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092			_aSkelly, M. _bG618
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100	1		_aGold, Russell, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSuperpower : _bone man's quest to transform American energy / _cRussell Gold.
250			_aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bSimon & Schuster, _c2019.
264		4	_c©2019
300			_a319 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 277-304) and index.
505	0		_aNo man's land -- E pluribus unum -- Braulio Carrillo -- Johnny Rotten -- East 11th Street -- The battle of Blue Canyon -- A cure for insomnia -- "Tell me if I sound like a liberal" -- Clean line energy partners -- Euphoria -- Chickens and eggs -- Julie, Virgil, and Janey -- A week from Hell -- This is not your ordinary transmission line -- An extremely compelling price -- Wind catcher -- The network.
520			_aChronicles the efforts of renewable energy pioneer Michael Skelly to build America's second-largest wind power company, revealing how his career has reflected groundbreaking changes in national energy.
520			_a"In the ever more urgent quest for sources of renewable energy, meet the man boldly harnessing the natural forces that could power America's future. The United States is in the midst of an energy transition. We want to embrace renewable energy sources like wind and solar, and rely less on dirty fossil fuels. We don't want to keep pumping so many heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere. Any transition from a North American power grid that uses mostly fossil fuels to one that is predominantly clean requires a massive building spree--billions of dollars' worth. Enter Michael Skelly, an infrastructure builder who began working on wind energy in 2000, when many considered the industry a joke. Eight years later, Skelly helped create the second largest wind power company in the United States--which was sold for $2 billion. Wind energy was no longer funny; it was well on its way to generating a substantial percentage of the electricity in the United States. Acclaimed journalist and author of The Boom ..., Russell Gold tells the story of this pioneer whose innovations, struggles, and persistence represent the groundbreaking changes underway in American energy. In Superpower, we meet Skelly's financial backers, a family that pivoted from oil exploration to renewable energy; the farmers ready to embrace the new 'cash crop'; the landowners prepared to go to court to avoid looking at overhead wires; and utility executives who concoct fiendish ways to block renewable energy. Gold also shows how Skelly's innovative company, Clean Line Energy, conceived the idea for a new power grid that would allow sunlight where abundant to light up homes thousands of miles away in cloudy states, and take wind from the Great Plains to keep air conditioners running in Atlanta. Thrilling, provocative, and important, Superpower is a fascinating look at America's future."--Dust jacket.
600	1	0	_aSkelly, Michael, _d1961-
650		0	_aEnergy industries _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		0	_aBusinesspeople _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		0	_aEnergy policy _zUnited States.
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