Preface: Setting the Record Straight 1. Renewable Energy in the Twenty-First Century 2. Energy Transitions: Fire to Electricity 3. The Rise of Renewables 4. Renewable Wind Energy 5. Renewable Solar Energy 6. Financing Renewable Energy 7. Energy Transitions: Oats to Oil 8. The Rise of Electric Vehicles 9. Parity 10. Convergence 11. Consequences 12. No Time to Lose Appendix A. Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) Appendix B. The Transition to Renewable Energy Glossary Notes Index