Overview

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 CSIRO, UNSW and the University of Sydney, to emerge as a world leader in solar energy technology. This book traces the history of solar energy research at ANU over 35 years from its origin, its sometimes controversial early stages, through its flagship projects to its current status as one of the world’s best known solar energy research establishments. It is as much a story of the future as it is a history: Following the sun is the story of how an idea to pursue what was in 1970 a new and unpopular research path has come to underpin sustainable development in the 21st Century.

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Author:   Robin Tennant-Wood
Publisher:   ANU Press
Imprint:   ANU Press
ISBN:  

9781922144126

ISBN 10:   1922144126
Pages:   116
Publication Date:   01 October 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction  1 . White Cliffs: From laboratory to reality  2 . Why solar? Why then?  3 . The Big Dish: Looking beyond the 1990s  4 . Evolution: Solar energy research as a distinct entity  5 . The wider Australian solar scene: 1970s—1990s  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 . Organisational flow chart  Appendix 3 . One page summary from 1970s 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   

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