The Center for Energy Science & Policy (CESP)

Category: Energy Book Reviews

Review of Windfall: How the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens America’s Power by Meghan O’Sullivan

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By: Rachel Hobbs, Lauren Hawley and Daniel O’Connell, GMU Student Contributors

Meghan O’Sullivan’s book “Windfall: How the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens America’s Power” (2017) discusses how countries around the world are anticipated to change their strategic interests in the new era of energy abundance marked by the boom in oil and gas production from unconventional oil.

An Analysis of Electrify: An Optimist’s Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future

By: Charlotte Joannidis, Tony Striner, and Kathryn Weisbrodt, GMU Student Contributors

In his book, Electrify, Saul Griffith details his plan for how to mitigate the effects of anthropogenic climate change. His idea is simple: electrify everything.

Reviewing “Energy’s Digital Future” by Amy Meyers Jaffe

By: Katrina Napora, GMU Student Contributor

Energy’s Digital Future by Amy Meyers Jaffe offers a prospective analysis of how advancements in technology influence not only the energy sector, but the geopolitics surrounding it.