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The energy switch : how companies and customers are transforming the electrical grid and the future of power / Peter Kelly-Detwiler.
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Ebook Central Perpetual, DDA and Subscription Titles- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelly-Detwiler, Peter, 1960- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electric power consumption--United States.
- Electric utilities--Environmental aspects--United States.
- Energy industries--Environmental aspects--United States.
- Energy development--Environmental aspects--United States.
- Energy policy--Environmental aspects--United States.
- Energy policy--Environmental aspects.
- Energy development--Environmental aspects.
- Energy industries--Environmental aspects.
- Electric utilities--Environmental aspects.
- Electric utilities.
- Electric power consumption.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (v, 306 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : Prometheus Books, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The energy industry is changing, and its far more than just solar panels. Electric vehicles look to overtake gasoline-powered cars within our lifetimes, wind farms are popping up in unlikely places, traders are transforming energy into a commodity, and supercomputers are crunching vast amounts of data in nanoseconds while helping to keep our energy grids secure from hackers. The way humans produce, distribute and consume power will be cleaner, cheaper, and infinitely more complex within the next decade. In The Energy Switch, leading energy industry expert Peter Kelly-Detwiler looks at all aspects of the transformation: how we got here, where we are going, and the implications for all of us in our daily lives. Kelly-Detwiler takes readers to the frontlines of the energy revolution.
- Contents:
- The Biggest Transition
- How Power Actually Works
- Most Volatile Commodity in the World
- The Control Room
- Go Figure
- From Con Ed
- The Sun Also
- When the Wind Blows
- Steel in the Water
- Charged and Ready
- The Gas Turbine
- Betting the Store
- Look Ma, No Gas
- Future Imperfect
- Navigating Towards the Future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781633886674
- 1633886670
- Publisher Number:
- 40030595668
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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