Solar revolution : the economic transformation of the global energy industry

Bradford, Travis. (Author).

Item details

ISBN: 026202604X (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780262026048 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xvi, 238 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201-220]) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.