What will it take to slash carbon emissions in the electric sector by 100 percent?
We're already making immense progress. And we could use wind, solar and storage to cost-effectively cut grid emissions in half. But to go from 50 percent reductions to 100 percent reductions will take a much more diverse range of technologies. That is the conclusion of a new literature review of 30 studies, written by Jesse Jenkins and Samuel Thernstrom.
Jesse Jenkins joins us on the podcast. He’s an energy thinker, writer and Ph.D. candidate at MIT with an expertise in electric power system engineering.
In this week's episode of The Interchange, we define "deep decarbonization," discuss the limitations of our current pathway, and talk about the intense tribalism that frames the debate over how to transition to a zero-carbon system.
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