PERFECT POWER: How the Microgrid Revolution Will Unleash Cleaner, Greener, More Abundant Energy (Hardcover)

by Robert Galvin (Author), Kurt Yeager (Author)
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What's the solution to the world's growing energy problem?

PERFECT POWER

Electric usage is rising. Fuel costs are rocketing. Blackouts are happening more frequently. Why? Because our electrical power system--built on a vast network of resources including nuclear energy, natural gas, water, and coal--has become woefully outdated, increasingly expensive, and dangerously fragile. We need to change the current system, and we need to do it now.

Written by business visionary and former Motorola chairman Robert Galvin, Perfect Power shows us how to create a “perfect” system that can deliver power where needed, at an astonishing reliability standard of 99.9999999 percent. By super-charging the “Six Sigma” concepts that Galvin developed as the founder and CEO at Motorola, we can

• Meet the energy reliability and quality needs of the Digital Age
• Generate new goods and services that create jobs, empower consumers, and lower energy cost
• Eliminate wasteful spending on our electrical infrastructure that can be used for peak power needs
• Facilitate local, regional, and, ultimately, national energy independence
• Fundamentally reduce the impact of energy on the environment
• Invest in the microgrid revolution

Energy providers and policy makers will reinvent today's centralized power systems and integrate them with new, efficient “microgrids." Investors and entrepreneurs will spot tomorrow's hottest technologies. Consumers will demand change from “the powers that be.” And environmentalists will take advantage of cleaner, greener energy sources available.

We have the power to fulfill our energy needs, fix our old systems, forge ahead with new ideas, and fuel our dreams. It's Perfect Power.

From the Back Cover

The Book That Will Revolutionize and Electrify Our Energy Crisis

From Robert Galvin, Motorola's visionary leader and legendary former CEO, and Kurt Yeager, former CEO of the Electric Power Research Institute, comes a powerful wake-up call for the entire energy industry. A must-read for investors, entrepreneurs, homeowners, and environmentalists, Perfect Power offers bold new solutions, investments, and job opportunities that address the biggest energy problems we face today, including how to

• Meet the rising demands for more electricity
• Create “Perfect Power” that will withstand hurricanes, blackouts, terrorism, and technical malfunctions
• Implement clean, “green” alternatives by tapping the smart microgrid revolution
• Live “off the grid” and become energy self-sufficient
• Identify and invest in exciting new companies and technologies

“Reinventing our nation’s electric supply system is at the heart of solving our climate change and energy security problems. This book underscores the urgency of modernizing our grid and our business models to meet this challenge for our future generations.”
—James E. Rogers, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Duke Energy

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 200 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (August 26, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071548823
• ISBN-13: 978-0071548823
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #86,226 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!, May 22, 2009

By	Gordon in Austin "Live it or live with it!" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This is a great read for anyone who is interested in tracking the development of SmartGrid technology in the US.

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pollyanna's Perfect Power, December 12, 2008

By	J. Setala (United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There may be some interesting points in this book, but you have to look very hard to find them. It is a review of the next generation of the electric industry written by executives from the cell phone industry. They seem to want to use the "perfect" business model from the cell phone industry and apply that to the electric industry. I can see it now, you change anything in your electric service and BAM, you just extended your contract two years. You move out of your house, and you have to pay a penalty to the electric company, yea, great business model. This book seems more like just an advertisement for their Institute. Again, great model, you just paid them to market their institute to you.