The Program on Energy and Sustainable Development is part of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Energy Infrastructure
Scholarly Publications
Political and Economic Influences on the Future World Market for Natural Gas
March 2005
This working paper first develops a Reference Case that allows required rates of return on investments in energy infrastructure to vary geographically.
Greenhouse Gas Implications in Large Scale Infrastructure Investments in Developing Countries: Examples from China and India
March 2006
Engaging developing countries is essential to creating meaningful international regimes to address climate change.
Norway's Evolving Champion: Statoil and the Politics of State Enterprise
May 2010
Executive summary:Statoil was founded in 1972 as the national oil company (NOC) of Norway. Along with Brazil's Petrobras, Statoil today is a leader in several technological areas including...
Other Publications
Retail Pricing to Support the 21st Century Distribution Grid
November 2017
Abstract As an increasing number of California households install solar panels, the current approach to retail electricity pricing makes it harder for the state’s utilities to recover their costs....
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.
News
A crude awakening: Five FSI scholars talk to Stanford magazine about energy security
December 2006
Michael May, Michael McFaul, Scott Sagan, David Victor, and John Weyant talk to Stanford magazine for the November/December cover story on energy security.
PESD releases study of Norway's national oil company Statoil
May 2010
Norway is lauded as the rare example of a major oil and gas exporting country that has managed to avoid the "resource curse." A new study by PESD Associate Director Mark C.
PESD releases study of Nigeria's national oil company NNPC
September 2010
Nigeria's national oil company NNPC is at the center of a profoundly dysfunctional oil sector in a country that some argue embodies the "resource curse." In a new study, PESD Associate Director...
Old Events
Hubbert's Peak, The Coal Question, and Climate Change
April 24, 2009
AbstractAn accurate estimate of the ultimate production of oil, gas, and coal would be helpful for the ongoing policy discussion on alternatives to fossil fuels and climate change.
Projects
Energy Market Game
PESD has developed a web-based game that allows players to take on the roles of electricity generating companies (“gencos”), electricity retailers, or vertically-integrated utilities in electricity...
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