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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972167003321

Autore

Clark Woodrow W

Titolo

Global energy innovation : why America must lead / / Woodrow W. Clark II and Grant Cooke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger, , 2011

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2024

ISBN

9798400657443

9786613364678

9781283364676

1283364670

9780313397226

0313397228

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CookeGrant <1947->

Disciplina

333.79/4

Soggetti

Energy policy - United States

Power resources - Research - International cooperation

Power resources - Research - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A New Carbonless and Sustainable Era Is at America's Doorstep -- 2. The Problem: Climate Change and Its Global Impact -- 3. Asia Leads the GIR: Japan and South Korea -- 4. Europe Joins the GIR -- 5. China Leapfrogs into the GIR -- 6. Sustainable Communities -- 7. Renewable Energy Integrated Systems -- 8. Smart Green Grids in the GIR -- 9. Emerging Commercial Technologies Empower the GIR -- 10. The Next Economics -- 11. The Race for Global Energy Innovation Has Begun: Where Is America? -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

"The world is entering the Third Industrial Revolution, an era of remarkable progress in science and technology that will require a global shift away from reliance on fossil-fuel and carbon-based energy.



This book explains how America can lead the effort to reverse global warming and become the world leader in global energy innovation"--