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Improving the crystal ball

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Understanding future costs of energy technologies is crucial for making good decisions about the energy transition. A new paper shows that some types of forecasts have done better than others.

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Nemet, G.F. Improving the crystal ball. Nat Energy 6, 860–861 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00903-9

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