Energy 2040: Aligning Innovation, Economics and Decarbonization
暫譯: 2040能源：創新、經濟與脫碳的協調
Divan, Deepak, Sharma, Suresh
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商品描述
Access to energy is essential for our daily lives, economic growth, environment, and sustainability. However, our use of fossil fuels has contributed to global climate change, which poses a significant threat to society and life on this planet. Yet, it has been challenging to reconcile the perceived conflict between economics and climate change, which has created deep divisions in our society.
ENERGY 2040: Aligning Innovation, Economics, and Decarbonization provides a holistic and comprehensive analysis of the ongoing energy transition and its underlying causes. It presents a viable path to meet the energy, economic, and climate goals by weaving together science, technology, economics, policy, entrepreneurship, and geopolitics. The book presents a captivating narrative that brings together a range of topics, including new and disruptive technologies with steep learning rates, the challenges of the future power grid, the democratization of energy, and reducing the timeline from science to impact at scale. It also explores the complex role of scientific research, disruptive deep tech, entrepreneurship, and policy in accelerating this energy transformation.
This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the future of energy. Whether you're a scientist, energy-industry practitioner, policymaker, investor, student, or concerned citizen, this book offers critical insights into the complex and evolving world of energy, innovation, decarbonization, and climate change.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
能源的獲取對我們的日常生活、經濟增長、環境和可持續性至關重要。然而，我們對化石燃料的使用已經促成了全球氣候變化，這對社會和地球上的生命構成了重大威脅。然而，調和經濟與氣候變化之間的矛盾一直是個挑戰，這在我們的社會中造成了深刻的分歧。
《ENERGY 2040: Aligning Innovation, Economics, and Decarbonization》提供了對持續能源轉型及其根本原因的全面分析。它提出了一條可行的道路，以通過結合科學、技術、經濟、政策、創業和地緣政治來實現能源、經濟和氣候目標。這本書呈現了一個引人入勝的敘述，涵蓋了多個主題，包括學習曲線陡峭的新興顛覆性技術、未來電網的挑戰、能源的民主化，以及縮短從科學到大規模影響的時間線。它還探討了科學研究、顛覆性深科技、創業和政策在加速這一能源轉型中的複雜角色。
這本書是任何希望了解能源未來的人必讀的書籍。無論你是科學家、能源行業從業者、政策制定者、投資者、學生還是關心社會的公民，這本書都提供了對能源、創新、去碳化和氣候變化的複雜和不斷演變的世界的關鍵見解。
作者簡介
Deepak Divan, Ph.D., is a distinguished professor, John E. Pippin Chair, GRA Eminent Scholar, and Director of the Center for Distributed Energy at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA. He is a leading authority in power electronics, power systems, smart grids, and distributed control of power systems. Dr. Divan is the recipient of the 2024 IEEE Medal in Power Engineering "for contributions to advanced power conversion technologies for modern electric power grid." He has worked extensively with utilities and industry, resulting in over 250 published refereed papers and over 85 issued and pending patents. He has started several companies, including Varentec, where he served as Founder, President, and CTO, leading the company as it developed its innovative distributed real-time grid control technologies. Dr. Divan's ventures, including Soft Switching Technologies, Innovolt, Varentec, Smart Wires, GridBlock, and GigaGrid, have raised over $160M in venture funding. Dr. Divan is an elected Member of the US National Academy of Engineering, a member of the National Academies Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, and a member/coauthor of the influential report by the NASEM Committee on the Future Grid. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, past President of the IEEE Power Electronics Society, and the recipient of the IEEE William E Newell Field Medal. Dr. Divan is the International Steering Committee Chair of the IEEE Empower a Billion Lives global competition, which crowdsources scalable energy access solutions. He has also been invited to present on electric grids at high-profile events, including the White House Electrification Summit in 2022, COP-22 in Morocco in 2016, and the UN General Solutions Summit in New York in 2023. Dr. Divan received his B. Tech from IIT Kanpur, India, and his MS and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Calgary, Canada.
