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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 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.

The Essential PMP Preparation is designed to break down the most complicated project management concepts into simple, easy-to-understand and remember explanations, definitions, and examples. The goal is to provide you with the most practical and comprehensive preparation experience without the usual stress and burnout that comes with the PMP studying process.

Sumérgete en 'Cómo hacer negocios con tecnología: El toque Midas', un fascinante manual de Daniel Cestau Liz que desentraña los secretos de triunfar en el dinámico mundo de la tecnología. Desde estrategias comerciales hasta casos de éxito, este libro es una certificación única en su clase. Con el enfoque de un 'Rey Midas' tecnológico, Daniel comparte décadas de experiencia, guiándote para elevar la facturación, aumentar la rentabilidad y destacar en la industria.

Project management is an essential skill for anyone who needs to get things done in any organisation, and is absolutely critical for anyone leading strategic change. In Lead Successful Projects, the Penguin Business Expert guide, Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, introduces a simplified but strategic approach to project management developed over the last 20 years coaching executives, managers and MBAs. Learn how to break down your project into manageable elements, define smart goals and meet them in this concise and practical guide to project success.

In the fast-paced world of engineering, effective project management is essential for success. The Engineer’s Guide to Project Management: Practical Strategies for Success offers engineers a practical framework to navigate complex projects with confidence. This comprehensive guide merges technical expertise with strategic planning and leadership, providing actionable insights for each stage of the project lifecycle.

Building a great product that customers love requires a variety of skills, mindsets, and techniques. Starting from the three pillars of customer focus, culture of Agility, and team empowerment, this book explains how to go from theory to practice. Building a great product requires working across the Five Dimensions of product management: Discover, Design, Develop, Deploy, and Deliver. Each dimension is important to deliver great products that customers love, and none can be shortcut. By having a "5D" vision of their product, innovators make sure to understand customer needs, design the ...

Managing Developers in the Age of Entitlement: A Tech Leader's Guide is an essential resource for navigating the nuanced challenges of modern tech leadership. This book presents a comprehensive examination of the evolving landscape of software development management, particularly in the context of today’s entitlement culture within tech teams. At the core of this guide is an insightful exploration into managing the unique attitudes and behaviors emerging in the tech world, where entitlement and individualism are increasingly prevalent. The book begins by dissecting the origins and impacts...

Las Algas son un milagro de la Naturaleza. Ricas en Aminoácidos, Proteínas, Lípidos, Carbohidratos, Antioxidantes, Ficobiliproteínas, y otros productos de gran valor, loas algas se han convertido en una nueva reserva alimentaria a través de las industrias.

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, engineer, and physicist. In his work On Electricity, the prodigious inventory describes the development and influence of electricity.

Welcome to the ultimate guide to DIY solar power – Power to the People! Are you tired of constantly paying high electricity bills? Are you looking for a way to reduce your carbon footprint while saving money? Look no further than Power to the People – the comprehensive guide to understanding and building your own solar power system. Chapter by chapter, Power to the People will provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to take control of your energy usage. From understanding the basics of solar power systems, to assessing your energy needs and designing a custom system, we've ...

In poll after poll, one of the threats facing our nation is the use of a cyber attack to cause a grid-down scenario. There are many bad actors on the international stage capable of cyber terror on a massive scale. The list is long, including Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, Syria, and now even terrorist groups like ISIS. Each is capable of wreaking havoc in the US by shutting down our power grid and enjoying the resulting chaos.

¿Quiere aprender los conceptos básicos de la gestión de proyectos en menos de un día? Este breve libro fue diseñado para principiantes absolutos; no necesita ninguna experiencia o conocimiento previo. Escrito por los cofundadores de The Tech Academy (learncodinganywhere.com), este libro sirve como una introducción perfecta a Scrum, Agile y DevOps. El Manual de gestión de proyectos es fácil y simple, y se puede completar rápidamente.

In our daily lives, we're surrounded by wires, pipes, utility poles, cell phone towers, and myriad other infrastructure that facilitates almost everything we do. Even though these systems are essential, when was the last time you gave them much thought? In On the Grid, Scott Huler sets out to understand all of the systems that shape our society - from transportation, water, and garbage to the Internet coming through our cable lines.

The clean energy transition is humanity's biggest ever economic challenge. In Powering Up, former Australian chief scientist Alan Finkel shows how to remove the barriers that prevent nations transforming from petrostate to electrostate. Finkel considers the entire supply chain, from raw materials through power infrastructure, the workforce, transportation and household customers. He reveals the outlines of a new geo-economic order and explains in persuasive, practical terms how we can get there.

We Took the Risk dives into the personal journeys of 25 executives who, through their own combination of traits, took on the challenges of an early US renewable energy industry. Far from being a self-improvement book or a glorified “who’s who” run down, this book provides a backdrop by which to juxtaposition your own career journey. Author Tom Weirich lets you view the beginnings of the industry as if you were there, lock in step with these entrepreneurial leaders, as they sift through decisions that would forever impact the trajectory of renewables in the US.

You are about to discover how to use Agile Project Management to cut through bottlenecks and avoidable inefficiencies to improve your projects continuously for successful project life cycles!

There are thousands of families who have gone off the grid. They have canceled their contracts with their local power company and have gone completely solar. Does this actually work? You bet it does. By setting up your own solar power system, you will be able to ensure unlimited energy for you and your family. Unless the sun burns out sometime next week, you can rest assured that your family will have always be protected. Are you interested in going off the grid but don’t know where to start? Well, this is a great place to begin.

In reading ‘electrical oscillator’, you will probably automatically think ‘earthquake machine’. This charming title aside, electrical oscillators at its core employ an amplifier whose output is fed back to the input, so the signal regenerates and sustains itself. In this 1919 publication, Tesla further expands on one of his most famous inventions.

Solar powering systems are now taking over the world. More and more people are installing solar power systems in their houses, saving thousands of dollars on electricity bills, improving the electric power in their house, and actually helping to save our planet. If you'd like to join the millions of businesses, families, and houses that already have a solar power system, it's important to do it in the right way.

The coal-mining town of Fushun in China’s Northeast is home to a monstrous open pit. First excavated in the early twentieth century, this pit grew like a widening maw over the ensuing decades, as various Chinese and Japanese states endeavored to unearth Fushun’s purportedly “inexhaustible” carbon resources. Today, the depleted mine that remains is a wondrous and terrifying monument to fantasies of a fossil-fueled future and the technologies mobilized in attempts to turn those developmentalist dreams into reality.