About PESD Landing Page

The Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD) is an international, interdisciplinary program that draws on the fields of economics, political science, law, and management to investigate how the production and consumption of energy affect human welfare and environmental quality.  In addition to undertaking world-class research, the Program leads advanced graduate and introductory undergraduate courses and seminars in energy and environmental policy at Stanford.  

PESD's current research concentrates on the following areas:

• Electricity Market Design
• Renewable Energy Integration
• Low-Income Energy Services
• Fossil Fuel Markets and Governance
• Climate Change Policy
• Non-Intermittent Zero-Carbon Technologies
• Energy Market Game