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Natural Gas Initiative is a cross-campus effort of the Precourt Institute for Energy.

Energy Access and Energy Equity

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Primary Research Goals:

Leaders: Noami Boness Mark Thurber Frank Wolak

  • Gas distribution utilities
  • Gas infrastructure models
  • Emerging markets
  • Reliability in nascent grids

Faculty & Researchers

Mark Thurber

Associate Director for Research at PESD, Social Science Research Scholar
Frank Wolak

Holbrook Working Professor of Commodity Price Studies in the Dept of Economics / Director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development - Stanford University

Students

  • Trevor Davis (postdoctoral scholar at PESD): development of gas/renewables integration scenarios in PESD’s Energy Market Game.
  • Ryan Triolo (Ph.D. student in Civil and Environmental Engineering): support for gas scenario development for PESD’s Energy Market Game.

Related Publications

Energy Access and Energy Equity 
Annual Report

Stanford Natural Gas Initiative seed funded projects require annual submissions of brief technical progress reports and interim report summaries for active projects. Closed projects require a technical report and final report summary one year after the award close date. 

Read the most recent interim report