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Stephen Jarvis
@stephenjarvis.bsky.social

Finished teaching a new course on energy markets and the clean energy transition last month. Was a blast and have lots of thoughts for next year. One takeaway is the value of going beyond academic journals/textbooks and incorporating media articles, podcasts, and video. Here's a few we covered... 🧵

Stephen Jarvis
@stephenjarvis.bsky.social

For a class full of social science students, getting some grounding in how the physics and engineering of the grid interacts with the economics is key. The summer school series that @jessedjenkins.com and @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social put out on their excellent Shift Key podcast was perfect for this.

heatmap.newsShift Key Summer School: What Is a Watt?Jesse teaches Rob the basics of energy, power, and what it all has to do with the grid.

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Stephen Jarvis
@stephenjarvis.bsky.social

Understanding the clean energy transition requires a firm grasp of the fossil fuel markets that still dominate the sector today. @planetmoney.bsky.social has some excellent energy reporting, including this piece on gasoline that features both @severinborenstein.bsky.social and Ryan Kellogg.

npr.orgBreaking down the price of gasoline : Planet MoneyHigh gas prices have fueled speculation and investigations — is anyone raising prices and keeping prices high for profit? To find out, we break down the price of gas, piece by piece, to show you how w...
Stephen Jarvis
@stephenjarvis.bsky.social

I'm a big fan of the @rff.org Resources Radio podcast - lots of great interviews with researchers talking about their work so the archive is a real gold mine. We ended up discussing this excellent episode with @catiehausman.bsky.social going through her work on electricity transmission.

resources.orgPower Flows: Understanding the Barriers to Electricity Transmission, with Catherine HausmanCatherine Hausman discusses the benefits of building new electricity transmission lines, the costs of not building new transmission, and why more transmission is not being built in the United States.