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Varun Sivaram

    Dr. Varun Sivaram is a leading voice in clean energy technology and a bestselling author. His work critically examines innovations needed to harness solar energy and power the planet, exploring practical solutions for our global energy challenges. Sivaram draws upon extensive experience across corporate, policy, and academic spheres to propose actionable roadmaps for energy innovation. He offers readers a compelling vision for a sustainable future, underscoring technology's vital role in decarbonization.

    Blacksmith's Craft
    Taming the Sun
    Wrought Ironwork
    • 2019

      Blacksmith's Craft

      • 116 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      Originally published in 1952 by Rural Development Commission, Salisbury, England.

      Blacksmith's Craft
    • 2019

      Wrought Ironwork

      • 96 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Further your skills and hone the techniques necessary to become a skilled smith. Second in its series and a facsimile edition of the original 1953 instruction manual, Wrought Ironwork is a practical and essential guide with a focus on technique for the modern smith. With 33 step-by-step lessons and coordinating photography for making a variety of scrolls—from ribbon-end scrolls to beveled scrolls—water leaves, and wavy bars, and eventually onto the creation and assembly of an ornamental gate, Wrought Ironwork will help you practice the fundamentally vital methods to this timeless trade. Working in succession with Blacksmith's Craft , you'll further your skills and hone the techniques necessary to become a skilled smith.

      Wrought Ironwork
    • 2018

      Taming the Sun

      • 371 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      4.1(421)Add rating

      How solar could spark a clean-energy transition through transformative innovation-creative financing, revolutionary technologies, and flexible energy systems.

      Taming the Sun