“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)

  • Ignoring Nuclear's Downsides

    Posted on March 23, 2019

    In an editorial earlier this week, the Boston Globe utterly ignored the grave hazards of nuclear power and misrepresented the high costs of maintaining this hugely subsidized energy resource. Perhaps most galling, it blamed the Conservation Law Foundation and other watchdog groups for boosting New England's greenhouse gas emissions rather than crediting the region's environmental organizations with spearheading a sensible transition to safer and more sustainable energy resources.

    Here is my response, in a letter the Globe published yesterday. 

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  • Not a Time for Patient Resolution

    Posted on February 21, 2019

    Is our climate crisis susceptible to patient resolution? I join Green New Dealers in having my doubts, as expressed in this letter to the New York Times.  

    Read more »

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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