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Revisiting Energy Policy and Planning in Future Living Cities

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Rapid urbanization is causing an increased demand in energy, which is causing geopolitical challenges as global organizations call for a shift to more renewable sources, leading to economic outcries by oil-exporting countries. However, the shift to renewable energy, mainly through solar, has a challenge, that of energy storage in traditional batteries. However, there is a shift in the possibilities of energy storage through biotechnology (more specifically through proteins), leading to an increasing potential of solar energy. This will set to further supporting sustainable energy policies as the issue of storage is addressed, as well as the potential to create a decentralized energy grid.

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Allam, Z. (2020). Revisiting Energy Policy and Planning in Future Living Cities. In: Biotechnology and Future Cities. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43815-9_3

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