Javier López Prol
@lopezprol.com
Associate Professor at Yonsei University - Mirae.
Energy | Climate | Environmental Economics
Energy | Climate | Environmental Economics
The US and the Euro area have roughly the same population and median income per capita in purchasing power parity.
The poorest half of Europeans are richer than their American counterparts, and the richest half of Americans are richer than their European peers.
The poorest half of Europeans are richer than their American counterparts, and the richest half of Americans are richer than their European peers.
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The US and the Euro area have roughly the same population and median income per capita in purchasing power parity.
The poorest half of Europeans are richer than their American counterparts, and the richest half of Americans are richer than their European peers.
The poorest half of Europeans are richer than their American counterparts, and the richest half of Americans are richer than their European peers.
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I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
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The strain on scientific publishing: we set out to characterise the remarkable growth of the scientific literature in the last few years, in spite of declining growth in total scientists. What is going on?
direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
A 🧵 1/n
#AcademicSky #PhDchat #ScientificPublishing #SciPub
direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
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#AcademicSky #PhDchat #ScientificPublishing #SciPub
November 19, 2024 at 12:27 PM
The strain on scientific publishing: we set out to characterise the remarkable growth of the scientific literature in the last few years, in spite of declining growth in total scientists. What is going on?
direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
A 🧵 1/n
#AcademicSky #PhDchat #ScientificPublishing #SciPub
direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
A 🧵 1/n
#AcademicSky #PhDchat #ScientificPublishing #SciPub
Small achievement: 1,000 citations on Google Scholar, without tricks and as a lead author in most papers.
October 1, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Small achievement: 1,000 citations on Google Scholar, without tricks and as a lead author in most papers.
Next Tuesday, Sept. 30, I'll be presenting about global trends in finance for a just transition at the International Conference on Climate Finance & Industry.
Registration still possible: answer.moaform.com/answers/R9kbdA
Registration still possible: answer.moaform.com/answers/R9kbdA
September 25, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Next Tuesday, Sept. 30, I'll be presenting about global trends in finance for a just transition at the International Conference on Climate Finance & Industry.
Registration still possible: answer.moaform.com/answers/R9kbdA
Registration still possible: answer.moaform.com/answers/R9kbdA
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Thanks 😀 You can find many more such animations on the #OpenEnergyTracker, e.g. a duck curve openenergytracker.org/en/docs/germ...
September 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Thanks 😀 You can find many more such animations on the #OpenEnergyTracker, e.g. a duck curve openenergytracker.org/en/docs/germ...
Os vindeiros 17-19 de setembro haberá unhas xornadas sobre enerxía eólica mariña na UDC no que estarei participando cunha ponencia (online) sobre impacto económico da eólica en Galiza.
Inscripción aberta
udcxest.udc.gal/xest/publica...
Inscripción aberta
udcxest.udc.gal/xest/publica...
September 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Os vindeiros 17-19 de setembro haberá unhas xornadas sobre enerxía eólica mariña na UDC no que estarei participando cunha ponencia (online) sobre impacto económico da eólica en Galiza.
Inscripción aberta
udcxest.udc.gal/xest/publica...
Inscripción aberta
udcxest.udc.gal/xest/publica...
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💡 New Transmission Paper alert 💡
“Electric transmission value and its drivers in United States power markets” just went live in Nature Communications! Kudos especially to Julie Mulvaney Kemp for getting this work to the finish line.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
“Electric transmission value and its drivers in United States power markets” just went live in Nature Communications! Kudos especially to Julie Mulvaney Kemp for getting this work to the finish line.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
💡 New Transmission Paper alert 💡
“Electric transmission value and its drivers in United States power markets” just went live in Nature Communications! Kudos especially to Julie Mulvaney Kemp for getting this work to the finish line.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
“Electric transmission value and its drivers in United States power markets” just went live in Nature Communications! Kudos especially to Julie Mulvaney Kemp for getting this work to the finish line.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
I'll be implementing a no-screens policy for my undergrad enviro econ class this semester with the hope of increasing interaction and participation. Do you have any ideas or advice?
August 31, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I'll be implementing a no-screens policy for my undergrad enviro econ class this semester with the hope of increasing interaction and participation. Do you have any ideas or advice?
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🚨Jobs! Come and work with us - we’re a nice department and it’s mostly not grim up north either!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ343/l...
#WeAreNCL #EconSky
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ343/l...
#WeAreNCL #EconSky
Lecturer in Economics at Newcastle University
An opportunity for an academic position as a Lecturer in Economics is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
www.jobs.ac.uk
August 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🚨Jobs! Come and work with us - we’re a nice department and it’s mostly not grim up north either!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ343/l...
#WeAreNCL #EconSky
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ343/l...
#WeAreNCL #EconSky
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Our paper "Rethinking capacity market fundamentals," about several issues in accreditation and non-performance penalties in capacity markets, is now published in Energy Economics and is open access for the next 50 days at this link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1ldcmW3fd1...
authors.elsevier.com
August 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Our paper "Rethinking capacity market fundamentals," about several issues in accreditation and non-performance penalties in capacity markets, is now published in Energy Economics and is open access for the next 50 days at this link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1ldcmW3fd1...
August 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Attending the World Congress of the Econometric Society in Seoul. Ping me if you’re around! @econometric.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Attending the World Congress of the Econometric Society in Seoul. Ping me if you’re around! @econometric.bsky.social
This @financialtimes.com article touches on some of the main themes in my research: the erratic Spanish PV policies (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...), cannibalization (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...), curtailment (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...), ...
