Following the sun the pioneering years of solar energy research at the Australian National University 1970-2005
In 1970 a small group of physicists at The Australian National University decided to veer away from the accepted and expected directions in energy research and pursued the emerging discipline of solar energy. Over the next decade ANU joined a small cluster of research institutions, including the CSI...
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| Format: | eBook |
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Canberra, Australia :
Australian National University
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009419961606719 |
Table of Contents:
- Preliminary; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. White Cliffs: From laboratory to reality; 2. Why solar? Why then?; 3. The Big Dish: Looking beyond the 1990's; 4. Evolution: Solar energy research as a distinct entity; 5. The wider Australian solar scene: 1970's-1990's; 6. Solar energy research and commercial expansion; 7. Environment, climate change and solar energy; 8. Solar energy in changing times; Appendix 1. List of people interviewed; Appendix 2. Organizational flow chart; Appendix 3. One page summary from 1970's to the present
- Appendix 4. Solar energy: Explaining the science Appendix 5. Recommendations from the 1995 Expert Group on Renewable Energy Technologies; Appendix 6. Photos; References
