hi, i m ajay gambier, - iworkjust around the corner at the grantham institute for climate change - and the environment at imperial college. i i would like to ask, i is it a surprise to any of you that we are now in this world where we are seeing i cost competitive clean energy that can compete with fossil . fuels, or was that, in your mind, an inevitability, and if so, why? i m going to offer that to danielle. so, danielle? thank you, yes. i think it was inevitable, and one of the reasons why most in this space would say that is that we can see these learning curves of cost reduction over time, over decades of time. in solar, in wind, in battery, in most technical arenas, where the certain doubling, for example, the volume of this technology being put out into the world comes out with a cost reduction. so each curve will have a different rate of learning. solar was a 24% learning curve rate, meaning for every doubling of solar power volume
who would like to ask a question of any of our clean energy engineers. hi, i m ajay gambier, - iworkjust around the corner at the grantham institute for climate change - and the environment at imperial college. i i would like to ask, i is it a surprise to any of you that we are now in this world where we are seeing i cost competitive clean energy that can compete with fossil . fuels, or was that, in your mind, an inevitability, and if so, why? i m going to offer that to danielle. so, danielle? thank you, yes. i think it was inevitable, and one of the reasons why most in this space would say that is that we can see these learning curves of cost reduction over time, over decades of time. in solar, in wind, in battery, in most technical arenas, where the certain doubling, for example, the volume of this technology being put out into the world comes out
for birds are known, and we don t site wind turbines in those areas or wind farms in that space. but there can tjust be a wholesale rejection of this technology because of the threat of something that would be negative. that collaboration is the real opportunity for us to work together. so it s a partnership, really, it s you delivering the technologies that make the future possible, and us adopting them and making the right choices to protect us from this growing threat. thank you so much. we re going to move to questions now. this is the engineers: clean energy. we ve been discussing the future of solar energy, wind power and electrical storage, and i m going to ask who would like to ask a question of any of our clean energy engineers. hi, i m ajay gambier, - iworkjust around the corner at the grantham institute for climate change and l the environment at imperial college. i would like to ask, i is it a surprise to any
who would like to ask a question of any of our clean energy initiatives. hi, i m ajay gambier, - iworkjust around the corner at the grantham institute for climate change - and the environment at imperial college. i i would like to ask, i is it a surprise to any of you that we are now in this world where we are seeing i cost competitive clean energy that can compete with fossil . fuels, or was that, in your mind, an inevitability, and if so, why? i m going to offer that to danielle. thank you, yes. i think it was inevitable, and one of the reasons why most in this space would say that is that we can see these learning curves of cost reduction over time, over decades of time. in solar, in wind, in battery, in most technical arenas, where the certain doubling, for example, the volume of this technology being put out into the world comes out with a cost reduction. so each curve will have a different rate of learning.
of us isn t technology, it s public acceptance. it s support for improved permitting and collaboration on changes to ensure that migration patterns for birds are known, and we don t site wind turbines in those areas or wind farms in that space. but there can tjust be a wholesale rejection of this technology because of the threat of something that would be negative. that collaboration is the real opportunity for us to work together. so it s a partnership, really, it s you delivering the technologies that make the future possible, and us adopting them and making the right choices to protect us from this growing threat. thank you so much. we re going to move to questions now. this is the engineers: clean energy. we ve been discussing the future of solar energy, wind power and electrical storage, and i m going to ask who would like to ask a question of any of our clean energy engineers. hi, i m ajay gambier, -