2016 | Buch
Our Renewable Future
Laying the Path for 100% Clean Energy
verfasst von: Richard Heinberg, David Fridley
Verlag: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics
2016 | Buch
verfasst von: Richard Heinberg, David Fridley
Verlag: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics
This volume explores the challenges and opportunities presented by the shift to renewable energy. Beginning with a comprehensive overview of our current energy system, the authors survey issues of energy supply and demand in key sectors of the economy, including electricity generation, transportation, buildings, and manufacturing. In their detailed review of each sector, the authors examine the most crucial challenges we face, from intermittency in fuel sources to energy storage and grid redesign. The book concludes with a discussion of energy and equity and a summary of key lessons and steps forward at the individual, community, and national level.