Energy in Australia Peak Oil, Solar Power, and Asia’s Economic Growth /

• Main Author: Palmer, Graham (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Energy,
• Subjects: Energy.; Renewable energy resources.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Electric power production.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Sustainable development.; Environmental economics.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Energy Technology.; Sustainable Development.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Environmental Economics.

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...

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.