Reducing the Green Premium

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Reducing the Green Premium

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The world will never reach net zero emissions unless products that don’t emit greenhouse gases can compete with products that do. Some key climate technologies – like wind, solar, and lithium ion batteries – now have real market opportunities to replace their carbon-emitting competitors. However, these technologies by themselves will not be enough to get to net zero emissions by 2050. We need to move even faster to reduce the cost of other technologies, through investments and creative financing structures – in areas such as green hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuel, direct air capture, and long duration energy storage – to meet our climate goals. How can we accelerate the cycle of innovation? How do we identify technologies to reduce the ‘green premium’?

Speakers :

Bill Gates

Chair, Gates Foundation

Founder, Breakthrough Energy and TerraPower
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Dr Ernest J. Moniz

President & CEO

Energy Futures Initiative