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  • Renewable Energy

    A Primer for the Twenty-First Century

    by Bruce Usher ...
    Series series Columbia University Earth Institute Sustainability Primers
    From wood to coal to oil and gas, the sources of energy on which civilization depends have always changed as technology advances. Now renewables are overtaking fossil fuels, with wind and solar energy becoming cheaper and more competitive every year. Growth in renewable energy will further accelerate as electric vehicles become less expensive than traditional automobiles. Understanding the ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Renewable Energy

    A Primer for the Twenty-First Century

    by Bruce Usher ...
    Series series Columbia University Earth Institute Sustainability Primers
    From wood to coal to oil and gas, the sources of energy on which civilization depends have always changed as technology advances. Now renewables are overtaking fossil fuels, with wind and solar energy becoming cheaper and more competitive every year. Growth in renewable energy will further accelerate as electric vehicles become less expensive than traditional automobiles. Understanding the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Investing in the Era of Climate Change

    by Bruce Usher ...
    A climate catastrophe can be avoided, but only with a rapid and sustained investment in companies and projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To the surprise of many, this has already begun. Investors are abandoning fossil-fuel companies and other polluting industries and financing businesses offering climate solutions. Rising risks, evolving social norms, government policies, and ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

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  • Taming the Sun

    Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet

    by Varun Sivaram ...
    How solar could spark a clean-energy transition through transformative innovation—creative financing, revolutionary technologies, and flexible energy systems.Solar energy, once a niche application for a limited market, has become the cheapest and fastest-growing power source on earth. What's more, its potential is nearly limitless—every hour the sun beams down more energy than the world uses in a ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Fisher Investments on Utilities

    by Fisher Investments, Theodore Gilliland, Andrew S. Teufel ...
    Series Book 28 - Fisher Investments Press
    The Fisher Investments On series is designed to provide individual investors, students, and aspiring investment professionals the tools necessary to understand and analyze investment opportunities—primarily for investing in global stocks. Each guide is an easily accessible primer to economic sectors, regions, or other components of the global stock market. While this guide is specifically on ... Read more

    $31.00 USD

  • Energy Investing For Dummies

    by Nick Hodge ...
    The fast and easy way to grasp energy sectors and their place in the global economyWith timely, substantial information about energy stocks, Energy Investing For Dummies teaches the ins and outs of energy sectors and how to incorporate them into business and investment plans. As a savvy investor and business manager you will find the important information and advice you need to incorporate these ... Read more

    $16.00 USD

  • Solar Revolution

    The Economic Transformation of the Global Energy Industry

    by Travis Bradford ...
    An innovative analysis that shows how the shift to solar energy—in particular, the use of photovoltaic cells—is both economically advantageous and inevitable, and will rival the information and communication technologies revolution in its transformative effects.In Solar Revolution, fund manager and former corporate buyout specialist Travis Bradford argues—on the basis of standard business and ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • South Africa’s Energy Transition

    A Roadmap to a Decarbonised, Low-cost and Job-rich Future

    by Tobias Bischof-Niemz, Terence Creamer ...
    Series series Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability
    South Africa’s energy transition has become a highly topical, emotive and politically contentious topic. Taking a systems perspective, this book offers an evidence-based roadmap for such a transition and debunks many of the myths raised about the risks of a renewable-energy-led electricity mix. Owing to its formidable solar and wind resources, South Africa has an almost unparalleled opportunity to ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Top Ten Investments to Beat the Crunch!

    Invest Your Way to Success even in a Downturn

    by Jim Mellon, Al Chalabi ...
    Everyone has it within them to become a successful investor. Right here's where you start.Ignore the doom and gloom merchants - now is the time to start investing for the future. Bestselling authors Jim Mellon and Al Chalabi were seen as the party poopers just a few years ago when they predicted the financial crisis in Wake Up! Now they take the opposite view - the party is about to start. It won ... Read more

    $12.00 USD

  • Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

    Technology, Incentives, Behavior

    Edited by Fereidoon Sioshansi ...
    The complexity of carbon reduction and economic sustainability is significantly complicated by competing aspects of socioeconomic practices as well as legislative, regulatory, and scientific requirements and protocols. An easy to read and understand guide, Sioshansi, along with an international group of contributors, moves through the maze of carbon reduction methods and technologies, providing ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Net Zero Business Models

    Winning in the Global Net Zero Economy

    by Mark Van Clieaf, John Montgomery ...
    Future-proof your business with a credible net-zero transition plan for the new economy.Net Zero Business Models: Winning in the Global Net Zero Economy delivers a breakthrough approach to transition from business models contributing to climate disaster to Net Zero Business Models crucial to sustainability and profitability.Based on the authors' business advisory expertise and insights from their ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • What They Do With Your Money

    How the Financial System Fails Us and How to Fix It

    by Stephen Davis, Jon Lukomnik, David Pitt-Watson ...
    Each year we pay billions in fees to those who run our financial system. The money comes from our bank accounts, our pensions, our borrowing, and often we aren’t told that the money has been taken. These billions may be justified if the finance industry does a good job, but as this book shows, it too often fails us. Financial institutions regularly place their business interests first, charging ... Read more

    $23.99 USD