Kong Chyong

Senior Research Fellow in Energy System Economics and Modelling

Dr Kong Chyong is an energy economist and policy analyst with a strong background and more than 15 years of experience applying economics and operational research methods to energy and climate policy questions. Kong’s research interests include energy system modelling to understand deep decarbonisation pathways and large-scale power and global gas market modelling. He also works on the economics and geopolitics of Russian natural gas exports, focusing on Russo-Ukrainian bilateral relations and impacts on Europe and global gas markets. Kong holds a PhD in Energy Economics and Policy and an MPhil in Technology Policy from the University of Cambridge. His PhD topic concerned Russia’s strategic natural gas export policy and Gazprom’s pipeline investment strategy. Before his studies at Cambridge University, Kong was a researcher at the National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine.

 

Personal website: https://www.kongchyong.com/

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Z3WuQzcAAAAJ

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Supplementary Information (SI) 1: Mathematical formulation of the global energy market model

Supplementary Information (SI) 2: Data inputs, sources and assumptions

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