Renewables rise above fossil fuels

Graham Palmer

doi:10.1038/s41560-019-0426-y

Renewables rise above fossil fuels

Graham Palmer

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

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Abstract

Fossil fuels have long been considered cheap compared to other energy sources, such as solar or wind. Researchers now show that with easy-to-access fossil fuels running out, the more productive renewables may be approaching and even exceeding oil and gas in net energy generation in many cases.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	538-539
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Energy
Volume	4
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-019-0426-y
Publication status	Published - Jul 2019

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