Suresh Sharma is a business leader with diverse experience in technology, entrepreneurship, and innovation. He is recognized for his exceptional knowledge of commercializing innovations and has made significant contributions to the fields of venture capital, investments, and entrepreneurship. As a former GE executive-turned-entrepreneur, Mr. Sharma has a unique understanding of building profitable innovation ecosystems in private, public, and university domains worldwide. In addition to his extensive industry experience, Mr. Sharma has been actively involved in academic research and teaching. He served as a special faculty member at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he worked with cutting-edge R&D teams to commercialize innovations in various fields, including energy, digital technologies, sensors, analytics, AI, nanomaterials, power electronics, manufacturing, biotech, and biomedical areas. He is the author of the books Industrializing Innovation - The Next Revolution (2019) and The 3rd American Dream (2013) and has extensively published in leading technology journals, magazines, and newspapers. Mr. Sharma has created significant value in energy, power, and healthcare through his entrepreneurial journey. He has served on the boards of public and private companies and in VC/PE investment firms.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Deepak Divan, Ph.D. 是喬治亞理工學院（Georgia Institute of Technology）傑出教授、約翰·E·皮平講座教授（John E. Pippin Chair）、GRA 傑出學者（GRA Eminent Scholar）及分散式能源中心（Center for Distributed Energy）主任。他是電力電子學、電力系統、智慧電網及電力系統的分散控制領域的領導權威。Divan 博士因其對現代電力網先進電力轉換技術的貢獻而獲得 2024 年 IEEE 電力工程獎章（IEEE Medal in Power Engineering）。他與公用事業及產業有廣泛合作，發表了超過 250 篇經過審核的論文，並擁有超過 85 項已授權及待授權的專利。他創辦了幾家公司，包括 Varentec，並擔任創始人、總裁及首席技術官（CTO），引領公司開發其創新的分散式即時電網控制技術。Divan 博士的創業項目，包括 Soft Switching Technologies、Innovolt、Varentec、Smart Wires、GridBlock 和 GigaGrid，已籌集超過 1.6 億美元的風險資金。Divan 博士是美國國家工程院（US National Academy of Engineering）當選成員，國家科學院能源與環境系統委員會成員，並且是 NASEM 未來電網委員會的成員/共同作者。他是 IEEE 會士（Fellow of the IEEE）、前 IEEE 電力電子學會（IEEE Power Electronics Society）會長，並獲得 IEEE 威廉·E·紐厄爾田野獎（IEEE William E Newell Field Medal）。Divan 博士是 IEEE Empower a Billion Lives 全球競賽的國際指導委員會主席，該競賽旨在群眾募資可擴展的能源接入解決方案。他還受邀在高端活動上發表有關電網的演講，包括 2022 年白宮電氣化峰會、2016 年摩洛哥 COP-22 及 2023 年紐約聯合國解決方案峰會。Divan 博士在印度坎普爾的印度理工學院（IIT Kanpur）獲得工學學士學位，並在加拿大卡爾加里大學（University of Calgary）獲得碩士及博士學位。
Suresh Sharma 是一位商業領袖，擁有多元的技術、創業及創新經驗。他因其在商業化創新方面的卓越知識而受到認可，並對風險投資、投資及創業領域做出了重要貢獻。作為前通用電氣（GE）高管轉型的企業家，Sharma 先生對於在全球私營、公營及大學領域建立盈利的創新生態系統有著獨特的理解。除了豐富的行業經驗外，Sharma 先生還積極參與學術研究和教學。他曾擔任喬治亞理工學院的特聘教員，與尖端研發團隊合作，將各個領域的創新商業化，包括能源、數位技術、感測器、分析、人工智慧（AI）、奈米材料、電力電子學、製造、生物技術及生醫領域。他是書籍《工業化創新 - 下一次革命》（Industrializing Innovation - The Next Revolution, 2019）和《第三個美國夢》（The 3rd American Dream, 2013）的作者，並在領先的技術期刊、雜誌及報紙上發表了大量文章。Sharma 先生在能源、電力及醫療保健領域通過其創業旅程創造了顯著的價值。他曾在公共及私人公司的董事會及風險投資/私募股權投資公司任職。
