Bradford, Travis.

Solar revolution : the economic transformation of the global energy industry / Travis Bradford. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006. - xvi, 238 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]) and index.

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.

026202604X (alk. paper) 9780262026048

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013532826 Uk


Solar energy industries.
Solar energy--Economic aspects.
Solar energy--Social aspects.
Power resources.

HD 9681 .A2 B73 2006