{"product_id":"the-energy-switch-how-companies-and-customers-are-transforming-the-electrical-grid-and-the-future-of-power","title":"The Energy Switch: How Companies and Customers Are Transforming the Electrical Grid and the Future of Power","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe energy industry is changing, and it's far more than just solar panels. Electric vehicles look to overtake gasoline-powered cars within our lifetimes, wind farms are popping up in unlikely places, traders are transforming energy into a commodity, and supercomputers are crunching vast amounts of data in nanoseconds while helping to keep our energy grids secure from hackers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe way humans produce, distribute and consume power will be cleaner, cheaper, and infinitely more complex within the next decade. In The Energy Switch, leading energy industry expert Peter Kelly-Detwilerlooks at all aspects of the transformation: how we got here, where we are going, and the implications for all of us in our daily lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKelly-Detwiler takes readers to the frontlines of the energy revolution. Meet Steve Collins, an executive from Commercial Development Corporation, the company that blew up two $570-million-dollar concrete cooling towers to create a staging ground for the new $70 billion U.S. offshore wind industry; Rob Threlkeld, a General Motors executive who convinced the auto giant to sign multiple 20-year renewable energy contracts worth hundreds of millions; Kevin McAlpin, a Texas homeowner who buys the power for his home on the electricity spot market - where prices can soar from less than one cent a kilowatthour to $9.00 over the course of a single day; Dr. Kristin Persson, who oversees a supercomputer that can process data at 30 quadrillion calculations per second, in the quest for better renewable energy and battery technologies; and John Davis, a Texas rancher who can keep his land intact, with help from the royalty payments from seven turbines spinning on his range.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnergy creation and distribution has driven society's progress for centuries. Today, people are increasingly aware that it is imperative that humans move towards a cleaner, digitized, and democratized energy economy. The Energy Switch is about that multi-trillion dollar transformation, told from the perspective of those leading us to that bright future.\u003c\/p\u003e\r","brand":"Peter Kelly-Detwiler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44447146705132,"sku":"9781633886667","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781633886667.jpg?v=1718817007","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/the-energy-switch-how-companies-and-customers-are-transforming-the-electrical-grid-and-the-future-of-power","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}