Energy Transition

How replacing coal with renewable energy could pay for itself

Solar panels being installed on a roof

Phasing out coal with renewables could bring economic as well as ecological benefits. Image: Unsplash/Bill Mead

Tobias Adrian
Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Alissa M. Kleinnijenhuis
Research Scholar, Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) at Stanford University
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