Solar Power For The World

Author : A.J.M. van Wijk,E. van der Roest,J. Boere
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781614998327

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Solar Power to the People by A.J.M. van Wijk,E. van der Roest,J. Boere Pdf

You read about it every day: How can we create a sustainable, reliable and affordable energy supply? Does a local water supply play a role in this? Why don’t we drive hydrogen cars that are powered by the sun and rain? The availability of cheap green energy is increasing. . We have solar and wind power, and even energy derived from ambient heat. At the same time we have very diverse energy needs: fuel for cars, electricity, heat for buildings, feedstock for industrial processes, to name just a few. Energy supply and demand do not match, which means that we have to match resources, storage and consumption in an intelligent way. Solar Power to the People casts a thoughtful vision on sustainable energy. We have to bring the power of the sun to the people. That is what sustainable energy and water is all about. The authors believe we have to act quickly. The matter is urgent.

Author : Wolfgang Palz
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814411875

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Solar Power for the World by Wolfgang Palz Pdf

The book describes the industrial revolution associated with the implementation of electric power generation by photovoltaics (PV). The book’s editor and contributing authors are among the leading pioneers in PV from its industrial birth in 1954 all the way up to the stormy developments during the first decade of the new century. The book describes the dramatic events in industry between 2009 and 2013 and puts all this into perspective. It concludes that solar power is yet to strengthen its role in technology and in mainstream of the world’s economy.

Author : Richard Hantula
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781438128085

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How Do Solar Panels Work? by Richard Hantula Pdf

Learning the science behind solar energy.

Author : Allan Drummond
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781250780973

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Solar Story by Allan Drummond Pdf

In his signature style, Allan Drummond tells the story of the largest solar plant in the world, the Noor Solar Power Plant in Morocco's Sahara Desert, in Solar Story--by relating it to the everyday life of a schoolgirl in a small village next to the plant. As we see on a class field trip, the plant is not only bringing reliable power to the village and far beyond, but is providing jobs, changing lives, and upending the old ways of doing things--starting within the girl's own family. Blending detail-filled watercolors, engaging cartoon-style narration, sidebars, and an afterword, the author showcases another community going green in amazing ways.

Author : Wolfgang Palz
Publisher : Pan Stanford Publishing
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814303385

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Power for the World by Wolfgang Palz Pdf

The book comes in three parts: "The Rising Sun in a Developing World", "Solar Power for the World" and "PV Today and Forever". It provides a historical summary and gives a comprehensive overview of the present photovoltaic (PV) situation worldwide and future strategies for development and implementation. The author is a world leader in PV and all renewable energies.The book is illustrated with about 100 pictures.

Author : Lonny Grafman,Joshua Pearce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1947112627

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To Catch the Sun by Lonny Grafman,Joshua Pearce Pdf

Author : Paul Breeze
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128040546

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Solar Power Generation by Paul Breeze Pdf

Solar Power Generation is a concise, up-to-date, and readable guide providing an introduction to the leading renewable power generation technology. It includes detailed descriptions of solar photovoltaic and solar thermal generation systems, and demystifies the relevant solar energy technology functions in practice while also exploring economic and environmental risk factors. Engineers, managers, policymakers, and those involved in planning and delivering energy resources will find this reference a valuable guide to help establish a reliable power supply to address social and economic objectives. Focuses on the evolution and developments in solar energy generation Evaluates the economic and environmental viability of the systems with concise diagrams and accessible explanations Demystifies the relevant solar energy technology functions in practice Explores economic and environmental risk factors

Author : Trevor M. Letcher,Vasilis M. Fthenakis
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128114803

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A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Energy Systems by Trevor M. Letcher,Vasilis M. Fthenakis Pdf

A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Energy Systems: With Special Focus on Photovoltaic Systems, the most advanced and research focused text on all aspects of solar energy engineering, is a must have edition on the present state of solar technology, integration and worldwide distribution. In addition, the book provides a high-level assessment of the growth trends in photovoltaics and how investment, planning and economic infrastructure can support those innovations. Each chapter includes a research overview with a detailed analysis and new case studies that look at how recent research developments can be applied. Written by some of the most forward-thinking professionals, this book is an invaluable reference for engineers. Contains analysis of the latest high-level research and explores real world application potential in relation to developments Uses system international (SI) units and imperial units throughout to appeal to global engineers Offers measurable data written by a world expert in the field on the latest developments in this fast moving and vital subject

Author : Robert Foster,Majid Ghassemi,Alma Cota
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781420075670

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Solar Energy by Robert Foster,Majid Ghassemi,Alma Cota Pdf

Drawing on the authors' extensive research and project implementation around the globe, Solar Energy: Renewable Energy and the Environment covers solar energy resources, thermal and photovoltaic systems, and the economics involved in using solar energy. It provides background theory on solar energy as well as useful technical information for implem

Author : Varun Sivaram
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262537070

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Taming the Sun by Varun Sivaram Pdf

