Renewable Energy : : A Primer for the Twenty-First Century /

Renewable Energy : : A Primer for the Twenty-First Century / / Bruce Usher.

From wood to coal to oil and gas, the sources of energy on which civilization depends have always changed as technology advances. Now renewables are overtaking fossil fuels, with wind and solar energy becoming cheaper and more competitive every year. Growth in renewable energy will further accelerat...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Usher, Bruce,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Columbia University Earth Institute Sustainability Primers
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • 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

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