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Greg Nemet
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Energy climate tech innovation policy for inclusive well-being.

U.Wisc Prof @UWLaFollette @uw_eap 🍁

How Solar Got Cheap http://www.amzn.com/1032597496
June 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
June 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
June 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Reviews...
June 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
New book coming out July 18:
2nd ed. of How Solar Energy Became Cheap, now titled, “Pathway to a Solar Centric Economy.”

New focus on long term implications of continued trends in PV:
1. Solar becomes the core of global energy system
2. Need to prepare to take advantage of it

gregnemet.net/book
June 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
New paper
“Lessons for scaling direct air capture from the history of ammonia synthesis”
Led by Cameron Roberts
 
in short:
If high temp DAC can grow like ammonia it can meet 2050 targets,
but needs strong social consensus and support, currently missing

authors.elsevier.com/c/1jdqo7tZ6a...
August 27, 2024 at 7:38 PM
December 11, 2023 at 5:42 PM
How fast can we go on climate?

NEW data for exploration + download

The HATCH: Historical Adoption of TeCHnology dataset
 
Massive effort by U.Wisc MCC-Berlin IIASA --> 7k country-level time series on adoption of >200 diverse technologies.

Paper: rdcu.be/dpQgE

Data: zenodo.org/records/1003...
December 8, 2023 at 1:05 AM
The 10 Insights on climate report is well worth your time (even during COP!)

UNFCCC webinar:
t.co/A1ihsMWoQz

Report:
t.co/iJol3an3od

Good to work with colleagues Julia Pongratz, Oliver Geden @hausfath.bsky.social Aaron Rodman on policy needs for carbon removal at #3.
December 4, 2023 at 3:49 PM