Bruce Usher

Renewable Energy

A Primer for the Twenty-First Century

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is a primer for readers of all levels on the coming energy transition and its global consequences. Bruce Usher provides a concise yet comprehensive explanation for the growth in wind and solar energy; the trajectory of the transition from fossil fuels to renewables; and the implications for industries, countries, and the climate.

Produktdetails

• Columbia University Earth Institute Sustainability Primers
• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9780231187855
• ISBN-10: 0231187858
• Artikelnr.: 52711118

Autorenporträt

Bruce Usher

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Setting the Record Straight
1. Renewable Energy in the Twenty-First Century
2. Energy Transitions: Fire to Electricity
3. The Rise of Renewables
4. Renewable Wind Energy
5. Renewable Solar Energy
6. Financing Renewable Energy
7. Energy Transitions: Oats to Oil
8. The Rise of Electric Vehicles
9. Parity
10. Convergence
11. Consequences
12. No Time to Lose
Appendix A. Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE)
Appendix B. The Transition to Renewable Energy
Glossary
Notes
Index