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Stanford Health Policy
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Program on Energy and Sustainable Development
Rural Education Action Program
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Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies
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Center for Innovation in Global Health
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Frank Wolak, MS, PhD
Director, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development; Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Senior Fellow by courtesy; Senior Fellow at FSI for International Studies and Holbrook Working Professor of Commodity Price Studies in EconomicsView Frank Wolak's bio, list of research, recent publications and events »
June 27th, 2011
PESD Director Frank Wolak answers nuclear power question on FREAKONOMICS blog
in the newsFrank Wolak was an invited commentator writing in the FREAKONOMICS June 21, 2011 blog posting titled, "What Happens Next as the World Turns Away From Nuclear Power?" Read more »
May 1st, 2011
Wolak Participating as a Panelist at the Uptime Institute Symposium 2011
PESD Director Frank Wolak will be participating in the Uptime Institute Symposium 2011 from May 9-12, 2011. Wolak will be among a few panelists on "The Future of Energy" session to discuss key issues in electricity markets and electricity delivery that data center operators may need to understand and prepare for over the next 2-5 years.
March 14th, 2011
Wolak Speaking on Advance Hydro Modeling Panel
PESD Director Frank Wolak will be speaking during the Advance Hydro Modeling Part II session of the "Workshop on Modeling of Hydro Services in the Western US" host by EPRI and Sandia National Laboratories from March 14-15, 2011. The goal of this workshop is to discuss state-of-the-art modeling of hydro resources in the Western grid, and solicit input from key industry stakeholders on approaches to capturing the full value and market participation of existing and future hydroelectric plants.
February 8th, 2011
Wolak's climate op-ed featured in the UK Guardian
Op-ed: UK Guardian on February 5, 2011PESD Director Frank Wolak explain how the unknown price tag of carbon and uncertainty of US National climate policy are impeding on investments for oil substitutes.
January 28th, 2011
The future of U.S. energy technology lies in regulation states Wolak in The Stanford Daily
in the news: The Stanford Daily on January 27, 2011The United States should focus on innovation in energy technology now and then transition to a regulatory role once the technology has been sufficiently developed, Frank Wolak argued online in The New York Times this month.
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