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Wilson, C., Grubler, A., Bento, N., Healey, S., De Stercke, S. & Zimm, C. (2020). Granular technologies to accelerate decarbonization. Science. 368 (6486), 36-39
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C. Wilson et al.,  "Granular technologies to accelerate decarbonization", in Science, vol. 368, no. 6486, pp. 36-39, 2020
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@article{wilson2020_1766261321153,
	author = "Wilson, C. and Grubler, A. and Bento, N. and Healey, S. and De Stercke, S. and Zimm, C.",
	title = "Granular technologies to accelerate decarbonization",
	journal = "Science",
	year = "2020",
	volume = "368",
	number = "6486",
	doi = "10.1126/science.aaz8060",
	pages = "36-39",
	url = "https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6486/36"
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Granular technologies to accelerate decarbonization
T2  - Science
VL  - 368
IS  - 6486
AU  - Wilson, C.
AU  - Grubler, A.
AU  - Bento, N.
AU  - Healey, S.
AU  - De Stercke, S.
AU  - Zimm, C.
PY  - 2020
SP  - 36-39
SN  - 0036-8075
DO  - 10.1126/science.aaz8060
UR  - https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6486/36
AB  - Of the 45 energy technologies deemed critical by the International Energy Agency for meeting global climate targets, 38 need to improve substantially in cost and performance while accelerating deployment over the next decades (1). Low-carbon technological solutions vary in scale from solar panels, e-bikes, and smart thermostats to carbon capture and storage, light rail transit, and whole-building retrofits. We make three contributions to long-standing debates on the appropriate scale of technological responses in the energy system (2, 3). First, we focus on the specific needs of accelerated low-carbon transformation: rapid technology deployment, escaping lock-in, and social legitimacy. Second, we synthesize evidence on energy end-use technologies in homes, transport, and industry, as well as electricity generation and energy supply. Third, we go beyond technical and economic considerations to include innovation, investment, deployment, social, and equity criteria for assessing the relative advantage of alternative technologies as a function of their scale. We suggest numerous potential advantages of more-granular energy technologies for accelerating progress toward climate targets, as well as the conditions on which such progress depends.
ER  -