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In Conversation: ‘Let’s innovate with things that are already working or that we know are 100% clean’

Mark Jacobson, director of the atmosphere/energy program at Stanford University, has developed roadmaps for 143 countries to meet 100% of their energy demand from power generated by wind, water, and sunlight. In every case, these roadmaps promise major reductions in energy costs, while mitigating the effects of climate change and air pollution. pv magazine checked in with Jacobson for a look at the energy transition’s bigger picture.

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Mark Hutchins

08 Jul 2021

Image: Photo: RM VM/Wikimedia

It’s been more than 10 years since you first published work on a 100% renewables system – what has changed since then? The first article I published was back in 2009 in Scientific American. At the time utilities didn’t think much more than 20% renewables on the grid was possible, and when we proposed to …

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