“Phil Warburg has invented a new literary genre: the clean energy travelogue. His trips to the places and characters behind the solar energy boom are brilliantly entertaining and informative. He has written the definitive guide to America’s solar transformation.”

—U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (ret.)
Former Chair, House Energy and Commerce Committee

 

“Harness the Sun is an indispensable guide to the solar revolution. It describes the businesses that will profit from it, the interests that will be disrupted by it, and the policies that could accelerate it. If you think solar energy is just a futuristic option, read this book today.”

—Denis Hayes
National Coordinator of the first Earth Day,
Former Director of the Solar Energy Research Institute

 

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The Latest (from the Blog)

  • No to Population Growth

    Posted on January 23, 2017

    Today, in a New York Times Letter to the Editor, I challenge investment strategist Ruchir Sharma's assertion that slow population growth is to blame for a lagging U.S. and global economy. Sharma's shortsighted perspective fails to look at the disastrous impacts of ongoing population growth on our already overstressed global environment.

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  • The View from Standing Rock

    Posted on December 20, 2016

    The months-long protest encampment at Standing Rock yielded a temporary victory earlier this month, when the Army Corps of Engineers halted construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline's final stage, crossing Lake Oahe just a mile upriver from the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. The environmental impact assessment called for by the Corps will hopefully provide fuller protection of this tribe's primary water source from a possible oil spill. 

    Beyond that gain, a new alliance has been forged between indigenous and non-indigenous peoples who are committed to pursuing a post-fossil-fuel future. I discuss the first signs of a shift toward Native American clean energy in an op-ed that ran in today's Philadelphia Inquirer.

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People and Places from Harness the Sun

  • Exelon City Solar
    Exelon City Solar Brownfield PV Installation, Chicago, IL (Photo courtesy of Turner Construction)
  • Phil Cavallo, solar developer, New Bedford, MA
    Phil Cavallo, solar developer, New Bedford, MA
  • California Valley Solar Ranch
    California Valley Solar Ranch (Photo courtesy of SunPower Corp.)
  • Kathleen Doyle, solar developer, Boston Dedham Commerce Park
    Kathleen Doyle, solar developer, Boston Dedham Commerce Park
  • Sun-Tracking Arrays at Middlebury College, VT
    Sun-Tracking Arrays at Middlebury College, VT
  • Abengoa Solana Parabolic Trough, Gila Bend, AZ
    Abengoa Solana Parabolic Trough, Gila Bend, AZ
  • Josh and Avi Avidan atop Warehouse Roof, Edison, NJ
    Josh & Avi Avidan atop Warehouse Roof, Edison, NJ
  • Exelon City Solar, Chicago, IL
    Exelon City Solar, Chicago, IL (Photo courtesy of Turner Construction/McShane Fleming Studios)
  • Justin Woodard, National Grid PV Facility, Everett, MA
    Justin Woodard, National Grid PV Facility, Everett, MA
  • Arizona State University-Tempe AZ, Solar Parking Canopy
    Arizona State University-Tempe – Solar Parking Canopy
  • Pier Pounding, California Valley Solar Ranch
    Pier Pounding, California Valley Solar Ranch
  • Concentrating Solar Power at Crescent Dunes, NV
    Concentrating Solar Power at Crescent Dunes, NV (Photo courtesy of SolarReserve)

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