Following the sun : the pioneering years of solar energy research at the Australian National University, 1970-2005 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tennant-Wood, Robin
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2012.
Subjects:	Australian National University. Solar energy > Research > Australia > Australian Capital Territory > History. Solar energy > Research > Australia > Australian Capital Territory. Research > Australia > Australian Capital Territory. SCIENCE > History. Research. Solar energy > Research. Australian Capital Territory. Electronic books. History.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Preliminary; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. White Cliffs: From laboratory toreality; 2. Why solar? Why then?; 3. The Big Dish: Looking beyond the 1990s; 4. Evolution: Solar energy research as a distinct entity; 5. The wider Australian solar scene: 1970s-1990s; 6. Solar energy research and commercial expansion; 7. Environment, climate change and solar energy; 8. Solar energy in changing times; Appendix 1. List of people interviewed; Appendix 2. Organisational flow chart; Appendix 3. One page summary from 1970s to the present.
Appendix 4. Solar energy: Explaining the science Appendix 5. Recommendations from the 1995 Expert Group on Renewable Energy Technologies; Appendix 6. Photos; References.