The English edition of China's New Energy Revolution by renewable energy advocate and Hanergy Chairman Li Hejun is now available for purchase in bookstores across the U.S. as well as in e-book format.
Last month, representatives from more than 190 nations met in Lima, Peru, in an attempt to hammer out a global framework towards a sustainable future. Mr. Li offers in his book a promising way forward: Thin-film solar power, the zero-emissions renewable energy form that can revolutionize how China, the U.S., and everywhere else produces and consumes energy.
Speaking about the book, economic and social theorist and bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin said, "Li Hejun spells out clearly and convincingly why clean energy is poised to drive the third industrial revolution. Solar technology is going to play an increasingly critical role in the transition to a global economy powered by renewable energy. His vision, once a far-stretch of the imagination, is rapidly becoming a reality. The ideas presented in this book will affect not only China, but the globe."
Twenty years after founding Hanergy, Li has leveraged core strengths in R&D and technological integration to help grow the company into the world's largest thin-film solar enterprise, with 3GW of thin-film production capacity and industry-leading technical expertise.
In his book, published by McGraw-Hill Education, he explains why thin-film solar technology, with its superior flexibility, exceptional performance under weak sunlight conditions, and wide market adaptability is poised to become the energy of choice. He points out that in addition to conventional applications like rooftop installations, thin-film can be integrated into building components and its ease of portability and resilience to environmental factors makes it ideal for powering our daily lives on everything from mobiles and automobiles to jackets and camping gear.
Mr. Li goes on to show how every industrial revolution has in fact been an energy replacement - first with coal for wood, then oil for coal - and now, he believes we are on the brink of a third industrial revolution that will be powered by clean energy, with thin-film solar at the forefront.
The United States is experiencing a historic boom in solar installations and PV power generation, with the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and GTM Research reporting[1] that in the second half of 2014, more than half a million U.S. homes and business were generating solar power. According to the SEIA, the solar industry in America employs roughly 143,000 Americans and generates $15 billion annually.
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With the price of solar plunging 99 percent over the past 25 years, the power it generates is now cost competitive with fossil-fuel burning power plants in many markets across the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Li's book describes in plain language how this cheap, clean solar power can be scaled up, distributed, and optimized to meet the growing energy demands of our world.
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