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Switching to solar : what we can learn from Germany's success in harnessing clean energy / Bob Johnstone.

Johnstone, Bob.
2011
TK1087 .J64 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
Switching to solar : what we can learn from Germany's success in harnessing clean energy / Bob Johnstone.
Author
Johnstone, Bob.
ISBN
9781616142223 (pbk.)
1616142227 (pbk.)
Published
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Language
English
Description
402 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, color portraits ; 23 cm
Call Number
TK1087 .J64 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
333.792/3
Summary
This book charts the dramatic rise of solar power from its off-grid origins in the 1970's to the fast-growing multibillion-dollar industry it is today. Here, the author, a technology journalist tells the story of how determined activists and enlightened visionaries in Germany developed a surprisingly simple and innovative policy mechanism that is now driving the solar boom. This book explains why Germany leads the world in harnessing clean energy from the sun, and what valuable, cost-effective, and environmentally beneficial lessons we all can derive from this success.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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