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Author Tennant-Wood, Robin.

Title Following the sun : the pioneering years of solar energy research at the Australian National University, 1970-2005 / Robin Tennant-Wood.

Publication Info. Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Preliminary; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. White Cliffs: From laboratory toreality; 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.
Subject Australian National University.
Australian National University. (OCoLC)fst00549755
Solar energy -- Research -- Australia -- Australian Capital Territory -- History.
Solar energy -- Research -- Australia -- Australian Capital Territory.
Research -- Australia -- Australian Capital Territory.
SCIENCE -- History.
Research. (OCoLC)fst01095153
Solar energy -- Research. (OCoLC)fst01125027
Australian Capital Territory. (OCoLC)fst01210641
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781922144133 (electronic bk.)
1922144134 (electronic bk.)
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