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.
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
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
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Inscripción aberta
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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
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Inscripción aberta
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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 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
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!
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:
Pipeline gas imports from Russia to the EU.
Via @sstapczynski.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Via @sstapczynski.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
March 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Pipeline gas imports from Russia to the EU.
Via @sstapczynski.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Via @sstapczynski.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Personal news: just became Associate Professor at Yonsei - Mirae
March 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Personal news: just became Associate Professor at Yonsei - Mirae
Another way to see the renewable energy - nuclear trade-off: the higher the VRE penetration, the lower the residual load and thus the less need for baseload technologies.
#EnergySky #EconSky
#EnergySky #EconSky
January 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Another way to see the renewable energy - nuclear trade-off: the higher the VRE penetration, the lower the residual load and thus the less need for baseload technologies.
#EnergySky #EconSky
#EnergySky #EconSky
Nuclear is a baseload technology: once installed, it must run continuously.
As variable renewables increase, residual load declines.
When residual load < nuclear capacity, nuclear is no longer profitable.
For this reason, Spain will be shutting down nuclear progressively during the next decade.
As variable renewables increase, residual load declines.
When residual load < nuclear capacity, nuclear is no longer profitable.
For this reason, Spain will be shutting down nuclear progressively during the next decade.
January 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Nuclear is a baseload technology: once installed, it must run continuously.
As variable renewables increase, residual load declines.
When residual load < nuclear capacity, nuclear is no longer profitable.
For this reason, Spain will be shutting down nuclear progressively during the next decade.
As variable renewables increase, residual load declines.
When residual load < nuclear capacity, nuclear is no longer profitable.
For this reason, Spain will be shutting down nuclear progressively during the next decade.
Peak-load pricing theory in the electricity market with only variable renewable supply and elastic demand in 4 situations of low/high demand/supply.
Prices vary between 0 (P12) and very high (P21).
Scarcity prices set the optimal capacity in the long-term given the WTP (demand).
#EnergySky
Prices vary between 0 (P12) and very high (P21).
Scarcity prices set the optimal capacity in the long-term given the WTP (demand).
#EnergySky
January 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Peak-load pricing theory in the electricity market with only variable renewable supply and elastic demand in 4 situations of low/high demand/supply.
Prices vary between 0 (P12) and very high (P21).
Scarcity prices set the optimal capacity in the long-term given the WTP (demand).
#EnergySky
Prices vary between 0 (P12) and very high (P21).
Scarcity prices set the optimal capacity in the long-term given the WTP (demand).
#EnergySky
The KRW is now more depreciated than what would be expected based on pre-Dec. 3rd trends:
1- month (3.6%, green dashed line)
2-month (1.8%, violet)
3-month (2.2%, orange)
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1- month (3.6%, green dashed line)
2-month (1.8%, violet)
3-month (2.2%, orange)
2/2
January 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The KRW is now more depreciated than what would be expected based on pre-Dec. 3rd trends:
1- month (3.6%, green dashed line)
2-month (1.8%, violet)
3-month (2.2%, orange)
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1- month (3.6%, green dashed line)
2-month (1.8%, violet)
3-month (2.2%, orange)
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A month after the self-coup attempt in South Korea on December 3rd, the KRW is more depreciated than ever in recent history, other than during the Korean financial crisis and the Great Recession.
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January 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A month after the self-coup attempt in South Korea on December 3rd, the KRW is more depreciated than ever in recent history, other than during the Korean financial crisis and the Great Recession.
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Optimally allocating wind capacity across European countries would virtually remove the occurrence of "Dunkelflaute".
P(CF<10%):
- Germany alone: 27%
- Optimally allocated wind capacity in Europe: 1%
Source:
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
P(CF<10%):
- Germany alone: 27%
- Optimally allocated wind capacity in Europe: 1%
Source:
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
December 15, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Optimally allocating wind capacity across European countries would virtually remove the occurrence of "Dunkelflaute".
P(CF<10%):
- Germany alone: 27%
- Optimally allocated wind capacity in Europe: 1%
Source:
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
P(CF<10%):
- Germany alone: 27%
- Optimally allocated wind capacity in Europe: 1%
Source:
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Seoul, December 9, 2024
December 9, 2024 at 12:23 AM
Seoul, December 9, 2024
Seoul, Dec. 7, 2024
December 7, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Seoul, Dec. 7, 2024
Historical picture: the Korean parliament revokes the martial law ending the self-coup.
December 3, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Historical picture: the Korean parliament revokes the martial law ending the self-coup.
No es cierto:
- si se refiere a toda la renovable, Noruega tiene > 90% desde hace años (gracias a la hidráulica).
- si se refiere solo a solar y eólica, Dinamarca también superó el 50% hace tiempo.
- si se refiere a toda la renovable, Noruega tiene > 90% desde hace años (gracias a la hidráulica).
- si se refiere solo a solar y eólica, Dinamarca también superó el 50% hace tiempo.
November 26, 2024 at 3:38 PM
No es cierto:
- si se refiere a toda la renovable, Noruega tiene > 90% desde hace años (gracias a la hidráulica).
- si se refiere solo a solar y eólica, Dinamarca también superó el 50% hace tiempo.
- si se refiere a toda la renovable, Noruega tiene > 90% desde hace años (gracias a la hidráulica).
- si se refiere solo a solar y eólica, Dinamarca también superó el 50% hace tiempo.
A hypothetical super-grid connecting Europe, China and the USA, with optimally allocated capacities, could provide a firm wind generation profile with a CF between 15%–40% for 99% of the time.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
September 4, 2024 at 3:03 PM
A hypothetical super-grid connecting Europe, China and the USA, with optimally allocated capacities, could provide a firm wind generation profile with a CF between 15%–40% for 99% of the time.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
We also provide a quantifiable definition of "firmness" as a combination of reliability (min. CF for most of the time) and certainty (dispersion of the CF around the mean).
The larger the spatial integration, the firmer the generation profile.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
The larger the spatial integration, the firmer the generation profile.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
September 4, 2024 at 3:03 PM
We also provide a quantifiable definition of "firmness" as a combination of reliability (min. CF for most of the time) and certainty (dispersion of the CF around the mean).
The larger the spatial integration, the firmer the generation profile.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
The larger the spatial integration, the firmer the generation profile.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...