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Can crude analysis alone determine prospects for energy materials?

23 Mar 2019

Neil Beattie describes some of the economic and political factors that impact developments of renewable energy materials and technologies besides the cost of crude oil

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Government power: Subsidization can affect sustainable energy technology take-up far more than the price of oil. Credit: Shutterstock/FotoIdee
Unprecedented economic growth (2000–2008) In August 2006 the price of crude oil peaked at just ove

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Neil S Beattie is an associate professor at Northumbria University and co-leads the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund-Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council: North East Centre for Energy Materials (EP/R021503/1)
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