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ArticleiScience2025

Global engagement lowers investment gaps in renewable energy deployment.

Yusheng Guan, Kangxin An, Xinzhu Zheng, Shihui Zhang, Can Wang

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Article in iScience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Yusheng GuanSchool of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Kangxin AnSchool of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Xinzhu ZhengSchool of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, China.
Shihui ZhangSchool of Ecology and Environment, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China.
Can WangSchool of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, the costs of renewable technologies like photovoltaic (PV) and wind power have declined sharply, with scale growth being a key driver. The impact of scale growth comes from both domestic expansion (national endeavor [NE]) and international deployment (global engagement [GE]). Using learning curve models and counterfactual inference, we quantify their respective contributions to the decline in total installed cost of wind and PV power. Results show that GE accounts for 17% of the global cost decline in PV and 48% in wind power. NE plays a dominant role in manufacturing countries such as China, India, and the US, while GE is essential for supporting energy transitions in countries outside these hubs. Without GE, the global investment gap would increase by 42% to meet the 2030 Tripling Target for renewable energy. These findings underscore the critical importance of global cooperation in enabling green and low-carbon development worldwide.

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PMID40894893
PMCPMC12396093

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