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General Energy Issues
Occasionally PESD publishes work on energy issues not directly related to our four research platforms. You can read these publications here.
January 21st, 2011
PESD receives $100K in research funding from EPRI
FSI Stanford, PESD AnnouncementThe Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) awarded $100K to fund PESD's research project on "Transmission Planning to Support Renewable Energy at Scale and Enhance Wholesale Electricity Competition."
January 20th, 2011
Wolak's comment to NYT's Room for Debate question: "Can the U.S. Compete with China on Green Tech?"
FSI Stanford, PESD in the news: New York Times on January 19, 2011PESD Director Frank Wolak participated in the New York Times’ Room for Debate about whether the U.S. can compete with China on green tech and the obstacles facing American companies trying to win the front on clean energy in the global market.
December 2nd, 2008
David Victor in Newsweek: The new greens like it big
FSI Stanford, PESD Op-ed: Newsweek on December 8, 2008David Victor comments on the current flattening of investment in green technology due to market forces. What is emerging, he says, is a shift towards a green economy of scale that is based on government intervention such as regulation, mandates, and subsidies. Such mechanisms are more reliable in the long run because a large part of green's success will need to be based on larger scale industrial complexes such as off-shore wind parks and electrical grids capable of storing and delivering intermittent power. Read more »
October 13th, 2008
Nobel laureate outlines strategy to reduce nuclear proliferation risk
FSI Stanford, PESD in the newsIn Issues in Science and Technology this month, PESD senior fellow and Nobel laureate in physics, Burton Richter, discusses how the international political community might address proliferation risk inherent in the expansion of nuclear energy. 
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