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Natural gas
Scholarly Publications
The Economic and Environmental Benefits of Integrating International Coal and Natural Gas Markets
October 2013
Unconventional natural gas and the technologies developed to extract it in the U.S.
Other Publications
Gas-to-Power Value Chain
September 2018
Many countries with electricity shortages - such as Nigeria, Ghana, Mozambique, and Tanzania - have large gas reserves but face challenges developing gas for power.The gas-to-power value chain can...
Gas-fired generation in a high-renewables world
June 2018
Are gas and renewables good for each other, or are they on a collision course? We explored this question using a multi-player, web-based game.
The costs of fossil-free development
March 2017
Climage change is a serious global threat with impacts that are already being felt.
News
Thurber speaks in DC on coal-gas competition
June 2019
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD) Associate Director Mark Thurber was a panelist at the 2019 Energy Security Workshop in Washington, D.C., where he spoke about why LNG (liquefied...
Thurber: Why it's difficult to reduce gas flaring
February 2019
Flaring of natural gas that can't be utilized represents both an economic loss and a major environmental problem.