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

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from the estate of Spence McIntyre. Thank you.