The Program on Energy and Sustainable Development is part of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Investment
Scholarly Publications
The Policy Tightrope in Gas-Producing Countries: Stimulating Domestic Demand Without Discouraging Supply
February 2011
Executive SummaryNatural gas can offer substantial environmental, energy security, and convenience advantages over competing fuels such as coal and oil. Gas is relatively abundant in the world,...
The Future of South African Coal: Market, Investment, and Policy Challenges
January 2011
As the world's fifth largest coal exporter and a key swing supplier between the Atlantic and Pacific coal markets, South Africa is a crucial player in global markets. While the country has long...
Remaking the World's Largest Coal Market: The Quest to Develop Large Coal-Power Bases in China
December 2010
China's coal market is now in the midst of a radical restructuring that has the potential to change how coal is produced, traded and consumed both in China and the rest of the world. The...
Other Publications
Risk Attitudes Shape National Oil Company Strategies
June 2012
AbstractMark C. Thurber, David R. HultsNational oil companies (NOCs) often behave in strikingly different ways from one another and from private, international oil companies (IOCs).
News
PESD Research Informs 2011 World Energy Outlook
November 2011
Several PESD Working Papers helped inform the analysis of the newly released 2011 World Energy Outlook.
- The Future of South African Coal: Market, Investment, and Policy Challenges
- Industrial Organization of the Chinese Coal Industry
- Remaking the World's Largest Coal Market: The Quest to Develop Large Coal-Power Bases in China
- The World's Greatest Coal Arbitrage: China's Coal Import Behavior and Implications for the Global Coal Market
PESD Working Paper #101 on Australia's black coal industry featured in Platts Coal Trader International
April 2011
Platts' most recent issue of Coal Trader International features PESD Working Paper #101 by Bart Lucarelli.
Wolak's climate op-ed featured in the UK Guardian
February 2011
PESD Director Frank Wolak explain how the unknown price tag of carbon and uncertainty of US National climate policy are impeding on investments for oil substitutes.
Old Events
Energy Working Group: China's Shifting Priorities and 12th Five-Year Plan
January 12, 2011
"Shifting Priorities: Energy, Efficiency, and Sustainability in China's 12th Five-Year Plan"
Guanghua Leadership Institute: City Leader Program
September 7, 2010
PESD Director Frank A. Wolak presented in the Guanghua Leadership Institute's 2010 City Leader Program.
16th Annual Coaltrans Asia
May 31, 2010
Richard Morse led a presentation on China's long term coal import/export balance at the 16th Annual Coaltrans Asia 3-day conference in Indonesia. A few topics he addressed were: Is the world's...