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Coal
Scholarly Publications
Coal
March 2019
By making available the almost unlimited energy stored in prehistoric plant matter, coal enabled the industrial age – and it still does.
Assessing the Impact of the Diffusion of Shale Oil and Gas Technology on the Global Coal Market
September 2016
A spatial equilibrium model of the world coal market is developed that accounts for coal to natural gas switching in the electricity sector in the United States and Europe, the potential for China...
The Global Coal Market: Supplying the Major Fuel for Emerging Economies
August 2015
Coal has been the world's fastest-growing energy source in absolute terms for over a decade.
Other Publications
The costs of fossil-free development
March 2017
Climage change is a serious global threat with impacts that are already being felt.
News
Stanford Energy Q&A: Why do we burn so much coal?
December 2019
PESD associate director Mark Thurber recently spoke with Stanford Energy about the findings of his recent book on why the world continues to burn so much coal despite its major contribution to air...
Thurber talks at UBC about coal
September 2019
On September 17, PESD Associate Director Mark Thurber spoke at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, BC about findings from his new book Coal (available on Amazon). Coal burning is...
Events
COVID-19 and the Future of Energy Markets: Will Coal Remain Dominant?
May 19, 2020
Virtual Seminar via ZoomRegister hereWelcome Remarks: Mike McFaul, Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor of International...
The New U.S. Role in Global Fossil Fuel Markets
December 11, 2012
As recently as 2007, the United States seemed headed towards ever greater fossil fuel import dependence, as domestic oil and natural gas production dwindled and consumption continued to grow.
Energy Working Group: Shale Gas in China: Hype and Reality
May 9, 2012
In recent years, natural gas prices in the United States have gone from historic highs of over $12 per mmBtu in the summer of 2008, to under $2.50/mmBtu in 2012.
Projects
Instruments of Energy and Environmental Policy
Instruments of Energy Policy, hosted by the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, brings to Stanford four notable researchers...
English
Multimedia
Thurber talks coal in Australia
December 2018
PESD Associate Director Mark Thurber visited Monash University in Melbourne, Australia in November where he discussed his forthcoming book, Coal (coming in May 2019 from Polity Press), in a public lecture.
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