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Clean energy subsidies mainly benefit high-income households, study finds

Households with high incomes are the main beneficiaries of subsidy programs supporting the clean energy transition. A team of researchers from the University of Freiburg, Stanford University, Indiana University and the University of Pennsylvania has analyzed why this is the case and how energy polic...

Clean energy subsidies mainly benefit high-income households, study finds
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Households with high incomes are the main beneficiaries of subsidy programs supporting the clean energy transition. A team of researchers from the University of Freiburg, Stanford University, Indiana University and the University of Pennsylvania has analyzed why this is the case and how energy policy can be made more equitable. The results have now been published in the journal Nature Reviews Clean Technology.

Originally published at Phys.org

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