Publications

J. López Prol, F. de Llano Paz, A. Calvo-Silvosa, S. Pfenninger, I. Staffel (2024). Spatial integration for firm and load-following wind generation. Environmental Research Letters, Volume 19, Number 9. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad5d7d 

J. López Prol, A. Paul (2024). Profitability landscapes for competitive photovoltaic self-consumption. Energy Policy. Volume 188, May 2024, 114084. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114084 [explainer]

J. López Prol, F. de Llano Paz, A. Calvo-Silvosa, S. Pfenninger, I. Staffel (2024). Wind-solar technological, spatial and temporal complementarities in Europe: A portfolio approach. Energy. Volume 292, 1 April 2024, 130348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2024.130348 [explainer]

J. López Prol, K.W. Steininger, K. Williges, W.D., Grossmann, I. Grossmann (2023). Potential gains of long-distance trade in electricity. Energy Economics. Volume 124, August 2023, 106739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106739  [explainer] [shiny app] [Twitter]

J. López Prol, D. Zilberman (2023). No alarms and no surprises: Dynamics of renewable energy curtailment in California. Energy Economics. Volume 126, October 2023, 106974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106974 [Twitter]

J López Prol, K. Kim (2022). Risk-return performance of optimized ESG equity portfolios in the NYSE. Finance Research Letters. Volume 50, December 2022, 103312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.103312 [Twitter]

J López Prol, W.P. Schill (2021). The Economics of Variable Renewable Energy and Electricity Storage. Annual Review of Resource Economics. Vol. 13:443-467. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-101620-081246  [working paper] [Twitter]

J López Prol, K.W. Steininger (2020). Photovoltaic self-consumption is now profitable in Spain: Effects of the new regulation on prosumers’ internal rate of return. Energy Policy. Volume 146, November 2020, 111793. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111793 [explainer] [Twitter]

J López Prol, S. O (2020). Impact of COVID-19 measures on short-term electricity consumption in the most affected EU countries and USA states. iScience. Volume 23, Issue 10, 23 October 2020, 101639 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101639 [shiny app]  [Twitter]

J. López Prol, K.W. Steininger, D. Zilberman (2020).  The cannibalization effect of wind and solar in the California wholesale electricity market. Energy Economics. Volume 85, January 2020, 104552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2019.104552 [Twitter]

J. López Prol, K.W. Steininger (2018). The social profitability of photovoltaics in Germany. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications. Volume 26, Issue 8 p. 631-641. https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2988  [Twitter]

J. López Prol (2018). Regulation, profitability and diffusion of photovoltaic grid-connected systems: A comparative analysis of Germany and Spain. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Volume 91, August 2018, Pages 1170-1181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.04.030

M. Kriechbaum, J. López Prol, A. Posch (2018). Looking back at the future: Dynamics of collective expectations about photovoltaic technology in Germany & Spain. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. Volume 129, April 2018, Pages 76-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.12.003

J. López Prol, K.W. Steininger (2017). Photovoltaic self-consumption regulation in Spain: Profitability analysis and alternative regulation schemes. Energy Policy. Volume 108, September 2017, Pages 742-754. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.06.019 [explainer]