Communities and the Clean Energy Revolution

Melanie J. La Rosa

doi:10.5771/9781793639233

Summary

Communities and the Clean Energy Revolution: Public Health, Economics, Design, and Transformation is an engaging and interdisciplinary investigation into clean energy systems such as solar and wind power and the need to transform our energy system. Looking at the intersection of clean energy with community engagement, diversity, and economic development, it is a remarkably accessible account from the front lines of the clean energy revolution. Organized as a series of case studies set in eight locations, the author profiles people leading varied renewable energy projects from using solar to survive hurricanes to passing a Green New Deal bill for America’s largest city, the beginnings of the offshore wind industry, modular solar power systems, and changing the culture of an entire utility. Each case study is set into context of broader research, addressing how cities and states meet clean energy goals, howsolar or wind power address blackouts, and how individuals can accelerate clean energy for their home, business, or community. This book goes beyond merely explaining clean energy transition by providing unique insight into the calls for a complete transformation of America’s energy system.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-3922-6
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-3923-3
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 238
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
1. What Is This Book About? No access
2. Chapter Summary No access
3. Methodology and Documentary Film No access
4. Selection of Participants and Locations No access
5. Information Gathering No access
6. Solutions Journalism No access
7. Diversity and Equity No access
8. Limitations of the Research No access
9. Conclusion No access
10. Note No access
1. Research Background No access
2. Chapter Summary No access
3. A Brief and Accessible Overview of Our Electrical System No access
4. Clean Energy on the Grid No access
5. Terminology No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Chapter Summary No access
3. Methodology No access
4. Offshore Wind in The United States No access
5. Atlantic County Utility Authority No access
6. Fishermen’s Energy No access
7. Birds and Wind Turbines No access
8. Conclusion—Big Wind, Mega-Region No access
9. Notes No access
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3. Methodology No access
4. Power Hungry Demand No access
5. Astoria Wins—From the Poletti Power Plant to Renewable Rikers No access
6. Astoria Power Plant Explosion—Can We Just Shut Them All Down? No access
7. Community Solar No access
8. Renewable Rikers No access
9. Conclusion No access
10. Notes No access
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3. Methodology No access
4. The Business of Energy No access
5. America’s Most Innovative Utility No access
6. Conclusion No access
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3. Background No access
4. Methodology No access
5. The Transformation: Coquí Solar No access
6. Dirty Power: Applied Energy Systems and Toxic Waste No access
7. Queremos Sol—“We Want Solar” No access
8. New Energy Law, New Challenges No access
9. Conclusion No access
10. Acknowledgments No access
11. Notes No access
1. Introduction No access
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4. ¡Solar Libre!—Freedom through Sun No access
5. Training Program for Island Residents No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
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3. Methodology No access
4. Off-Grid Water Pumps No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
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4. Terminology No access
5. From Energy Poverty to Energy Democracy No access
6. Highland Park History: Population Growth and Loss No access
7. Repossession: Highland Park Left in the Dark No access
8. Innovation: New Streetlights No access
9. Big Win: Statewide Coalition for Renewable Power No access
10. Conclusion: Knowledge is Power No access
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12. Notes No access
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3. Methodology No access
4. Cities, Goals, and Percentages No access
5. Background No access
6. Las Vegas—Game Plan No access
7. Larger Statewide Picture No access
8. Conclusion No access
9. Notes No access
1. Notes No access
1. Podcasts No access
Bibliography No access Pages 211 - 228
Index No access Pages 229 - 236
About the Author No access Pages 237 - 238