Induced innovation in energy technologies and systems: a review of evidence and potential implications for CO2 mitigation

M Grubb, P Drummond, A Poncia… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We conduct a systematic and interdisciplinary review of empirical literature assessing
evidence on induced innovation in energy and related technologies. We explore links …

Re-examining rates of lithium-ion battery technology improvement and cost decline

MS Ziegler, JE Trancik - Energy & Environmental Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Lithium-ion technologies are increasingly employed to electrify transportation and provide
stationary energy storage for electrical grids, and as such their development has garnered …

[HTML][HTML] Energy system transition pathways to meet the global electricity demand for ambitious climate targets and cost competitiveness

A Aghahosseini, AA Solomon, C Breyer, T Pregger… - Applied energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This study presents a novel energy system modelling approach for the analysis and
comparison of global energy transition pathways for the decarbonisation of the electricity …

[HTML][HTML] Review of commercial nuclear fusion projects

S Meschini, F Laviano, F Ledda, D Pettinari… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Nuclear fusion technologies have re-gained momentum in the last decade thanks to their
disruptive potential in different fields, such as energy production and space propulsion, and …

Key Challenges for grid‐scale lithium‐ion battery energy storage

Y Huang, J Li - Advanced Energy Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A rapid transition in the energy infrastructure is crucial when irreversible damages are
happening quickly in the next decade due to global climate change. It is believed that a …

Determinants of lithium-ion battery technology cost decline

MS Ziegler, J Song, JE Trancik - Energy & Environmental Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Prices of lithium-ion battery technologies have fallen rapidly and substantially, by about
97%, since their commercialization three decades ago. Many efforts have contributed to the …

Techno-economic analysis of advanced small modular nuclear reactors

A Asuega, BJ Limb, JC Quinn - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) represent a robust opportunity to develop low-
carbon and reliable power with the potential to meet cost parity with conventional power …

Mechanisms of hardware and soft technology evolution and the implications for solar energy cost trends

MM Klemun, G Kavlak, J McNerney, JE Trancik - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
Technology hardware and deployment processes ('soft technology') seem fundamentally
different, but little work examines the nature of this difference and its implications for …

A co-design framework for wind energy integrated with storage

MJ Aziz, DF Gayme, K Johnson, J Knox-Hayes, P Li… - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
The global growth of wind energy markets offers opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions. However, wind variability and intermittency (across multiple timescales) indicate …

Why investing in new nuclear plants is bad for the climate

L Haywood, M Leroutier, R Pietzcker - Joule, 2023 - cell.com
Luke Haywood is head of climate and energy at the European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
in Brussels and guest researcher at the Mercator Research Centre on Global Commons and …