''Clean Tech Nation: How the U.S. Can Lead in the New Global Economy'' is a 2012 book written by
Ron Pernick Ron Pernick is an American author and the co-founder and managing director of Clean Edge, a developer and publisher of thematic stock indexes tracking clean energy, transportation, water, and the grid. He is an accomplished market research, publis ...
and
Clint Wilder Clint Wilder is a business journalist who has covered the high-tech and clean-tech industries since 1985.
Biography
Clint Wilder is senior editor at Clean Edge, a clean-tech research and strategy firm in the San Francisco Bay Area and Portland ...
. The book surveys the expansion of
clean technology and
renewable energy over the past decade. It tracks the growth of
wind power
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and solar
photovoltaics
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and shows that these markets grew 20 fold from 2000 to 2010. Factors which are driving the global expansion of clean tech are identified, as are the new economic opportunities which are being created. China, the United States, and Germany are leading the way. ''Clean Tech Nation'' is the sequel to the 2007 book ''
The Clean Tech Revolution''.
See also
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List of books about renewable energy
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List of books about energy issues
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Renewable energy commercialization
Renewable energy commercialization involves the deployment of three generations of renewable energy technologies dating back more than 100 years. First-generation technologies, which are already mature and economically competitive, include b ...
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Renewable energy policy
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Sustainable business
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References
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2012 non-fiction books
Appropriate technology
Books about energy issues
Energy economics
Renewable energy commercialization
Sustainability books
HarperCollins books