Solar revolution : the economic transformation of the global energy industry / Travis Bradford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bradford, Travis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Power resources.

Solar energy industries.

Solar energy--Economic aspects.

Solar energy.

Solar energy--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xvi, 238 p. : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In Solar Revolution, fund manager and former corporate buyout specialist Travis Bradford argues - on the basis of standard business and economic forecasting models - that over the next two decades solar energy will increasingly become the best and cheapest choice for most electricity and energy applications. Solar Revolution outlines the path by which the transition to solar technology and sustainable energy practices will occur."--Jacket.

Contents:

Intro

Preface: The Future of Energy

Acknowledgments

I The Inevitability of Solar Energy

1 A New Path on the Horizon

II Past to the Present

2 A Brief History of Energy

3 An Unsustainable Status Quo

4 The Field of Alternatives

5 Solar Energy

III Future Transformations

6 Modern Electric Utility Economics

7 The Emergence of Distributed Economics

8 Solar Electricity in the Real World

IV A Promising Destination

9 Tools for Acceleration

10 Facing the Inevitable

Appendix: Energy and Electricity Measurements

Notes

Suggested Readings

Credits

Index.

Notes:

Title from title screen.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]) and index.

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OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9786612097515

9780262261920

0262261928

9781282097513

1282097512

9780262269094

0262269090

9781429477222

1429477229

OCLC:

145464519