Green Premium

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Green Premium is Bill Gates’s term for the extra cost of choosing clean technologies over higher-emission alternatives, used to highlight and quantify the economic challenge of decarbonization.

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instanceOf climate policy concept ⓘ
economic concept ⓘ
term coined by Bill Gates ⓘ
aimsToInform business leaders ⓘ
governments ⓘ
investors ⓘ
the general public ⓘ
appliesTo agriculture and food systems ⓘ
building heating and cooling ⓘ
electricity generation technologies ⓘ
industrial processes ⓘ
transportation fuels ⓘ
associatedWith Breakthrough Energy ⓘ
calculatedAs (cost of clean option) minus (cost of high-emission option) ⓘ
canBeExpressedAs absolute cost difference ⓘ
percentage cost difference ⓘ
coinedBy Bill Gates ⓘ
contrastedWith "Green Discount" when clean options become cheaper than high-emission options ⓘ
dependsOn carbon pricing or lack thereof ⓘ
fuel prices ⓘ
regulation and policy ⓘ
scale of deployment of clean technologies ⓘ
technology costs ⓘ
describedIn the book "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster" ⓘ
goalRelated reducing the Green Premium to zero or below for key sectors ⓘ
hasComponent cost of clean technology option ⓘ
cost of higher-emission alternative ⓘ
hasDefinition the extra cost of choosing clean technologies over higher-emission alternatives ⓘ
hasPurpose to highlight the economic challenge of decarbonization ⓘ
to quantify the cost gap between clean and high-emission technologies ⓘ
implies clean technologies are currently more expensive than high-emission alternatives in many sectors ⓘ
indicates how much more consumers or businesses must pay to use low-carbon options ⓘ
relatedTo carbon pricing ⓘ
clean technology ⓘ
climate economics ⓘ
decarbonization ⓘ
energy policy ⓘ
fossil fuel technology ⓘ
greenhouse gas emissions ⓘ
timeDependent yes ⓘ
usedIn climate change mitigation discussions ⓘ
energy transition analysis ⓘ
investment decisions in clean technology ⓘ
public policy debates on decarbonization ⓘ
usedToEvaluate feasibility of climate policies ⓘ
priority areas for clean tech innovation ⓘ
where subsidies or incentives may be needed ⓘ

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