The Financial Times:
Gates to double investment in renewable energy projects
25 June 2015
Tens of billions of dollars should therefore be spent by governments on research and development in renewables over coming years, three times current levels, to identify reliable sources of ''zero-carbon'' power that can be exploited at scale, Mr Gates said. ''Because there's so much uncertainty and there are so many different paths, it should be like the Manhattan Project and the Apollo Project in the sense that the government should put in a serious amount of R&D.''
This article was published in The Financial Times on June 25, 2015
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