INTRODUCTION
• From the Editor: Renewable Solar Energy
• Solar Photovoltaics In The Energy Transformation
LARGE SCALE SOLAR FACILITIES
• The Desert Is Alive : And It’s Threatened
• Scraped Earth And Desert Winds: Fugitive Dust
• A Costly Omission: Carbon Sequestered in Soils
• Solar Energy That Spares The Land
LOCALLY GENERATED ENERGY
• Two Paths for Solar Renewables
• Transmission-Independent Renewable Energy
• Electricity Storage For Our Carbon-Free Future
• Distributed Energy Resources In Urban Load Centers
POLITICS
• The Utility “Cost Shift” Fallacy
• Solar Power And Environmental Justice
• The Electrical Industrial Complex
THE FUTURE
• What Drives This Need For Electricity?
• Where Do We Go from Here
Printing and mailing of this special issue has been funded by a bequest
from the estate of Spence McIntyre. Thank you.
