André Lambine
Visiting Research ScientistPhone: 6516-6760
Email: esial@nus.edu.sg
Research Interests
- Energy economics
- Energy and climate change
- High tech startups
Short Biography
Andre Lambine has several years of work experience in the international energy industry. Previously, Mr. Lambine worked as a Trade Diplomat at the Norwegian Trade Council in San Francisco, assisting medium and small sized high-tech companies with market expansion to the Silicon Valley area in California. Mr. Lambine has also worked as a Research Scientist at SINTEF Energy Research in Norway, where he collaborated with research institutions throughout Western Europe. During this period he focused on new business models in the electric utility industry after deregulation, distributed generation, customer behavior, demand-side management, municipal strategic energy planning and regulation issues. Education wise, he is currently finishing his PhD in Economics, studying government incentives for energy startup companies in Japan, Norway and USA. He obtained his MBA from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1995, and his Bachelor of Science (Finance) from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1994.
Journals
“International Energy Entrepreneurs' Ranking of Government Policies on Entrepreneurship Support” The Journal of the International Society of Business Disciplines, Fall Edition 2009
“Startup Challenges for Innovative Energy Firms” International Journal of Global Business and Economics (IJGBE) ISSN: 1934-6336, October 2009
“Pennsylvania through Wyoming, Including Washington DC: Government Incentives for Renewable Energy“ Journal of Energy Innovation and Entrepreneurship, ISSN 1939-7437, Issue 4, 2008
“New Jersey through Oregon: Government Incentives for Renewable Energy” Journal of Energy Innovation and Entrepreneurship, ISSN 1939-7437, Issue 3, 2008
“Minnesota through New Hampshire: Government Incentives for Renewable Energy USA” Journal of Energy Innovation and Entrepreneurship, ISSN 1939-7437, Issue 2, 2008
“Idaho through Michigan: Government Incentives for Renewable Energy” Journal of Energy Innovation and Entrepreneurship, ISSN 1939-7437, Issue 1, 2008
“Alabama through Hawaii: Government Incentives for Renewable Energy” Journal of Energy Innovation and Entrepreneurship, ISSN 1939-7437, Issue 1, 2007
“Innovation in the Energy Industry: Country Challenges, Solutions, and Models” Dialogue, Vol. 15 No. 2, pp 23-27, United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE), August 2007
Research Reports
“D8.1. Final Evaluation Report” Ontology-Based ELectronic Integration of CompleX Products and Value Chains (OBELIX EU- Project) IST-2001-33144, November 1, 2004
“D 7.2 Energy E-services Case Study Results for TrønderEnergi AS Version 2.0” (OBELIX EU-Project) IST-2001-33144, February 8, 2004
“D3.2: e3value Methodology Testing” Business Models in a World Characterised by Distributed Generation (BUSMOD EU-Project) NNE5/2001/256, October 2003
“D 7.1 Energy E-services Case Study Results for TrønderEnergi AS” Ontology-Based ELectronic Integration of CompleX Products and Value Chains (OBELIX EU-Project) IST-2001-33144, May 2003
“D 2.2 Future Scenarios on Distributed Generation Businesses” Business Models in a World Characterised by Distributed Generation (BUSMOD EU-Project) NNE5/2001/256, March 2003
“Best Practices in eLearning” Research and Educational Network, Norwegian Trade Council San Francisco, July 2001 “Startup in Silicon Valley – A Handbook”, Norwegian Trade Council San Francisco, 2000
”Testing of monthly billing and seasonal pricing for residential customers – consequences and impacts”, SINTEF Energy Research, TR A4826, 1999
Conferences
“Startup Challenges for Innovative Energy Firms” Global Business Development Institute, Las Vegas, NV, March, 2009
“A Multi-Continent Study of Energy Startup Challenges” International Society of Business Disciplines Conference, Las Vegas, NV, March 2009
“Entrepreneurs and Deregulation, an International Perspective” 3rd Annual Silicon Valley Global Entrepreneurship Research Conference, San Francisco, CA; March, 2007
“Energy Startups in Japan, Norway, and USA; Difficulties at Startup, Impact of Deregulation, and Entrepreneurship” International Microelectronics And Packaging Society (IMAPS), International Conference on Alternative Energy, Albuquerque, NM; January, 2007
"Entrepreneurs and Deregulation" World Energy Engineering Congress, Washington DC, September, 2006
”Competing for the Future in Deregulated Power Markets through Customized Power Products and Tariffs” SINTEF Energy Research, Speaker at DA/DSM DistribuTECH Conference Americas, Florida, January 1998
Books
“Entrepreneurs and Deregulation; Electric Utility Industry: USA” ISBN 8299734401 and 9788299734400, 2006
“Utprøving av månedlig avregning og sesongvariabel nettariff i boliger: vurdering av konsekvenser og virkning” ISBN 8259413973 and 9788259413970, 1999
Book Chapters
“Best Practices in eLearning Case Study” ISBN 8291349045 and 9788291349046, 2002
South Korea Country Profile in "Business Strategy: An Asia Pacific Focus” ISBN 0135258588, 1997