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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.

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

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe JSTOR Open Ebooks	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource
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	online resource cr rdacarrier
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	White cliffs: from laboratory to reality -- Why solar? Why then? -- The big dish: looking beyond the 1990s -- Evolution: solar energy research as a distinct entity -- The wider Australian solar scene: 1970s-1990s -- solar energy research and commercial expansion -- Environment, climate change and solar energy -- Solar energy in changing times -- Appendix 1. List of people interviewed -- Appendix 2. Organisational flow chart -- Appendix 3. One page summary from 1970s to present -- Appendix 4. Solar energy: explaining the science -- Appendix 5. Recommendations from the 1995 expert group on renewable energy technologies -- Appendix 6. Photos.
Language	English.
Summary	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.
Access	Open Access EbpS
Subject	Australian National University.
	Australian National University
	Solar energy -- Research -- Australia -- Australian Capital Territory -- History.
	Solar energy -- Research -- Australia -- Australian Capital Territory.
	Research -- Australia -- Australian Capital Territory.
	Énergie solaire -- Recherche -- Australie -- Territoire fédéral de Canberra -- Histoire.
	Énergie solaire -- Recherche -- Australie -- Territoire fédéral de Canberra.
	Recherche -- Australie -- Territoire fédéral de Canberra.
	sciences (philosophy)
	History of science.
	Mathematics and science.
	Science: general issues.
	SCIENCE -- History.
	Research
	Solar energy -- Research
	Australian Capital Territory https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyhfP7CmRR3CvYbgxxVYP
Indexed Term	Science history
	Solar energy
Genre/Form	History
In:	Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR
	OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) OAPEN
Other Form:	Print version: Tennant-Wood, Robin. Following the sun. Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2012 (DLC) 2017416686
ISBN	9781922144133 (electronic bk.)
	1922144134 (electronic bk.)
	9781922144126 (paperback)
	1922144126 (paperback)
Standard No.	10.26530/OAPEN_459877 doi
	459877
	AU@ 000049999998
	AU@ 000050000046
	AU@ 000058146460
	AU@ 000060581805
	GBVCP 100865762X
	GBVCP 865753733