Full Title: Revolution Now: The Future Arrives for Four Clean Energy Technologies
Author(s): Dr. Levi Tillemann
Publisher(s): U.S. Department of Energy
Publication Date: November 1, 2013
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Description (excerpt):
For decades, America has anticipated the transformational impact of clean energy technologies. But even as costs fell and technology matured, a clean energy revolution always seemed just out of reach. Critics often said a clean energy future would “always be five years away.”
This report focuses on four technology revolutions that are here today. In the last five years they have achieved dramatic reductions in cost1 and this has been accompanied by a surge in consumer, industrial and commercial deployment. Although these four technologies still represent a small percentage of their total market (e.g. electricity, cars and lighting), they are growing rapidly.
The four key technologies this report focuses on are:
- Onshore wind power
- Polysilicon photovoltaic modules
- LED lighting
- Electric vehicles