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An electrified road to climate goals

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Renewable energy costs have fallen precipitously over the past decade. New analysis explores how an extension of these trends, plus complementary technology innovation and market-based climate policy, could lead to a future energy system dominated by electricity.

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Binsted, M. An electrified road to climate goals. Nat Energy 7, 9–10 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00974-8

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