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March 15, 2012

MIT: Renewable Electricity Will Cost More

Margaret Ryan, AOL Energy


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Integrating more renewables into the US grid will be costly and have unintended consequences, including potential for increased carbon emissions, that policymakers need to plan for, warns a new Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative study.

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