we ve got 20 years of continued learning, 30 years by 2050. by the time we get there, the cost of electricity will be so much cheaper than today s cost, including storage and redistribution, that actually we ll see a step up in wealth across the world and many other places coming up to the levels of wealth that we re used to in the uk, so i actually see this as a massively exciting transition. it s a daunting change, but if we embrace it, actually, this is the next transition, next step advancement for society and well being for humankind. and for the last word, danielle. so i would say i am very optimistic. knowing that prices will continue to come down, there will be more people with access to energy, living better lives, bringing more people out of poverty, because, not in spite of, this growing amount of renewable energy. creating more jobs, internationally. my only reservation would be that there are so many people
for 85%, it ll be 100% by 2050, and i see that very feasibly happening. we ve got 20 years of continued learning, 30 years by 2050. by the time we get there, the cost of electricity will be so much cheaper than today s cost, including storage and redistribution, that actually we ll see a step up in wealth across the world and many other places coming up to the levels of wealth that we re used to in the uk, so i actually see this as a massively exciting transition. it s a daunting change, but if we embrace it, actually, this is the next transition, next step advancement for society and well being for humankind. and for the last word, danielle. so i would say i am very optimistic, knowing that prices will continue to come down, there will be more people with access to energy, living better lives, bringing more people out of poverty, because, not in spite of, this growing amount of renewable energy. creating more jobs, internationally.
so much cheaper than today s cost, including storage and redistribution, that actually we ll see a step up in wealth across the world and many other places coming up to the levels of wealth that we re used to in the uk, so i actually see this as a massively exciting transition. it s a daunting change, but if we embrace it, actually, this is the next transition, next step advancement for society and well being for humankind. and for the last word, danielle. so i would say i am very optimistic, knowing that prices will continue to come down, there will be more people with access to energy, living better lives, bringing more people out of poverty, because, not in spite of, this growing amount of renewable energy. creating morejobs, internationally. my only reservation would be that there are so many people in the world who either think this is purely a technology issue, which is separate from their life, or something that they don t need
will be 100% by 2050, and i see that very feasibly happening. we ve got 20 years of continued learning, 30 years by 2050. by the time we get there, the cost of electricity will be so much cheaper than today s cost, including storage and redistribution, that actually we ll see a step up in wealth across the world and many other places coming up to the levels of wealth that we re used to in the uk, so i actually see this as a massively exciting transition. it s a daunting change but if we embrace it, actually, this is the next transition, next step advancement for society and well being for humankind. and for the last word, danielle. so i would say i am very optimistic, knowing that prices will continue to come down, there will be more people with access to energy, living better lives, bringing more people out of poverty, because, not in spite of, this growing amount of renewable energy.
bringing more people out of poverty, because, not in spite of, this growing amount of renewable energy. creating more jobs, internationally. my only reservation would be that there are so many people in the world who either think this is purely a technology issue, which is separate from their life, or something that they don t need to think too much about or be a part of, and as i mentioned before, the biggest challenge is how the public accepts how we manage to lobby our governments and we think about the priorities that we want to make in our society. and that s it from the engineers: clean energy here at the victoria and albert museum in london. on behalf of the bbc world service, our partners, the royal commission for the exhibition of 1851 and all of us here, a huge thank you to our brilliant engineers, kristian eikeland holmefjord, danielle merfeld and henry snaith. applause.