Adam is an Honorary Research Associate of Murdoch University. Adam was formerly a Director in EY’s Power & Utilities sector consulting practice and a Lecturer with the School of Engineering and Information Technology at Murdoch University, specialising in energy economics, energy policy, electricity markets and the regulatory economics of natural monopoly infrastructure. From 2006 to 2008 Adam was employed as Manager of Projects at Western Australia’s Economic Regulation Authority, specialising in revenue cap regulation of the energy and water industries in in the monitoring of the Wholesale Electricity Market.
Adam has expertise in engineering economics, mathematical/statistical/financial modelling and the analysis of regulatory policy and energy markets. Much of Adam’s work has involved the development of reports that can be understood by a non-technical audience. However, Adam has also published numerous peer reviewed journal articles and conference papers that have applied cutting edge economic/financial analysis techniques, mainly focused on electricity investment decisions in the face of deep uncertainties that may affect a project’s viability.
Experience
–present
Honorary Research Associate, Murdoch University
Education
2010
Murdoch, BEcon (Hon 1), GradDipMathsStats
Publications
2018
The technology of the middle class: Understanding the fulfilment of adoption intentions in Queensland's rapid uptake residential solar photovoltaics market, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
2017
Overlapping carbon pricing and renewable support schemes under political uncertainty: Global lessons from an Australian case study, Applied Energy
2017
A framework for planning sustainable seawater desalination water supply, Science of the Total Environment
2015
Comparative economic and environmental assessments of centralised and decentralised seawater desalination options, Desalination
2015
Environmental and economic assessment of beach well intake versus open intake for seawater reverse osmosis desalination, Desalination
2015
Climate policy uncertainty and power generation investments: A real options-CVaR portfolio optimization approach, Energy Procedia
2014
The effect of political cycles on power investment decisions: Expectations over the repeal and reinstatement of carbon policy mechanisms in Australia, Applied Energy
2014
Environmental life cycle assessment of seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant powered by renewable energy, Renewable Energy
2014
Evaluation of power investment decisions under uncertain carbon policy: A case study for converting coal fired steam turbine to combined cycle gas turbine plants in Australia, Applied Energy