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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...
Field Research Trip | Energy Production and the Environment in Canada Info Session
March 23, 2018
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Energy Production and the Environment in Canada Info Session
March 2, 2018
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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.
National Oil Companies: Fueling Anxiety
March 9, 2012
PESD associate director Mark Thurber will be the speaker at the University of Texas Energy Symposium on March 8 in Austin.
Use of Improved Biomass Stoves in Karnataka and Maharashtra States, India: Understanding Factors Affecting Widespread Adoption
February 24, 2012
Burning of biomass in traditional stoves is associated with a host of ills among an estimated 2.5 billion people around the world, even though cleaner and more efficient technologies exist that...
National Oil Companies and the World Oil Market: Should We Be Worried?
February 7, 2012
State-owned oil and natural gas companies, such as Saudi Aramco, Petróleos de Venezuela and China National Petroleum Corp., own 73 percent of the world's oil reserves and 68 percent of its natural...
2012 California Water Law Symposium: Water and Growth: The Imperative for Sustainable Approaches to Uncertainty
January 21, 2012
PESD Director Frank A. Wolak sat as a panelist for the 8th annual California Water Law Symposium on Saturday, January 21, 2012.
Chatham House: National Oil Companies and the Future of the Oil and Gas Industry
December 12, 2011
This event marks the UK release of a new book, Oil and Governance: State-owned Enterprises and the World Energy Supply (CUP), from the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development at Stanford...
Platts 7th Annual California Power Market Forum
December 8, 2011
Frank Wolak presented and chaired a panel at Platt’s 7th Annual California Power Market Forum in San Francisco held on December 8-9, 2011. Topics included: Renewable Integration Virtual Bidding...
China in the Global Manufacturing Ecosystem
November 30, 2011
PESD associate director Mark Thurber addressed MBA students in the Stanford-Tsinghua Exchange Program (http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/cgbe/globalexperiences/step.html) on the global manufacturing...
Energy Working Group: Supply Function Equilibrium and its Policy Implications for Wholesale Electricity Markets
November 4, 2011
PESD visiting scholar Pär Holmberg from the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm led this Energy Working Group talk.
Beyond Climate Policy: Reconciling Climate Change and the “Coal Renaissance”
November 4, 2011
Richard Morse was the featured speaker at the UT Energy Symposium on November 3rd. His talk, entitled, “Beyond Climate Policy: Reconciling Climate Change and the ‘Coal Renaissance’”, analyzed...
Transmission Policies to Unlock America's Renewable Energy Resources
September 15, 2011
On behalf of PESD, Stanford co-hosts PIE, TomKat, and SIEPR, and external sponsors Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and the Kauffman Foundation, convened an all-day conference on September 15 on ...
California's Carbon Policy –2011 Silicon Valley Energy Summit
June 24, 2011
Richard Morse joined Michael Gibbs of the Cal EPA and Larry Goulder and Jim Sweeny of Stanford to discuss key issues in California’s carbon market and remaining challenges at the 2011 Silicon...
Addressing the 'Coal Renaissance' in a Post-Kyoto World
June 13, 2011
On Monday, June 13, 2011 at 4:15 p.m.
Energy Working Group: Modeling the World Steam Coal Market: To What Extent Does China Exercise Monopsony Power?
February 16, 2011
This EWG talk will highlight PESD's first analysis using our new coal model by demonstrating how it can be used to analyze the effects of China's import behavior on world thermal coal consumption....
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"
Energy Market Company's Singapore Electricity Roundtable
October 28, 2010
PESD Director Frank Wolak will be delivering the keynote address at the 6th Singapore Electricity Roundtable 2010.
Prospects and Bottlenecks for Clean Energy Cooperation
October 25, 2010
The Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies and the Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia (ERINA) will host a seminar on the potential areas of cooperation between the U.S., Japan, and...
Energy Working Group: Heidi Hjaernet on the Petroleum Sector Management in Azerbaijan
October 19, 2010
Heidi Kjærnet will be presenting her paper "Petroleum sector management in Azerbaijan: A case study of the national oil company SOCAR".
2010 Regional Council of Rural Counties Meeting (RCRC)
September 22, 2010
PESD Director Frank Wolak will be leading the "Petroleum's Future" talk along with Michael Roman from the Public and Government Affairs, ExxonMobil Corporation.
China Scope at MIT: Understanding China's Economy and Society
September 18, 2010
PESD Researcher Gang He is invited to "China Scope at MIT: Understanding China's Economy and Society" conference hosted by the Boston-area China Care Clubs and M-Stone Advisory, which is being held...
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