Energy at the End of the World: An Orkney Islands Saga - Paperback
by Laura Watts
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Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262552653ISBN-10:262552655UPC:9780262552653Book Category:Technology & Engineering, Political Science, ScienceBook Subcategory:Social Aspects, Public Policy, Earth SciencesBook Topic:Energy Policy, GeographySize:8.00 x 5.38 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.3823Product ID:SCXHRKFAAX
Energy at the End of the World: An Orkney Islands Saga
Making local energy futures, from marine energy to hydrogen fuel, at the edge of the world. The islands of Orkney, off the northern coast of Scotland, are closer to the Arctic Circle than to London. Surrounded by fierce seas and shrouded by clouds and mist, the islands seem to mark the edge of the known world. And yet they are a center for energy technology innovation, from marine energy to...
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Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262552653ISBN-10:262552655UPC:9780262552653Book Category:Technology & Engineering, Political Science, ScienceBook Subcategory:Social Aspects, Public Policy, Earth SciencesBook Topic:Energy Policy, GeographySize:8.00 x 5.38 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.3823Product ID:SCXHRKFAAX
Laura Watts is a poet, writer, ethnographer of futures, and Interdisciplinary Senior Lecturer in Energy and Society in the School of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh. As a science and technology studies scholar she has explored the effect of "edge" landscapes on how the future is imagined and made. She is coauthor of Ebban an' Flowan, the world's first poetic primer for marine renewable...
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