Walt Patterson On Energy

Energy futures




Anyone thinking and writing about energy takes a view of the future, intentionally or not. I have been doing so explicitly since the 1970s. The Energy Alternative appeared in 1990. Thereafter I began to focus on electricity. Electric Futures: Working Papers for Transforming Electricity appeared in 1998, and Transforming Electricity itself in 1999. A Briefing Paper, three Working Papers, articles and speeches culminated in my latest book, Keeping The Lights On: Towards Sustainable Electricity.

I am now developing the analysis further, in a project entitled 'Managing Energy: Rethinking The Fundamentals'. A series of Working Papers intended to be read in sequence are now available. WP1 argues that we are Managing Energy Wrong. WP2 discusses Managing Energy Data. WP3 analyzes 'Managing Energy Technology'. What was to have been WP4, offering an alternative approach to 'Managing Energy Business', is now evolving into a full-length book, entitled Rethinking Energy.





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