Energy in Australia Peak Oil, Solar Power, and Asia’s Economic Growth /
With rapidly declining costs and seemingly unlimited sunshine, the choice of solar in Australia seems obvious. Yet despite its many advantages, homes with solar remain completely dependent on the electricity grid for reliable supply, which in Australia implies mostly coal-fired generation. Indeed, e...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014. |
| Series: | Energy Analysis,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02940-5 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Introduction - One million solar systems
- Chapter 2: Quarry Australia – building Australia on coal
- Chapter 3: Towards optimized complexity – integrating intermittency
- Chapter 4: Electricity networks - managing peak demand
- Chapter 5: EROI of Solar PV
- Chapter 6: Driving down emissions: the role of carbon pricing
- Conclusion
- References
- Index.