The shift towards clean energy has already begun. Wind and solar energy currently provide 30% of global electricity. However, ambitious policy goals consistently fall short, projects face delays for years, and stakeholders remain frustrated with a system that appears designed to slow progress.
The book Power Shift: The Hidden Forces Determining Whether the Clean Energy Transition Will Succeed explains why.Drawing on fifty years of experience advising developers, banks, utility companies, and government agencies, Dr. Bruce Bailey reveals the complex ecosystem of decision makers who must all agree on a project for it to succeed. It shows readers how to:Understand the causes of fundamental bottlenecks in electrical grid infrastructure. Realizing how our dependence on the weather radically affects energy planning. Dealing with conflicting priorities of developers, funders and regulators. Anticipate the intersections of political ambitions with physical and economic reality. Building cooperation between different sectors necessary to achieve tangible progress.Power Shift provides a realistic, multidisciplinary view of what is needed and the timeliness of energy transformation, moving beyond environmental idealism and partisan gridlock. The future is coming, and this book guides you on how to deal with it.
