Experts & Expertise

• Decision making
• Decision support systems
• Energy problems
• Investment analysis
• Logistics
• Simulation

1994: Doctorate in Economics (cum laude)

1972-1979: Economics and econometrics, Department of Economics, Tilburg University (cum laude)

1968-1972: Industrial Engineering, Tilburg Poly-technical Institute for Higher Education (cum laude)

Four and a half years NWO/NOVEM support (2001-2006) for the programme "Stimulating the adoption of energy efficient technologies" Within this programme, I headed the project "The determination and modelling of barriers to adoption of energy-saving technologies in energy-extensive sectors", and cooperated with Free University (VU), Utrecht University (UU), and ECN.

Four years NWO support (1999-2004) for the programme "Environmental policy, economic reform and endogenous technology" Within this programme, I formulated and headed the project "The effects of environmental policy on the efficiency and sustainability of Dutch process technologies" and cooperated with EUR, VU, MERIT, and ECN.

Six year support (1998-2004) for the project "Replacing petroleum products by natural gas", supported by the International Institute of Energy Studies / National Iranian Oil Company, Tehran, Iran.

Four year (1998-2003) financial support by SOBU for the PhD-project "Model for the assessment of the optimal energy technology mix for rapidly developing areas". This research was in co-operation with TUe, Department of Energy Technology.

June 1982 - September 1984 Research grant from the European Commission, DG XII (Energy) for the project "Analyzing the role of energy in industrial production" for the HERMES project. The HERMES project was part of the "Energy Research and Develop­ment Program, sub-program Energy System Analysis and Strategy Studies" of the European Commission.

2003-07: China - "Promotion of Rural Renewable Energy (RRE) in Western China"

2001-02: Indonesia - "Identifying energy market opportunities"

1999-00: Indonesia - "Study for the development of Gas Infrastructure in Java"

1996-97: Evaluation of "Steungroep Milieu en Economie"

1994-96: China - "Rural energy development study in the People's Republic of China"

1989-91: Indonesia - "Study of an Integrated Gas Transmis­sion System on Java"

Recieved research grants:

• The Dutch Academy of Science (KNAW)
• The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
• The European Union.

Supervisor:
R. Moghaddam, Improving Iran's Domestic Energy Basket, September 2003.
N. van Beeck, A New Decision Supprt Method for Local Energy Planning in Developing Countries , June 2003.

Co-supervisor:
A. Vousten. Supervisor Prof. G. Bak, expected to finish March 2004.
Zhang Xiliang. Supervisor Prof. Gu Shua, Tshingua University, Beijing, December 1997.

Member Ph.D.-committee:
A. Ashayeri. Supervisor Prof. Van Rompay, KUL, January 2001.
J.M. Callaway. Supervisors Prof. H. Folmer and Prof. A. de Zeeuw, KUB, June 2000.
N.P. Fumero. Supervisor Prof. E. Petrakis, Carlos III University, Madrid, June 1997.
H. Romijn. Supervisor Prof. J.James, KUB, March 1996.

• Improving China's RET program. Paper presented at the International Conference on 'New Villages with Renewable Energy' organized by China Association of Rural Energy Industry on March 12 and 13, 2007
• Iran's energy mix in perspective. In Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the International Association of Energy Economics held in Aberdeen, Scotland, on June 26-29, 2002, 1-9. (Co-author R. Moghaddam.)
• Decision support method for selecting local energy infrastructure in developing countries. In Renewables: World?s best energy options, Proceedings of the World Renewable Energy Conference VII, 29 June- 5 July, 2002, Cologne, Germany, 1-5. (Co-authors N. van Beeck and W. van Helden.)
• A new method for local energy planning in developing countries, 2000. In: A.A.M. Sayigh (Ed.) Renewables: the energy for the 21st century. Proceedings of the World Renewable Energy Congress VI, Brighton U.K., July 1-7, 2000, Oxford: Pergamon (pp. 2465-2468). (Co-authors: N. van Beeck, W. van Helden, and C. Daey Ouwens.)
• Supporting renewable energy policy on the local level. In: A.A.M. Sayigh (Ed.) Proceedings of the World Renewable Energy Congress V, Florence, Italy: September 20-25, 1998. Vol. IV. Elsevier Science, 1998 (pp. 2641-2647). (Co-authors: N. van Beeck and W. van Helden.)
• The effect of China's economic growth on rural energy planning. In Energy and economic growth: is sustainable growth possible?, Proceedings of the 20th annual international conference of the International Association of Energy Economics, New Delhi, 1997, ISBN 81-85419-24-8. (Co-author F. Nieuwenhout.)
• Introducing the market in China's rural energy planning, Proceedings of the Energex 96 conference held in Beijing, June 2-7, 1996. (Co-author Zhang Xiliang.)

W.J.H. (Willem) van Groenendaal teaches the following subjects:

• Decision Tools (320080) Further information
• Logistics and Information (346232) Further information
• Advanced Resource Planning (320061) Further information

Memberships

Dutch Society for Economics
International Association for Energy Economics
European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
Dutch-Benelux Simulation Society