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_b.S48534 2018
100 1 _aSivaram, Varun.
245 1 0 _aTaming the sun :
_binnovations to harness solar energy and power the planet /
_cVarun Sivaram.
264 1 _aCambridge, Massachusetts :
_bThe MIT Press,
_c[2018]
300 _axvii, 371 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
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386 _mGender group:
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_aMen
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386 _mOccupational/field of activity group:
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_aConsultants
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386 _mOccupational/field of activity group:
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_aUniversity and college faculty members
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500 _a"A Council on Foreign Relations book."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 291-341) and index.
505 0 _aPart I. Playing the long game. Two futures ; Coming of age ; Blocking the sun -- Part II. Teaching an old technology new tricks. Chasing capital ; From charity case to business case -- Part III. Reinventing solar. Revolution by evolution ; Stashing sunshine -- Part IV. Putting it all together. Is bigger better? ; No silver bullet ; A solar city upon a hill.
520 _a"Solar energy, once a niche application for a limited market, has become the cheapest and fastest-growing power source on earth. What's more, its potential is nearly limitless--every hour the sun beams down more energy than the world uses in a year. But in Taming the Sun, energy expert Varun Sivaram warns that the world is not yet equipped to harness erratic sunshine to meet most of its energy needs. And if solar's current surge peters out, prospects for replacing fossil fuels and averting catastrophic climate change will dim. Innovation can brighten those prospects, Sivaram explains, drawing on firsthand experience and original research spanning science, business, and government. Financial innovation is already enticing deep-pocketed investors to fund solar projects around the world, from the sunniest deserts to the poorest villages. Technological innovation could replace today's solar panels with coatings as cheap as paint and employ artificial photosynthesis to store intermittent sunshine as convenient fuels. And systemic innovation could add flexibility to the world's power grids and other energy systems so they can dependably channel the sun's unreliable energy. Unleashing all this innovation will require visionary public policy: funding researchers developing next-generation solar technologies, refashioning energy systems and economic markets, and putting together a diverse clean energy portfolio. Although solar can't power the planet by itself, it can be the centerpiece of a global clean energy revolution." -- Publisher description.
650 0 _aSolar energy.
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