practical Study , Gnansounou E., Bednyagin D., Report on task TW5-TRE-FESS/D, Socio-Economic Research on Fusion Program (SERF), European Fusion Development Agreement (EFDA), July 2007
Spillover Benefits of Fusion Energy Program, Bednyagin D., Gnansounou E., Proceedings of The Economics of Technology Policy Conference at Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland, June 2007
Multi-Regional Long-Term Electricity Supply Scenarios with Fusion , Gnansounou E., Bednyagin D. , "Fusion Science and Technology" (2007) Vol. 52:3, pp. 388-393 / Proceedings of 17th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE), Albuquerque, NM, USA, November 2006
Strategies for Regional Integration of Electricity Supply in West Africa, Gnansounou E., Bayem H., Bednyagin D., Dong J., "Energy Policy" (2007), Vol. 35, pp. 4142–4153
Potential Role of Fusion Power in Long Term Electricity Supply Scenarios Worldwide: Quantitative Assessment with a Least Cost Electricity System Planning Model PLANELEC-PRO , Gnansounou E., Bednyagin D. , Report on task TW5-TRE-FESO/A, Socio-Economic Research on Fusion (SERF), European Fusion Development Agreement (EFDA), July 2006
A Modelling Assessment of the Impact of Clean Development Mechanism on Electricity Generation Systems: Case of Shandong Province, China , Gnansounou E., Bedniaguine D., Dong J. , Proceedings of 25th USAEE / IAEE North American Conference, Denver, USA, September 2005
Promoting Bioethanol Production through Clean Development Mechanism: Findings and Lessons Learnt from ASIATIC Project, Gnansounou E., Bedniaguine D., Dauriat A., Proceedings of 7th IAEE European Energy Conference, Bergen, Norway, August 2005
Potential Role of Fusion Power Generation in a Very Long Term Electricity Supply Perspective: Case of Western Europe, Gnansounou E., Bedniaguine D., Proceedings of the 1st IAEA Technical Meeting on First Generation of Fusion Power Plant - Design and Technology, Vienna, Austria, July 2005
Fischer-Tropsch Process and Fuel Alcohol: Technologies Status and Perspectives, Gnansounou E., Dauriat A., Bedniaguine D. (2004), in "Potentziale zur energetischen Nutzung von Biomasse in der Schweiz", Bundesamt für Energie BFE / EWG, Anhang 9-10, pp. 28-61, December 2004
Use of GIS for Data Aquisition and Visualisation of Energy Biomass Potentials, Gnansounou E., Golay F., Bedniaguine D., Chételat J. , in "Potentziale zur energetischen Nutzung von Biomasse in der Schweiz", Bundesamt für Energie BFE / EWG, Kap. 10, pp. 173 - 200, December 2004
The Strategic Technology Options for Mitigating CO2 Emissions in Power Sector: Assessment of Shanghai Electricity-Generating System , Gnansounou E., Dong J., Bedniaguine D. , "Ecological Economics" (2004) Vol. 50, Issues 1-2, pp. 117-133
Skills
--> Integrated Energy-Economy-Environment modelling
--> Project management /power generation/
--> Market research & communication


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