Reviews for Solar Revolution: The Economic Transformation of the Global Energy Industry

The average rating for Solar Revolution: The Economic Transformation of the Global Energy Industry based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-01-15 00:00:00 Michael Bujanda Working in the renewables industry and having taken one of Travis Bradford's visiting lecturer courses, I was curious to travel back in time to his predictions from 2006. It's remarkable how much he was right about in terms of cost competitiveness and expansion of wind and solar and equally interesting where recent history has taken a different turn. EV adoption and battery storage have experienced much faster growth than predicted, while hydrogen and fuel cells seem to have taken a back seat compared to his expectations. What is remarkable is how his projections - at the time quite bullish - fall short of how rapidly wind and solar (and EVs and batteries) have ramped up in the past ten+ years. I came away appreciating his foresight but also very optimistic about the future of energy given how far we have come since he first wrote Solar Revolution. An enjoyable read for technical subject matter.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-10-10 00:00:00 Daniel Fineman This is a book for those seeking new possibility of having energy outside fossil-fuel, biomass, and other conventional energy sources. The book inspire us to go "back to basic" to the solar system energy. Earth-based energy sources have been too much depleted and can no longer withstand to suffice the need of all human societies living in the planet of earth.