Solar Power - Innovation, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-520-28816-4
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 2000 g

In this important new primer, Dustin Mulvaney makes a passionate case for the significance of solar power energy and offers a vision for a more sustainable and just solar industry for the future. The solar energy industry has grown immensely over the past several years and now provides up to a fifth of California’s power. But despite its deservedly green reputation, solar development and deployment may have social and environmental consequences, from poor factory labor standards to landscape impacts on wildlife.
 
Using a wide variety of case studies and examples that trace the life cycle of photovoltaics, Mulvaney expertly outlines the state of the solar industry, exploring the ongoing conflicts between ecological concerns and climate mitigation strategies, current trade disputes, and the fate of toxics in solar waste products. This exceptional overview will outline the industry’s current challenges and possible futures for students in environmental studies, energy policy, environmental sociology, and other aligned fields.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mulvaney, Dustin

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft Energiewirtschaft: Alternative & Erneuerbare Energien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Umweltsoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Industrie- und Technologiepolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Kultur-, Wissenschafts- & Technologiepolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction
1. Solar Power
2. Green New Deal
3. Innovations in Photovoltaics
4. Recycling and Product Stewardship
5. Green Civil War
6. The Western Solar Plan
7. Breakthrough Technologies and Solar Trade Wars
8. Solar Power and a Just Transition

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dustin Mulvaney is Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at San José State University.