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Fossil-fuel funding could speed energy transition

  1. Thomas Burdyny

    1. Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands.

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  2. Bernard Dam

    1. Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands.

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Yannai Kashtan and his colleagues propose that universities should sever research links with fossil-fuel companies (Nature 612, 404; 2022). We argue that collaboration in some areas is essential to ensure a timely transition to clean energy, given the substantial funding needed to quickly develop and scale up green technologies.

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Nature 613, 629 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00139-5

Competing Interests

The authors research directions on electrochemical CO2 reduction to fuels and feedstocks are partly funded by a joint Shell and PPP-allowance from Top Consortia for Knowledge and Innovation (TKI’s) of the Netherland’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate.

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