Usher, Bruce <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780231187855 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>RENEWABLE -- ENERGY
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TJ 808 .U84 2019