Unlocking energy innovation [ how America can build a low-cost, low-carbon energy system

"The authors outline three waves of energy innovation to reveal how America can speed up the introduction of new technologies and business models and accelerate deployment on a massive scale"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lester, Richard K. [ (Richard Keith)] , 1954- (Author), Hart, David M. , 1961- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press , c2012
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-193) and index 
505 0 |a 1. Beyond wishful thinking : facts, deductions and grounded assertions about climate and energy -- 2. An energy innovation system that works -- 3. Electric utilities and the three waves of energy innovation -- 4. The first wave of innovation : energy efficiency in buildings -- 5. The second wave of innovation-part I : low-carbon electricity supply -- 6. The second wave of innovation-part 2 : the rest of the electricity system -- 7. The third wave of innovation : creating breakthrough options -- 8. Building a new american energy innovation system : a ten-point framework 
520 |a "The authors outline three waves of energy innovation to reveal how America can speed up the introduction of new technologies and business models and accelerate deployment on a massive scale"--Provided by publisher. 
520 |a Energy innovation offers us our best chance to solve the three urgent andinterrelated problems of climate change, worldwide insecurity over energy supplies, and rapidlygrowing energy demand. But if we are to achieve a timely transition to reliable, low-cost,low-carbon energy, the U.S. energy innovation system must be radically overhauled. Unlocking Energy Innovation outlines an up-to-the-minute plan for remakingAmerica's energy innovation system by tapping the country's entrepreneurial strengths and regionaldiversity in both the public and private spheres. "Business as usual" will not fill theenergy innovation gap. Only the kind of systemic, transformative changes to our energy innovationsystem described in this provocative book will help us avert the most dire scenarios and achieve asustainable and secure energy future. 
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650 0 |a Renewable energy sources   |x Technological innovation   |z United States 
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700 1 |a Hart, David M. ,   |d 1961- ,   |e author 
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