【簡介】 Our Renewable Energy Future delves into the clean energy technology evolution and where our energy system is going. While the book's foundation is technology innovation, it brings a unique perspective that technology alone is not what has brought about the explosive growth of renewable energy and offers fresh insights into how technology, economics, social dynamics, policy, and geopolitics are forces affecting our energy future. This book is a culmination of Dr Arent's lifelong passion for energy, sustainable development, and renewable energy technology. It covers the journey of evolving technology, economics, political economy and geopolitics of clean energy over the last 40 years and provides insights for the coming decades. From a technology perspective, the book traces the arc of recent innovations and synthesizes innovations across multiple interacting perspectives into a description of Our Renewable Energy Future. 【目錄】 Preamble and Thesis Prologue About the Author Acknowledgements List of Figures Abbreviations Introduction Phase I: Promises — The Technologies of Tomorrow (1950s–1980s): Key Themes Technology "Discovery" and Very Early Niche Markets Factors Phase II: Inching Along — Early Commercialization (1990s–2000): Key Themes Factors Phase III: From Problem Child to Problem Solver — The Era of Exponential Growth (2000–2020): Key Themes Factors Economics Policy Dynamics Phase IV: Dominance — From Petro to Electro (2020+): Key Themes The Convergence of Factors Clean Electricity is the Backbone of Our Clean-Energy Economy Economics/Finance: From Competitive to Mainstream Policy/Regulatory (Local, National, and Global) Knowledge ((Models, Tools & Data for Planning & Operations and Business Models) Social Willingness Institutional Willingness and Political Economy Dynamics Phase V: Beyond 2050 — A Global Net-Zero Energy Economy (2050+): Final Reflections and Our Call to Action Appendices: List of Publications by the Author (as of June 2023) Solar Energy: Can It Be Used Effectively? References Index