Solar Revolution The Economic Transformation of the Global Energy Industry

Name: Solar Revolution The Economic Transformation of the Global Energy Industry
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ISBN: 9780262524940

ISBN-10: 0262524945

ISBN-13: 9780262524940

Edition: 2006

Authors: Travis Bradford

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In Solar Revolution, fund manager and former corporate buyout specialist Travis Bradford argues--on the basis of standard business and economic forecasting models--that over the next two decades solar energy will increasingly become the best and cheapest choice for most electricity and energy applications. Solar Revolutionoutlines the path by which the transition to solar technology and sustainable energy practices will occur. Developments in the photovoltaic (PV) industry over the last ten years have made direct electricity generation from PV cells a cost-effective and feasible energy solution, despite the common view that PV technology appeals only to a premium niche market. Bradford…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 9/26/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English

Travis Bradford is President and Founder of the Prometheus Institute for Sustainable Development, a nonprofit organization in Cambridge, Massachusetts, focused on using the power of the business and financial sectors to deploy cost-effective and sustainable technologies.



Preface: The Future of Energy


Acknowledgments



The Inevitability of Solar Energy



A New Path on the Horizon



Past to the Present



A Brief History of Energy



An Unsustainable Status Quo



The Field of Alternatives



Solar Energy



Future Transformations



Modern Electric Utility Economics



The Emergence of Distributed Economics



Solar Electricity in the Real World



A Promising Destination



Tools for Acceleration



Facing the Inevitable


Appendix: Energy and Electricity Measurements


Notes


Suggested Readings


Credits


Index