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"Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon introduces financial concepts through a lively history of the solar industry, and cuts through the main areas of mystique and misinformation about solar technology and projects. With extensive experience in answering questions from clients in the solar, finance and energy industries, Chase focuses on the practical and financial aspects of solar power, making this book suitable for those wanting to work in clean energy or who have a strong interest in the subject, particularly those without a business background. Since the first edition was published in 2019, solar capacity has only grown bigger and cheaper, opening up new markets. Most significantly, Russia invaded Ukraine, igniting an energy crisis across the world which made countries glad of any renewable energy capacity they had built, as well as amplifying calls for a diversified and resilient global supply chain for renewable energy components. This second edition of Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon is considerably more detailed and optimistic about batteries and hydrogen. It extensively updates readers on the rapidly-changing price and energy landscape, the latest industry thinking on the effects of large volumes of renewable energy on the grid and the path to deep decarbonisation of human civilisation."

"Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon introduces financial concepts through a lively history of the solar industry, and cuts through the main areas of mystique and misinformation about solar technology and projects. With extensive experience in answering questions from clients in the solar, finance and energy industries, Chase focuses on the practical and financial aspects of solar power, making this book suitable for those wanting to work in clean energy or who have a strong interest in the subject, particularly those without a business background. Since the first edition was published in 2019, solar capacity has only grown bigger and cheaper, opening up new markets. Most significantly, Russia invaded Ukraine, igniting an energy crisis across the world which made countries glad of any renewable energy capacity they had built, as well as amplifying calls for a diversified and resilient global supply chain for renewable energy components. This second edition of Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon is considerably more detailed and optimistic about batteries and hydrogen. It extensively updates readers on the rapidly-changing price and energy landscape, the latest industry thinking on the effects of large volumes of renewable energy on the grid and the path to deep decarbonisation of human civilisation"--

Intro -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Locating Christian Formation -- 1. Ethical Formation in the Church? -- 2. Formation by the Spirit through Doubt and Disruption -- Part II: Ecclesial Formation -- 3. The Form of Church Polity -- 4. Formation through Conviction of Sin -- 5. Formation through Each Member -- Part III: Formation Through Civic Life -- 6. Radical Democratic Discipleship -- 7. Formation through Civic Participation -- Conclusion: Forming Common Civic life -- Bibliography.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Detailed Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: An Occupational Hazard -- Introduction: The Digital Age and the Spirits of Capitalism -- Digital capitalism -- The spirits of capitalism -- The spirit of capitalism at the end of the nineteenth century -- The spirit of capitalism at the height of Fordist production -- The spirit of capitalism in the age of flexible accumulation -- Silicon Valley and the spirit of digital capitalism -- Unearthing the spirit of digital capitalism -- Overview of the chapters -- A note on ideology -- 1 The Spirit of Competition: Crowdsourcing through Incentive Competitions -- Unleashing the spirit of competition, saving the world, and celebrating smartness -- Leveling the playing field and accelerating progress -- You pay only the winner! -- HeroX and platform capitalism -- Protecting competition and nurturing networks -- Conclusion: democratizing innovation or exacerbating inequality? -- 2 The Spirit of Collaboration: Crowdsourcing through Communities -- The community in society -- Wired to collaborate -- Putting community crowdsourcing to work -- "The accidental business" -- Community crowdsourcing goes corporate -- Conclusion: the wealth of networks or corporations? -- 3 The Spirit of the Game: Smartphone Apps and the Digital Extraction of Surplus Value -- Earning with apps -- Blurring the boundaries and gaming the tasks -- Multiplying moments and multiplying millions -- Conclusion: free time or free labor? -- 4 In the Spirit of Convenience: Amazon Go and Surveillance Capitalism -- Amazon Go -- Surveillance capitalism -- The ideology of convenience -- Naturalization -- Obfuscation -- Promotion -- Conclusion: ideology, extraction, and the convenience economy -- 5 The Spirit of the Gift: The Work of Techno-philanthropy -- Hyper-agents -- MarketWorld.

Berlin: no wall in sight -- Looking to the other side: the walls between us -- Palestine: dreams of walls and undead lives -- Mirror, mirror, on the wall: ambiguous projections -- Mexico: colonial ghosts, walled minds -- To Trump them all: the most beautiful wall -- Leaping to freedom: concluding remarks

A psychologist's guide for parents, care-givers and health care practitioners to the emotional challenges facing children and their parents today. Current research shows that certain childhood mental disorders are diagnosed more frequently today than in previous generations. Many of today's children and teenagers are more unhappy, anxious and distressed than young people used to be. In this highly informative book, child psychologist Jenny Perkel explores in depth why this might be so, highlighting what modern-day South African children and adolescents are experiencing and the environment in which they are being raised. Children in Mind presents a broad range of up-to-date findings from psychological, neurobiological, genetic, psychiatric, sociological and epidemiological research related to the diagnosis and treatment of children's mental health problems. Theoretically informed but not theoretically dense, the book cites both local and international studies to increase awareness and understanding of children's mental health. Perkel discusses a broad spectrum of issues faced by today's children and adolescents: the Covid-19 pandemic, the influence of electronic media, diverse family structures, stress and trauma, and difficult socio-economic circumstances. While offering no easy answers or formulaic solutions to the problems of troubled children, she shows how to think about children's mental well-being in today's South Africa. Children in Mind is an invaluable resource for all those who work with troubled children and adolescents: psychologists, social workers, counsellors, educators and parents. The author's informed and compassionate approach will help equip professionals and parents to help young people navigate complex issues and make adjustments in their behavior in order to live more balanced and happier lives.