Energy at the End of the World
An Orkney Islands Saga
- Paperback
440 pages
- Release Date
2 July 2024
Summary
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 hydrogen fuel networks, attracting the interest of venture capitalists and local communities. In this book, Laura Watts tells a story of making energy futures at the edge of the world.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262552653 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262552655 |
| Author: | Laura Watts |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 440 |
| Release Date: | 2 July 2024 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 137mm |
| Series: | Infrastructures |
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About The Author
Laura Watts
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 energy, and in 2017 she won the International Cultural Innovation Prize with the Reconstrained Design Group for a community-built energy storage device designed from scrap.
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