Solar Power: Innovation, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice

Dustin Mulvaney

Published by University of California Press 2019

Solar Power

Innovation, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice

Dustin Mulvaney

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520963191

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In this important new primer, Dustin Mulvaney makes a passionate case for the significance of solar power energy and offers a vision for a more sustainable and just solar industry for the future. The solar energy industry has grown immensely over the past several years and now provides up to a fifth of California’s power. But despite its deservedly green reputation, solar development and deployment may have social and environmental consequences, from poor factory labor standards to landscape impacts on wildlife.

Using a wide variety of case studies and examples that trace the life cycle of photovoltaics, Mulvaney expertly outlines the state of the solar industry, exploring the ongoing conflicts between ecological concerns and climate mitigation strategies, current trade disputes, and the fate of toxics in solar waste products. This exceptional overview will outline the industry’s current challenges and possible futures for students in environmental studies, energy policy, environmental sociology, and other aligned fields.

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Mulvaney Dustin :

Dustin Mulvaney is Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at San José State University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Solar Power Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2. Green New Deal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
3. Innovations in Photovoltaics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
4. Recycling and Product Stewardship Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
5. Green Civil War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
6. The Western Solar Plan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
7. Breakthrough Technologies and Solar Trade Wars Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198
8. Solar Power and a Just Transition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
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Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
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