August 13, 2025 at 7:25 AM
This @financialtimes.com article touches on some of the main themes in my research: the erratic Spanish PV policies (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...), cannibalization (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...), curtailment (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...), ...
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This year's @irena-official.bsky.social cost report is missing my favourite figure on LCOE, so I replicated it with their data + Lazard for NGCC 👇
Please @irena-official.bsky.social add it again next year!
#EnergySky
Please @irena-official.bsky.social add it again next year!
#EnergySky
July 30, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This year's @irena-official.bsky.social cost report is missing my favourite figure on LCOE, so I replicated it with their data + Lazard for NGCC 👇
Please @irena-official.bsky.social add it again next year!
#EnergySky
Please @irena-official.bsky.social add it again next year!
#EnergySky
This year's @irena-official.bsky.social cost report is missing my favourite figure on LCOE, so I replicated it with their data + Lazard for NGCC 👇
Please @irena-official.bsky.social add it again next year!
#EnergySky
Please @irena-official.bsky.social add it again next year!
#EnergySky
July 30, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This year's @irena-official.bsky.social cost report is missing my favourite figure on LCOE, so I replicated it with their data + Lazard for NGCC 👇
Please @irena-official.bsky.social add it again next year!
#EnergySky
Please @irena-official.bsky.social add it again next year!
#EnergySky
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📅 September 9, 2025
🕘 9:00 - 10:30 am Pacific Time
📍 Online on Zoom
🔗 Register at cmcc-it.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Save the date and register!
#politicaleconomy #carbonpricing
🕘 9:00 - 10:30 am Pacific Time
📍 Online on Zoom
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#politicaleconomy #carbonpricing
June 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
📅 September 9, 2025
🕘 9:00 - 10:30 am Pacific Time
📍 Online on Zoom
🔗 Register at cmcc-it.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Save the date and register!
#politicaleconomy #carbonpricing
🕘 9:00 - 10:30 am Pacific Time
📍 Online on Zoom
🔗 Register at cmcc-it.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Save the date and register!
#politicaleconomy #carbonpricing
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🚨 It’s finally here… the moment you’ve been waiting for 🥁
Ember’s new Electricity Data Explorer 2.0 is LIVE ✅
Users can now discover more insights from the most up-to-date, open data on global and country-level electricity transitions 🌐⚡️
Here's what's new 👇🧵
Ember’s new Electricity Data Explorer 2.0 is LIVE ✅
Users can now discover more insights from the most up-to-date, open data on global and country-level electricity transitions 🌐⚡️
Here's what's new 👇🧵
June 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🚨 It’s finally here… the moment you’ve been waiting for 🥁
Ember’s new Electricity Data Explorer 2.0 is LIVE ✅
Users can now discover more insights from the most up-to-date, open data on global and country-level electricity transitions 🌐⚡️
Here's what's new 👇🧵
Ember’s new Electricity Data Explorer 2.0 is LIVE ✅
Users can now discover more insights from the most up-to-date, open data on global and country-level electricity transitions 🌐⚡️
Here's what's new 👇🧵
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Thrilled to share my latest research, entitled "Re-examining the automation-employment nexus from a classical political economy approach", published in Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. Open Access. Comments and Critiques are welcome. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Thrilled to share my latest research, entitled "Re-examining the automation-employment nexus from a classical political economy approach", published in Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. Open Access. Comments and Critiques are welcome. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Starting soon:
"Integration of variable renewables in electricity markets",
at the Complutense Institute for International Studies - ICEI in Madrid.
"Integration of variable renewables in electricity markets",
at the Complutense Institute for International Studies - ICEI in Madrid.
May 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Starting soon:
"Integration of variable renewables in electricity markets",
at the Complutense Institute for International Studies - ICEI in Madrid.
"Integration of variable renewables in electricity markets",
at the Complutense Institute for International Studies - ICEI in Madrid.
I'm back in Graz to present at my PhD alma mater Uni Graz - Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change about
Variable Renewables Are Not Variable
So good to meet old friends in this lovely town!
Variable Renewables Are Not Variable
So good to meet old friends in this lovely town!
May 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I'm back in Graz to present at my PhD alma mater Uni Graz - Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change about
Variable Renewables Are Not Variable
So good to meet old friends in this lovely town!
Variable Renewables Are Not Variable
So good to meet old friends in this lovely town!
The Spanish system operator (Red Eléctrica Española) confirmed that the real-time data was wrong and actually all generation fell to zero during the blackout.
Blackout in Spain and this is the info of the official system operator:
May 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The Spanish system operator (Red Eléctrica Española) confirmed that the real-time data was wrong and actually all generation fell to zero during the blackout.
Blackout in Spain and this is the info of the official system operator:
April 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Blackout in Spain and this is the info of the official system operator:
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Just posted updated version of our DID textbook! We now have drafts of all chapters, including the one on general designs! Now you can tell your friends still on X that they are DID-outdated :-) Happy easter for those of you that celebrate it. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Credible Answers to Hard Questions: Differences-in-Differences for Natural Experiments
This book introduces applied researchers to modern Differences-in-Differences (DID) methods, that they can use to obtain credible answers to hard causal inferen
papers.ssrn.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Just posted updated version of our DID textbook! We now have drafts of all chapters, including the one on general designs! Now you can tell your friends still on X that they are DID-outdated :-) Happy easter for those of you that celebrate it. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....