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Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

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This year’s outlook is the first to highlight the significant impact that falling battery costs will have on the electricity mix over the coming decades. The result will be renewables eating up more and more of the existing market for coal, gas and nuclear. NEO 2018 sees $11.5 Coal emerges as the biggest loser in the long run.

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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

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Second Sight Medical Products , in his right eye in 2004 and the subsequent Argus II implant in his left 11 years later. They couldn’t tell the difference between a bright day at the beach and being in a coal mine in Pittsburgh. One Argus II patient estimated that the total cost of the device, surgery, and rehabilitation was $497,000.