Low-cost renewable electricity as the key driver of the global energy transition towards sustainability

@article{Bogdanov2021LowcostRE,
  title={Low-cost renewable electricity as the key driver of the global energy transition towards sustainability},
  author={Dmitrii Bogdanov and Manish Ram and Arman Aghahosseini and Ashish Gulagi and Ayobami Solomon Oyewo and Michael Child and Upeksha Caldera and Kristina Sadovskaia and Javier Farf{\'a}n and Larissa de Souza Noel Simas Barbosa and Mahdi Fasihi and Siavash Khalili and Thure Traber and Christian Breyer},
  journal={Energy},
  year={2021}
}
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