Renewable energy : a primer for the twenty-first century /
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 accelerat...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Columbia University Earth Institute sustainability primers.
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Table of 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
- Consequences
- No time to lose.