The West Texas Power Plant That Saved the World: Energy, Capitalism, and Climate Change, Revised and Expanded...

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Andy Bowman Katharine Hayhoe

The West Texas Power Plant That Saved the World

Energy, Capitalism, and Climate Change, Revised and Expanded Edition

Andy Bowman, Katharine Hayhoe

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Texas Tech Press,U.S.
31 October 2023

Environmentalist, conservationist & Green organizations; Global warming; Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology

What if the harbinger of our greener future was a small power plant set in the middle of nowhere in West Texas? Longtime alternative energy executive Andy Bowman’s newly updated book makes exactly this case, outlining what he suggests is a more sustainable future for American capitalism. The West Texas Power Plant that Saved the World takes the Barilla solar plant in Pecos County as a test case for the state of renewable energy in the twenty-first century United States.

For author Andy Bowman, this is a very personal story. Bowman grew up in Galveston and acutely remembers watching stormwater climb up seawalls and wreak havoc on his home. He weaves these memories into his coming of age over two decades in the alternative energy industry, beginning in the 1990s, and tracks it’s the industry’s fits and starts that lead to the Barilla project. Barilla was the first solar project to be built “on spec”: essentially, the plant was built without a contract in place and with the assumption that customers would come. That trailblazing wager represents a tidal shift in the alternative energy industry.

In a clear voice, Bowman explains the climate science that necessitated this shift and makes business-based arguments for what the future should look like. The result is a book that tells a personal story of West Texan innovation, gumption, and vision, while also outlining how our society needs to equip itself to confront climate change.

By: Andy Bowman, Katharine Hayhoe
Imprint: Texas Tech Press,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9781682831861
ISBN 10: 1682831868
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 31 October 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andy Bowman has been a serial clean energy entrepreneur since the late 1990s, when he worked to develop some of the first utility scale wind projects in the country. Over the last 25 years he has participated in about 3,600 megawatts of wind and solar projects across the country, equivalent to about seven coal power plants, and his newest company is building grid-scale energy storage projects. Bowman has degrees from the University of Texas School of Law and the LBJ School of Public Affairs and graduated from Yale University in 1991. He is an adjunct professor at UT Law School and lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and three children.