How solar could spark a clean-energy transition through transformative innovation—creative financing, revolutionary technologies, and flexible energy systems. Solar energy, once a niche application for a limited market, has become the cheapest and fastest-growing power source on earth. What's more, its potential is nearly limitless—every hour the sun beams down more energy than the world uses in a year. But in Taming the Sun, energy expert Varun Sivaram warns that the world is not yet equipped to harness erratic sunshine to meet most of its energy needs. And if solar's current surge peters out, prospects for replacing fossil fuels and averting catastrophic climate change will dim. Innovation can brighten those prospects, Sivaram explains, drawing on firsthand experience and original research spanning science, business, and government. Financial innovation is already enticing deep-pocketed investors to fund solar projects around the world, from the sunniest deserts to the poorest villages. Technological innovation could replace today's solar panels with coatings as cheap as paint and employ artificial photosynthesis to store intermittent sunshine as convenient fuels. And systemic innovation could add flexibility to the world's power grids and other energy systems so they can dependably channel the sun's unreliable energy. Unleashing all this innovation will require visionary public policy: funding researchers developing next-generation solar technologies, refashioning energy systems and economic markets, and putting together a diverse clean energy portfolio. Although solar can't power the planet by itself, it can be the centerpiece of a global clean energy revolution. A Council on Foreign Relations Book

Author : Wolfgang Palz
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814411882

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Solar Power for the World by Wolfgang Palz Pdf

The book describes the industrial revolution associated with the implementation of electric power generation by photovoltaics (PV). The book's editor and contributing authors are among the leading pioneers in PV from its industrial birth in 1954 all the way up to the stormy developments during the first decade of the new century. The book describes

Author : Gerard M Crawley
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814689519

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Solar Energy by Gerard M Crawley Pdf

Concerns about energy resources and the environmental impact of energy use will continue to be important globally. World Scientific's unique series of books on Current Energy Issues is intended, in part, as an expansion and update of the material contained in the World Scientific Handbook of Energy. Each volume will focus on related energy resources or issues and will contain a broader range of topics with more explanatory text. This Solar Energy volume covers a variety of approaches to the use of solar energy. These include large scale photovoltaic production of electricity as well as more local applications in the home and businesses. Similarly, there is an extensive discussion of large scale solar thermal electricity production and smaller scale uses such as solar water heating, home heating and cooling plus crop drying. There is also discussion of more forward-looking technologies including the production of fuels using artificial photosynthesis and the production of biomass. Contents:Introduction to Solar Energy (R Corkish, W Lipiński and Robert Patterson)Fundamentals of Photovoltaic Cells and Systems (Ignacio Rey-Stolle)Large-Scale Solar Thermal Plants (CSP) (Manfred Becker, Robert Pitz-Paal and Wes Stein)Large Scale Photovoltaic Power Plants (G Almonacid Puche, P G Vidal and E Muñoz-Cerón)Biomass (Anthony Turhollow)Artificial Photosynthesis (Nathan Skillen and Peter K J Robertson)Small Scale PV Applications in Home and Business (Estefanía Caamaño-Martín, Miguel Ángel Egido and Jorge Solórzano)Low Temperature Solar Thermal Applications (Brian Norton, Hans Martin Henning and Daniel Mugnier)Solar Thermochemical Processes (Roman Bader and Wojciech Lipiński) Readership: Researchers, academics, professionals and graduate students in energy studies/research and environmental/energy economics.

Author : Hermann Scheer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781136547621

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The Solar Economy by Hermann Scheer Pdf

The global economy and our way of life are based on the exploitation of fossil fuels, which not only threaten massive environmental and social disruption through global warming but, at present rates of consumption, will run out within decades, causing huge industrial dislocation and economic collapse. Even before then, the conflicts it causes in the Middle East and elsewhere will be frighteningly exacerbated. The alternative exists: renewable energy from renewable sources - above all, solar. Substituting renewable for fossil resources will take a new industrial revolution to avert the worst of the damage and establish a new international order. It can be done, and it can be done in time. The Solar Economy, by one of the world's most effective analysts and advocates, lays out the blueprints, showing how the political, economic and technological challenges can be met using indigenous, renewable and universally available resources, and the enormous opportunities and benefits that will flow from doing so.

Author : Elizabeth Lachner
Publisher : Britannica Educational Publishing
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781508106234

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Solar Power by Elizabeth Lachner Pdf

Although the sun beams out more than enough energy to meet the needs of all of Earth's population, at the moment only a small percentage of the power we use is generated through the use of solar energy technologies. This volume examines the factors that have limited the role of solar power in the past and discusses some of the developments that promise to make it more significant in the future. Readers will learn about various methods for collecting solar power, such as concentrating collectors, flat-plate collectors, and photovoltaic cells. The opening chapter focuses on the sun itself, explaining the thermonuclear reactions that produce energy there.

Author : Ruth Owen
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781477702888

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Energy from the Sun by Ruth Owen Pdf

Solar power is a fantastic way to heat and power our daily lives. Readers will be engaged from cover to cover with a helpful diagram and vibrant photographs. The easy-to-understand text will be a great resource for any reader exploring science and renewable resources.