Riding the Solar Wave: The Life and Times of Dr. Simon Tsuo
出版社： Lynx Publishing
書林書號：
10015476
作者：
Green, Jasper
定價：
480
會員價：
$408
ISBN：
9780984509799
出版年份：
2017
裝訂：
平裝
總頁數：
376
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開創新能源時代：台灣太陽能教父左元淮的傳奇人生【英文版】

被稱為「台灣太陽能教父」的左元淮，是台灣第一位推動太陽能的學者與企業家。
認識他的人都說他個性樸實性格善良溫暖，他將企業獲利的很大部分分給員工，相當於年終高達一年多的薪水，被稱為台灣幸福企業名不虛傳。
左元淮博士的中英文傳記作者為葛斯柏Gasper Green，英文版由書林與Lynx Publishing合作出版”Riding the Solar Wave: The Life and Times of Dr. Simon Tsuo”帶讀者一同認識這位台灣太陽能教父，從眷村出發，到美留學工作，再溯游回台精彩奉獻的一生。

  A solar PV energy scientist at America’s premiere National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the pioneering CEO of Motech Solar, Dr. Simon Tsuo led an exciting life while discovering the innovative crystalline silicon technology that is responsible for much of the world’s current solar energy resources. This book tells the tales of Tsuo’s rediscovery of his roots in a transforming Taiwan, entrepreneurialism, business strategies, and the rise of the solar sector and the green economy.

  Dr. Simon Tsuo was born in China in 1948 just one year before the conclusion of its civil war, in which his father led more than 4,000 men on the nationalist (KMT) side. After the KMT’s defeat in the Chinese Civil War and his family’s fleeing on a seized tanker boat, Dr. Tsuo grew up under its exiled “one party state” in Taiwan. There, he learned to navigate the Taiwan of his youth, and like many of the post-war generation, he excelled academically in order to qualify for further opportunities in America.
  After a cultural journey of American exploration, Dr. Tsuo attained a PhD in applied physics which led him to a successful career at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, America’s only federal government renewable research institute. There, he delved into a 20 year-long research path during solar energy’s “warring technologies period,” through which he became convinced that crystalline silicon was to become the leading technology. With this insight, Dr. Tsuo eventually returned to Taiwan to establish Motech Solar as one of the world’s first crystalline silicon-only solar cell firms. With a visionary strategy, Dr. Tsuo overcame many challenges to lead Motech Solar to become a global sector leader, which spawned Taiwan’s solar sector.

Jasper Green

Prior to writing this book, I had just completed my PhD at the University of Sussex on post-WWII China-Taiwan relations, economic integration, and the political implications thereof. Before my studies in the field of Global Political Economy for my master’s degree onward, I pursued an undergraduate degree in the humanities which together have provided me with the necessary conceptual frame to complete this book.

       Being at home in both Eastern and Western culture, as well as fluent in Chinese and English, it was after interviewing Simon for my PhD thesis that he approached me to write his biography in both English and Chinese. Moved by the subject matter, I accepted the task to embark upon crafting the narrative of Dr. Tsuo’s life, as it had been shaped by the current of the times and how he, in turn, came to leave his mark on the world.

CONTENTS

 

About the Dr. Simon Tsuo

Preface

    I. The Enduring Legacy of Dr. Simon Tsuo/ Dr. Thomas Surek

    II. From Business Partners to Best Friends/ Pietro Menna

III. Fond Memories of an Innovator and a Brave Warrior/ Pin-Ching Maness

IV. Simon: My Friend, and My Role Model/ Ding Wen Hsu

 

Book Origins

 

Part 1

Chapter 1  Exodus

Chapter 2  A New Life in Taipei

Chapter 3  Chong Cheng Elementary School

Chapter 4  Chien Chong

Chapter 5  A Time of Insights and Reflection

Chapter 6  Life and Love during the University Years

Chapter 7  Military and Teaching Interlude

 

Part 2

Chapter 8   There is No City like New York City

Chapter 9   A Time of Growth and Reflection in NY

Chapter 10  Drifting in the USA

Chapter 11  New Beginnings in the High Altitude State

Chapter 12  Full-Time Amorphous Research and 120% Family Man

Chapter 13  A Bridge into the World

Chapter 14  The Crystalline Silicon Blues

Chapter 15  The Journey to China

Chapter 16  Crisis and Metamorphosis

 

Part 3

Chapter 17  A New Beginning

Chapter 18  A New Life in Tainan

Chapter 19  Opening the International Market (1)

Chapter 20  A Localized and Culturally Attuned Management Style

Chapter 21  A Happy Enterprise

Chapter 22  Opening the International Market (2)

Chapter 23  The Ebb and Flow

Chapter 24  The Savage Fire

 

Part 4

Chapter 25  Life after the Storm

Chapter 26  Company Institutionalization and a Widened Staff Pool

Chapter 27  An International Strategic Plan (1)

Chapter 28  Solar’s Short Winter

Chapter 29  Industry Transformation and Metamorphosis

Chapter 30  An International Strategic Plan (2)

Chapter 31  Correction and Change

Chapter 32  The Final Stretch

Thoughts and Observation on Taiwan’s Future
【新能源時代☀——”Riding the Solar Wave”新書發表】
「我曾經有個夢想，要讓台灣全部的檳榔樹，變成種電的太陽能發電裝置，即使現在離這個夢想還很遠，但只要每個人能多關注能源與環境問題，這個夢想遲早會實現。」──左元淮博士（1948-2015）
11月還在穿短袖，通常是陰雨綿綿的梅雨，卻變成颱風暴雨般的肆虐，造成台灣多處地區的嚴重災情。冰山融化，北極熊首當其衝游泳游到無處棲身。全球暖化，氣候變遷已不是預言，更不是騙局。美國總統川普要退出巴黎協定，可見即使火燒眉頭，對於短視近利的人類來說，經濟考量的誘因，似乎依然遠比成本高又需投入許多研究的環保方案容易。
但是事情不能只挑容易的做，其實在大家都明顯感受天氣變熱之前，台灣就有學者專家開始投入替代能源的研究，永續再生能源的開發。來源就是頭上那顆讓地球繞著公轉，讓植物變綠生長的太陽。被稱為「台灣太陽能教父」的左元淮，是台灣第一位推動太陽能的學者與企業家。認識他的人都說他個性樸實性格善良溫暖，他將企業獲利的很大部分分給員工（此舉造成股東抗議），相當於年終高達一年多的薪水，被稱為台灣幸福企業名不虛傳。
左元淮博士的中英文傳記作者為葛斯柏Gasper Green，英文版由書林與Lynx Publishing合作出版”Riding the Solar Wave: The Life and Times of Dr. Simon Tsuo”，將於6月21日下午舉辦新書分享會，敬邀您一同參與，認識這位台灣太陽能教父從眷村出發，到美留學工作，再溯游回台精彩奉獻的一生。
時間：2017年6月21日（三）2:30-4:00 pm
地點：國立台灣大學霖澤館1301室（近辛亥復興南路口台大後門）
點燃每個人心中的太陽，一人付出一點挽回與改變的努力，為往後地球的環境留下一些我們現在感受到的美好。☀
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