International Energy Workshop
22-24 June 2026 | Cape Town, South Africa – University of Cape Town
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The 44th edition of the International Energy Workshop (IEW) will be hosted by the University of Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa, on 22-24 June, 2026.
The IEW is a leading conference for the international energy modelling community. In a world of environmental and economic constraints, energy modelling is an increasingly important tool for addressing the complexity of energy planning and policy making. The IEW provides a venue for scholars and researchers to compare modelling tools, to discuss modelling advances for emerging energy sector issues, and to observe new trends in the global energy sector.
CMCC actively engages in IEW’s activities by managing its Secretariat. Additionally, CMCC’s Principal Scientist, Massimo Tavoni, acts as one of IEW’s co-directors, reinforcing CMCC’s commitment to driving innovation in energy modeling.
This year’s edition of the IEW returns to Cape Town, South Africa — a city that last hosted the workshop back in 2012. The choice is far from coincidental. Africa stands at a pivotal crossroads in the global energy transition: endowed with extraordinary renewable energy potential — from solar irradiation across the Sahel and southern Africa to wind, geothermal, and hydropower resources — the continent holds strategic importance for any credible discussion of global decarbonization pathways. At the same time, questions of energy access, affordability, and just transition make Africa a critical lens through which to examine the equity dimensions of energy policy. Hosted by the University of Cape Town’s Energy Systems Research Group, IEW 2026 is well-positioned to place these issues at the heart of the international agenda.
Discover CMCC contributions to the 44th International Energy Workshop
22 June, 11:10-13:15 | Parallel Sessions – Thematic Track: Green Industrialisation & Trade
Climate policy, steel decarbonisation, and trade fragmentation: a coupled energy-macroeconomic analysis for Europe
Alice di Bella, CMCC
23 June, 11:20-13:00 | Parallel Sessions – Thematic Track: Buildings Efficiency, Demand & Welfare
Modeling policies for the EU building stock decarbonization at sub-national resolution
Enrico Cofler, CMCC
23 June, 16:00-17:40 | Parallel Sessions – Thematic Track: Industrial Decarbonisation & Heavy Industry Transition
Decarbonisation without deindustrialisation: assessing future1 pathways for European industry.
Massimo Tavoni, Politecnico di Milano and CMCC
Program Committee
The selection of submitted papers and long abstracts is directed and made by the IEW Program Committee, which includes, among others, the IEW co-directors and the 2025 local organisers:
- Geoffrey Blanford, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
- Massimo Tavoni, RFF-CMCC
- Bob van der Zwaan, TNO Energy Transition and University of Amsterdam (UvA)
- Alison Hughes, University of Cape Town
- Bruno Merven, University of Cape Town
- Tara Caetano, University of Cape Town
- Harro von Blottnitz, University of Cape Town
- Mika Sithole, University of Cape Town
- Julia Tatham, University of Cape Town