Renewable energy : a primer for the twenty-first century / Bruce Usher.
Renewable energy : a primer for the twenty-first century / Bruce Usher.
Renewable energy : a primer for the twenty-first century / Bruce Usher.
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
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G 2019/1464
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
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 -- Consequ...
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
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Summary
From wood to coal to oil and gas, the sources of energy on which civilization depends have always changed as technology advances. Now renewables are overtaking fossil fuels, with wind and solar energy becoming cheaper and more competitive every year. Growth in renewable energy will further accelerate as electric vehicles become less expensive than...
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Renewable energy : a primer for the twenty-first century / Bruce Usher.
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Columbia University Earth Institute sustainability primers
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2019/1464
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74VKVBPW3KEZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVBPW3KEZ
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ISBN
9780231187848 hardcover alkaline paper
023118784X hardcover alkaline paper
9780231187855 paperback alkaline paper
0231187858 paperback alkaline paper
DDC
333.794
MMS ID
991024237611702626
