Sources and References – The Unpopular Truth

Sources and references

For Lars' Article on Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE)

in order of appearance

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Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) on low cost of wind and solar (Jun 2023)
https://about.bnef.com/blog/cost-of-clean-energy-technologies-drop-as-expensive-debt-offset-by-cooling-commodity-prices/

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IEA on ‘Is Exponential Growth of Solar PV the Obvious Conclusion?’ (Feb. 2019) https://www.iea.org/commentaries/is-exponential-growth-of-solar-pv-the-obvious-conclusion

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IEEFA on ´Cheap Renewables Are Transforming Global Electricity Business´ (Feb 2018)
https://www.irena.org/news/pressreleases/2022/Jul/Renewable-Power-Remains-Cost-Competitive-amid-Fossil-Fuel-Crisishttps://ieefa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Cheap-Renewables-Transforming-Global-Electricity-2018.pdf

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IRENA ´Renewable Power Remains Cost-Competitive amid Fossil Fuel Crisis´ (Jun 2022)
https://www.irena.org/news/pressreleases/2022/Jul/Renewable-Power-Remains-Cost-Competitive-amid-Fossil-Fuel-Crisis

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IMF on “The Great Carbon Arbitrage” and Lars’ response (Jun 2022)
http://unpopular-truth.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2022-06-20Schernikau-to-IMF-CarbonArbitragePaper.pdf

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AGORA on “Calculator of LCOE for Power Generation Technologies” (Feb 2014)
https://www.agora-energiewende.de/en/publications/calculator-of-levelized-cost-of-electricity-for-power-generation-technologies/

07

BBC on “Switching to renewable energy could save trillions – study” (Sep 2022)
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62892013

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Lars on LinkedIn “The Full Costs of Electricity Provision” (Dec 2022)
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7009961184799916032/

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OECD on “The Full Costs of Electricity Provision” (Jun 2018, p 18)
https://www.oecd.org/publications/the-full-costs-of-electricity-provision-9789264303119-en.htm

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IEA on “Projected Costs of Generating Electricity 2020” (Dec 2020, p 13),
detailing “decreasing system value of variable renewables such as wind and solar“
https://www.iea.org/reports/projected-costs-of-generating-electricity-2020

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Lars on YouTube “How ‘Human’ disruptions impact GDP” (Feb 2023)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZafUEofHVY

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BNEF on “Cost of Clean Energy Technologies Drop as Expensive Debt Offset by Cooling Commodity Prices” (Jun 2023)
https://about.bnef.com/blog/cost-of-clean-energy-technologies-drop-as-expensive-debt-offset-by-cooling-commodity-prices/

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Schernikau and Smith 2022: “Full Cost of Electricity ‘FCOE’ and Energy Returns ‘eROI’“
https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4000800

Available for free at Elsevier’s SSRN in English and German

14

Lecture on “Renewables Need Reality-Checks” (Sep 2023)
by Douglas Pollock and Bruce Everet
https://youtu.be/gvEE0IWg-Xs?feature=shared

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INSEAD and Harvard on “The Hidden Cost of Solar Energy” by Mariutti (Dec 2021)
https://knowledge.insead.edu/responsibility/hidden-cost-solar-energy

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Economist on “Expensive energy may have killed more Europeans than covid-19 last winter” (May 2023)
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2023/05/10/expensive-energy-may-have-killed-more-europeans-than-covid-19-last-winter

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Sand et al 2023 on “A multi-model assessment of the Global Warming Potential of hydrogen”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00857-8

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OECD Nuclear Energy Agency on “The Costs of Decarbonisation: System Costs with High Shares of Nuclear and Renewables” (Jan 2019, p 19)
https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264312180-en

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