title: Energy Transitions: History, Requirements, Prospects
author:  Vaclav Smil 
description: Vaclav Smil has written another important book on energy which is quite amazing. Although there are a lot of important books about energy, as an author Smil is in a class by himself in terms of breadth and depth. -- Bill Gates<br /><br />[Smil] has an eye for detail as he quantifies many historical amounts, providing a much needed reality check for any energy transition scenario under consideration. --The Oil Drum
zlib_text: 100% Renewable 
  Energy Transition
  Pathways and 
  Implementation
  Printed Edition of the Special Issue Published in Energies
  www.mdpi.com/journal/energies
  Claudia Kemfert, Christian Breyer and Pao-Yu Oei
  Edited by
  
  100% Renewable Energy Transition 
  
  100% Renewable Energy Transition:
  Pathways and Implementation
  Special Issue Editors
  Claudia Kemfert
  Christian Breyer
  Pao-Yu Oei
  MDPI • Basel • Beijing • Wuhan • Barcelona • Belgrade
  
  Christian Breyer
  School of Energy Systems 
  Finland
  Special Issue Editors
  Claudia Kemfert
  German Economic Research Institute (DIW Berlin) 
  Germany
  Pao-Yu Oei
  CoalExit Research Group
  Germany
  Editorial Ofﬁce
  MDPI
  St. Alban-Anlage 66
  4052 Basel, Switzerland
  This is a reprint of articles from the Special Issue published online in the open access journal Energies
  (ISSN 1996-1073) from 2018 to 2019 (available at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/special
  issues/Renewable Energy Transition).
  For citation purposes, cite each article independently as indicated on the ar