The Program on Energy and Sustainable Development is part of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
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Scholarly Publications
Impact of Power Sector Reforms on Technology, Efficiency and Emissions: Case Study of Andhra Pradesh, India
March 2004
The study traces the pattern of development of the electricity sector in India through a case study of the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Impact of Power Sector Reforms on Technology, Efficiency and Emissions: Case Study of Gujarat, India
March 2004
The study examines the impact of the power sector reforms on the electricity generation industry at the state level in India through a case study of the state of Gujarat.
Geopolitics of Gas: Executive Summary, The
August 2004
Natural gas is rapidly gaining in geopolitical importance.
Other Publications
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 releases new working paper on potential for CCS technology to capture greenhouse gases in electricity sector
June 2009
Focusing on capture systems for coal-fired power plants until 2030, a sensitivity analysis of key CCS parameters is performed to gain insight into the role that CCS can play in future mitigation...
Electricity reform in South Africa is at a critical juncture, says Anton Eberhard
August 2004
Anton Eberhard writes that South Africa will experience routine electricity blackouts in a few years unless new electricity policy and investment decisions are formulated and implemented this year.
Old Events
Special Seminar on the Geopolitics of Natural Gas
May 10, 2004
World natural gas consumption is projected to more than double by 2030 -- surpassing coal as the world's #2 energy resource.
Electricity and the Human Prospect Conference
December 8, 2004
During the 20th century electricity spread from tiny islands of experimental service to become the world's most important energy carrier.
Workshop on Power Market Reforms and Global Climate Change
January 27, 2005
This meeting will focus on the intersection of two crucial challenges for the organization of energy infrastructures in the developing world.
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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