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Renewable energy : a primer for the twenty-first century /

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 fo...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Usher, Bruce (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Collection:Columbia University Earth Institute sustainability primers.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Renewable energy in the twenty-first century
  • Energy transitions : fire to electricity
  • The rise of renewables
  • Renewable wind energy
  • Renewable solar energy
  • Financing renewable energy
  • Energy transitions : oats to oil
  • The rise of electric vehicles
  • Parity
  • Convergence
  • Consequences
  • No time to lose.