Our Renewable Energy Future

The Remarkable Story of How Renewable Energy Will Become the Basis for Our Lives

by Douglas Arent (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA)

June 2024.
World Scientific Europe
Hardcover
Pages: 220
ISBN: 9781800614932

Description:

Our Renewable Energy Future delves into the clean energy technology evolution and where our energy system is going. While the book's foundation is technology innovation, it brings a unique perspective that technology alone is not what has brought about the explosive growth of renewable energy and offers fresh insights into how technology, economics, social dynamics, policy, and geopolitics are forces affecting our energy future. This book is a culmination of Dr Arent's lifelong passion for energy, sustainable development, and renewable energy technology. It covers the journey of evolving technology, economics, political economy and geopolitics of clean energy over the last 40 years and provides insights for the coming decades. From a technology perspective, the book traces the arc of recent innovations and synthesizes innovations across multiple interacting perspectives into a description of Our Renewable Energy Future.

Contents:

• Preamble and Thesis
• Prologue
• About the Author
• Acknowledgements
• List of Figures
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Phase I: Promises — The Technologies of Tomorrow (1950s–1980s)
• Phase II: Inching Along — Early Commercialization (1990s–2000)
• Phase III: From Problem Child to Problem Solver — The Era of Exponential Growth (2000–2020)
• Phase IV: Dominance — From Petro to Electro (2020+)
• Phase V: Beyond 2050 — A Global Net-Zero Energy Economy (2050+)
• Appendices
• References
• Index

Readership: Academia: undergraduate and graduate students, research staff. Industry: energy sector, vehicles/transportation, oil and gas. NGOs and governments: policy and program leaders, advocates. Consultancies: practitioners, consultants, advisors. Lay readers interested in our collective energy future.

Keywords: renewable energy, clean energy technology, energy policy, sustainable development, energy economics, Douglas Arent, energy future, clean energy innovation, geopolitics of energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Genre: nonfiction, environmental science, energy and technology, sustainability, economics, policy, renewable energy

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Q&A

Q: What does this book cover?
A: How technology, economics, social dynamics, policy and geopolitics have driven the growth of renewable energy over the past 40 years, with insights into coming decades.

Q: Who is this book for?
A: Academics and students, energy sector professionals, policy leaders, and consultants working on renewable energy.

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