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- My Name is Stardust. Bailey Harris, Douglas Harris, Richard Dawkins. (You?) | 2020 | 4.63. Yes! Everything in our solar system is made of stardust, including YOU!
- Creating Climate Wealth. Unlocking the Impact Economy. Jigar Shah. (You?) | 2013 | 4.58. Creating Climate Wealth is about how climate change - the biggest challenge of our time –can be turned into a $10 trillion dollar wealth-creating opportunity.
- GO SOLAR AND SAVE DOLLARS 1ST EDITION. Introductory guide to the world of solar energy and its practical applications. Michael Siemens, ALAN ADRIAN DELFIN COTA.
- Go Solar With Confidence. How to Buy a Solar Energy System That is Right for You. Denise Rushing. (You?) | 2019 | 4.57. Why haven't you gone solar yet?If you've been disappointed by your confusing choices and unanswered questions about solar energy, you're not alone.If you've ever thought you might make the wrong choice or miss out—you're probably right.If you've known that you want to consider solar but haven't had the time to sort out your options—you can stop worrying today...
Jan 27, 2024 · If you’re a renewable energy enthusiast looking to expand your knowledge on solar energy, there’s something you probably don’t know: there are 15 books that can provide you with a comprehensive guide on the subject.
- From Space to Earth: The Story of Solar Electricity
- Sustainable Energy — Without The Hot Air
- Who Owns The Sun? People, Politics, and The Struggle For A Solar Economy
- Creating Climate Wealth: Unlocking The Impact Economy
- The Solar Economy: Renewable Energy For A Sustainable Global Future
- Earth: The Sequel — The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming
- Guide to Community Solar: Utility, Private, and Non-Profit Project Development
- The New Map: Energy, Climate, and The Clash of Nations
- There Is No Planet B: A Handbook For The Make-Or-Break Years – Updated Edition
- The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind
John Perlin’s From Space to Earth: the Story of Solar Electricity traces the history of an energy source we are harnessing in an increasingly effective manner: solar electricity. Released in 1999, the book remains extremely relevant today. The historical account displays how far photovoltaics (the fancy word for converting solar light into energy) ...
JC MacKay’s Sustainable Energy — Without the Hot Air provides actionable insights for individuals and organizations. The goal: to increase adoption of sustainable energy sources, solar included. Skeptics will appreciate the tone of realism that MacKay strikes. He’s not a fantasist, but instead an objective evaluator who addresses: 1. The current st...
Daniel Berman and John T. O’Connor co-wrote Who Owns the Sun? People, Politics, and the Struggle for a Solar Economy, a full-fledged argument that democratized solar is the future of energy in America. Or, at least, that it should be. Individual participation in solar energy, the book argues, is the key to “putting powers” (literally) “back into th...
As the Executive Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Program Office, Jigar Shah has a firsthand view of the energy sector’s evolution. In Creating Climate Wealth, he examines how market-driven solutions may be the best means of combating climate change. Shah posits that impact investment by global corporations could generate a sizable ...
Hermann Scheer’s The Solar Economy: Renewable Energy for a Sustainable Global Future operates on the premise that fossil fuels are going to run out eventually. Along with this fixed supply, fossil fuels have fueled much global conflict, and could be the root of worsening conflict should we fail to find a viable alternative energy source. Scheer pro...
Though “global warming” has since been adopted under the climate change umbrella, Miriam Horn’s 2009 novel Earth: The Sequel remains relevant. The book focuses on “the bold innovators and investors who are reinventing energy and the ways we use it”. It is interesting to compare the state of renewable energy and energy innovation in 2009 with its pr...
Published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Guide to Community Solar: Utility, Private, and Non-profit Project Development is precisely what its name suggests that it is. Published in 2012, this is a step-by-step guide for those who want to start community solar projects. The target audience for the book includes “utility mana...
Daniel Yergin is a global energy expert who has won a Pulitzer Prize for his work in this field. His book The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations is a member of USA Today’s Best Books of 2020 list. The book examines how America’s discovery of vast energy resources under our shale is seemingly at odds with our search for carbon-limite...
The updated version of Mike Berners-Lee’s There Is No Planet Belaborates on the premise of the original, which was published in 2019, through the lens of 2021. The book presents a “big-picture perspective on the environmental and economic challenges of our day”, as well as recommendations for individuals to address those challenges.
A “remarkable true story about human inventiveness”, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind was also made into a film published by Netflix in 2019. The story focuses on a boy named William Kamkwamba, born in the African nation of Malawi. After reading about windmills, Kamkwamba sets out to design and install a windmill to bring electricity and running wate...
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- Mr. Michael Boxwell: Solar Electricity Handbook: A Simple Practical Guide to Solar Energy. An excellent resource for the solar electrician and enthusiast, The Solar Electricity Handbook explains how you can use free energy from the sun to generate your electricity at home.
- Soteris A. Kalogirou:Solar Energy Engineering: Processes and Systems. Solar Energy Engineering: Processes and Systems is the most comprehensive single-volume resource on solar energy engineering.
- Ryan Mayfield:Photovoltaic Design and Installation. The cost of photovoltaic systems has been plunging in recent years and those price drops have further increased the popularity of solar installations.
- Solar Energy International: Photovoltaics: Design and Installation Manual. Solar energy conversion has become a major industry worldwide. Producing electricity from the sun using photovoltaic (PV) systems requires knowledge and training, and there have been few easily accessible guides on the subject.
Apr 3, 2011 · 1 From Space to Earth by John Perlin. 2 The Grid by Philip Schewe. 3 Winning Our Energy Independence by David Freeman. 4 The Solar Economy by Hermann Scheer. 5 Earth by Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn. C an you start by answering the question everyone wants to know the answer to: is solar power a viable alternative to coal? Yes, solar power is viable.
Arvind Tiwari, Shyam. Embodies a complete handbook, dealing with solar energy basics to sustainability and economic concerns. Includes exercises including objective-type questions, improving the book's usefulness as a textbook. Covers many applications in detail with examples of mathematical models and analysis.
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