Keywords:
Renewable energy sources -- California.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
The meteoric rise of the photovoltaic (PV) industry is an incredible story. In 2013, Google's investments in PV systems totaled about half a billion dollars and Warren Buffet, one of the famous investors, invested 2.5 billion in the world's largest PV system in California. These gigantic investments by major financial players were made only 40 years after the first two terrestrial PV companies, Solarex and Solar Power Corporation, were formed in the USA. Today, the worldwide capacity of operating PV electric generators equals the capacity of about 25 nuclear power plants. The PV industry is growing at an annual rate of 30 percent, equivalent to about five new nuclear power plants per year. This book describes how this happened and what lies ahead for PV power generation.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (430 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789814463812
Series Statement:
Jenny Stanford Series on Renewable Energy Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1640586
DDC:
333.7923
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- The Vulgar Tongue: Green's History of Slang -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Slang: A User's Manual -- Slang: The Language That Says 'No' -- The Etymology of the Word 'Slang' -- Definitions -- Etymological Roots -- 2 In the Beginning: The Pre-History -- 3 Lewd, Lousey Language: Beggars and Their Books -- The European Background -- The English Development -- Coney-catching -- 4 Crime and Punishment: The Vocabulary of Villainy -- The End of the Beggar Books -- Prison Pamphlets -- Rogue Memoirs -- 5 Play's the Thing: The Stage and the Song -- The Playhouse -- Journalism -- General Writing -- 6 The Sound of the City: No City, No Slang -- 7 Flash: This Sporting Life -- 8 Down Under: Larrikin Lingo -- 9 Sex in the City: The Agreeable Ruts of Life -- 10 Cockney Sparrers:Mean Streets and Music Halls -- 11 America: Pioneers -- 12 Keeping Score: Nineteenth-century Slang Lexicography -- 13 Gayspeak: The Lavender Lexicon -- 14 American Century: The Slang Capital of the World -- 15 African-American Slang: The Flesh Made Word -- 16 Campus and Counter-Culture: Teenage Skills -- 17 War: One Thing It's Good For -- 18 Conclusion: As It Was in the Beginning -- Notes -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 In the Beginning -- 3 Lewd, Lousey Language -- 4 Crime and Punishment -- 5 Play's the Thing -- 6 The Sound of the City -- 7 Flash -- 8 Down Under -- 9 Sex in the City -- 10 Cockney Sparrers -- 11 America -- 12 Keeping Score -- 13 Gayspeak -- 14 American Century -- 15 African-American Slang -- 16 Campus and Counter-Culture -- 17 War -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index -- Note on the Author.
