The energy crisis of 2001, high prices for gas and electricity and worries of climate change have caused a growing awareness about energy issues in California. The problems are clear. This paper looks at the next step of finding and implementing solutions. In this case the contribution that solar photovoltaic and solar thermal generation could make toward solving the problem. This paper looks at technological change, the current state of solar energy research, current government policies on solar energy, and finally makes policy recommendations to meet the stated problem.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:CLAREMONT/oai:ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu:stc/16 |
| Date | 20 April 2007 |
| Creators | Close, Brett T. |
| Publisher | Pomona College |
| Source Sets | Claremont Colleges |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dataset; Image; Text |
| Format | |
| Coverage | California |
| Rights | Pomona College has non-exclusive publication rights. Permission is granted to quote from the thesis with the customary acknowledgment of the source. Copyright for each article is retained by the author. Republication in any form requires permission from the author of the thesis. |
| Relation | Senior Theses from The Claremont Colleges - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/stc/ |
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