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

Usher, Bruce

Renewable energy : a primer for the twenty-first century / Bruce Usher - [Place of publication not identifed] : [publisher not identified], c2019 - ix, 209 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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 extraordinary 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. Written in a straightforward style with easy-to-understand visual aids, the book illuminates the strengths and weaknesses of renewable energy based on business fundamentals and analysis of the economic forces that have given renewables a tailwind.

9780231187855


RENEWABLE -- ENERGY

TJ 808 .U84 2019