Greening ICT in Europe: Data Centres and the Grid

Maya Bacache joined the Executive Board of Arcep on 1 October 2019, the French regulator for telecommunications, postal services, and distribution of the press.

She had previously been a member of the French Higher Council for Public Finance and Council for Economic Analysis.

She is also a professor of economics at Paris Tech Telecom and her research topics focus on public policies, the transformation of the digital economy and the regulation of innovation.

Maya holds a degree from the École Normale Supérieure (Ulm), post-graduate degrees in economics and social sciences, and a PhD in economics.

Catherine Banet (PhD) is Professor of Law at the University of Oslo, and Head of the Department for Energy and Resources Law, Norway. Her legal research activities focus on energy market design, energy transport infrastructures regulation, support schemes and financing models, focusing on renewable energy and notably offshore wind, climate change mitigation measures such as carbon capture and storage (CCS), and hydrogen regulation.

Prof. Banet has a background from the private law practice (Norway, France), the European Commission (DG ENV), U.S. diplomatic mission and academia. She is a member of the Academic Advisory Group of the Section on Energy, Environment and Infrastructure Law of the IBA, and Chair of the Board of the Norwegian Energy Law Association.

Michael Pollitt is Professor of Business Economics at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. He is an Assistant Director of the university’s Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) and a Fellow and Director of Studies in Economics and Management at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Michael is an elected Vice President (for Publications) of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE). He is a former external economic advisor to Ofgem.