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Solar and Wind Are Growing Faster Than Fledgling Nuclear and LNG Once Did
The steep trajectory of renewables is good news for decarbonization, with a caveat: New technologies need to work harder to make a dent in global energy demand.
Solar panels in San Bernardino County, California.
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Shell Plc recently published two energy security scenarios, its latest in a long series of thorough and (at least to energy analysts) memorable views into energy’s possible futures. The first, called Archipelagos, is an extension of the world’s current path; the second, Sky 2050, works backward from an idealized outcome of net zero emissions and limited global temperature increase.