Unlocking Energy Innovation: How America Can Build a Low-Cost, Low-Carbon Energy System
By Richard K. Lester, David M. Hart
Categories: Politics & Social Sciences, Science & Math
In Unlocking Energy Innovation (MIT Press, 2011), Richard K. Lester and David M. Hart argue that the United States must overhaul its energy innovation system to build a reliable, low-cost, low-carbon supply. They describe three overlapping waves: efficiency gains, mass deployment of low-carbon power such as nuclear, wind and solar from about 2020 to 2050, and radical technologies after mid-century. To pay for costly demonstration projects, they propose a surcharge on electricity sales allocated by regional innovation investment boards.
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