How Solar Energy Became Cheap

Pathways to a Solar-Centric Economy
2. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-59749-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

The climate problem is getting worse, but the solutions are getting better.  So far, no technology has done more to improve the solutions available to address climate change than solar photovoltaics (PV).  This revised edition describes an array of driving forces leading us toward a solar-centric energy system, one where solar power lies at the core rather than at the edge.

 

Now in its second edition the book focuses on the future of solar, taking into account important changes since it was first published. It includes discussions on further growth and cost reductions, industrial policy, and grid integration of high solar. It has been fully revised to include the most recent data available, and includes two new chapters on India, the most important solar market in the Global South, and Australia, the fastest growing market for rooftop solar. The book concludes with a new chapter on a solar-centric economy. The costs of solar PV modules have reduced significantly since they were first commercialized and, in sunny places, are now cheaper than any other form of electricity. Drawing on developments in the US, Japan, Germany, Australia, India, and China, the book analyses the evolution and success of PV and asks how it can serve as a model for other low-carbon technologies, which require urgent innovation to address climate change.

 

It will be of great interest to students and scholars of energy technology and innovation, climate change and energy analysis and policy, as well as practitioners and policymakers working in the energy industries

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nemet, Gregory F.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Alternative und erneuerbare Energien
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Elektrotechnik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Mechanik Energie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Immobilienwirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Energieverteilung, Stromnetze
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction  Part 1: Creating a Technology 2. Scientific Origins 3. US Technology Push  Part 2: Building a Market 4. Japanese Niche Markets 5. German Demand Pull  Part 3: Making it Cheap 6. Chinese Entrepreneurs 7. Australia and India 8. Local Learning  Part 4: Future pathways 9. Solar as a Model to Follow 10. Accelerating Innovation 11. Toward a Solar-Centric Economy

Über Autor(innen)

Gregory F. Nemet is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA, in the La Follette School of Public Affairs, where he recently served as Interim Director.  He holds the Salzwedel Distinguished Faculty Chair in Business and Regulation and is also a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor.  He was awarded the inaugural World Citizen Prize in Environmental Performance by APPAM in 2019.  He was a Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 6th Assessment Report (2023).