Utility Scale Solar Installations

Author : Susan Neill,Geoff Stapleton,Christopher Martell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781317308744

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Solar Farms by Susan Neill,Geoff Stapleton,Christopher Martell Pdf

The market and policy impetus to install increasingly utility-scale solar systems, or solar farms (sometimes known as solar parks or ranches), has seen products and applications develop ahead of the collective industry knowledge and experience. Recently however, the market has matured and investment opportunites for utility-scale solar farms or parks as part of renewable energy policies have made the sector more attractive. This book brings together the latest technical, practical and financial information available to provide an essential guide to solar farms, from design and planning to installation and maintenance. The book builds on the challenges and lessons learned from existing solar farms, that have been developed across the world, including in Europe, the USA, Australia, China and India. Topics covered include system design, system layout, international installation standards, operation and maintenance, grid penetration, planning applications, and skills required for installation, operation and maintenance. Highly illustrated in full colour, the book provides an essential practical guide for all industry professionals involved in or contemplating utility-scale, grid-connected solar systems.

Author : Peter Gevorkian
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 701 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780071763288

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Large-Scale Solar Power System Design (GreenSource Books) by Peter Gevorkian Pdf

The Definitive Guide to Large-Scale, Grid-Connected Solar Power System Design and Construction This GreenSource book provides comprehensive engineering design and construction guidelines for large-scale solar power system projects. Proven design methodologies are detailed installation diagrams are included in this practical resource. Large-Scale Solar Power System Design offers complete coverage of solar power system technologies and components, planning, cost estimates, financing, project management, safety, and testing. This authoritative guide fully addresses the complex technical and management issues associated with large-scale, grid-connected solar power system implementations. COVERAGE INCLUDES: Solar power system technologies, including photovoltaic and thin-film solar cells Solar power system physics Photovoltaic power system feasibility study Solar power system costing Solar power system design Large-scale solar power system construction Concentrator photovoltaic systems Solar power system project management Smart-grid systems Solar thermal power Solar power financing and feed-in tariff programs

Author : Miles B. Simmons
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Solar energy
ISBN : 1629489999

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Utility-scale Solar Installations by Miles B. Simmons Pdf

Solar energy technologies continue to be deployed at unprecedented levels, aided significantly by the advent of large-scale projects that sell their power directly to electric utilities. Such utility-scale systems can deploy solar technologies far faster than traditional behind-the-meter projects designed to offset retail load. These systems achieve significant economies of scale during construction and operation, and in attracting financial capital, which can in turn reduce the delivered cost of power. The topics discussed in this compilation include a technology and market overview of utility-scale concentrating solar power and photovoltaics projects; federal and state structures to support financing utility-scale solar projects and the business models designed to utilise them; and the impact of financial structure on the cost of solar energy.

Author : Peter Gevorkian
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-28
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781107027688

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Large-Scale Solar Power Systems by Peter Gevorkian Pdf

This book discusses large-scale solar power systems, including an analysis of critical issues related to their design, construction and financing.

Author : Albie Fong,Jesse Tippett
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780203118054

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Project Development in the Solar Industry by Albie Fong,Jesse Tippett Pdf

This book provides an extensive overview of utility scale solar project development and the various tasks required to bring large solar power plants from plans to realities. The various topics have been organized and presented in a way to clearly define important de

Author : Philip Wolfe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781136201646

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Solar Photovoltaic Projects in the Mainstream Power Market by Philip Wolfe Pdf

This is the first and probably the only book devoted to utility-scale solar power – perhaps the fastest-growing sector of the global energy market. Philip Wolfe’s book describes the development and operation of large-scale solar power stations, and will interest all those who want to understand how these multi-million dollar projects are designed, structured, financed, constructed and maintained. It contains case studies of the Waldpolenz Energy Park, Germany, Lopburi Solar Plant in Thailand and the Topaz Solar Farm in California. Also included are interviews from leading figures in the PV industry. It shows the state of the world market and links to an online resource that continues to track the explosive growth of the sector. The book is arranged in three sections: A description of solar projects in context, and how they are undertaken. Chapters on developing and structuring projects; siting, consenting and connection issues; building and operating solar plants; design and technology basics; economies of solar photovoltaics. The second section reviews individual aspects of the project development and operational process in more detail. In particular it advises on strategies to manage technology, commercial, regulatory and implementation risks. These are supported by a comprehensive reference section, including case studies and overviews of key parameters applicable in different parts of the world. Supported by figures and photographs, this book is for anyone wanting to master the commercial, professional, financial, engineering or political aspects of developing multi-mega-watt solar PV projects in a mainstream power market. It is a ‘user manual’ to accompany a sector which by 2015 had surpassed a value of $100 billion.

Author : Philip Wolfe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781136201653

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Solar Photovoltaic Projects in the Mainstream Power Market by Philip Wolfe Pdf

This is the first and probably the only book devoted to utility-scale solar power – perhaps the fastest-growing sector of the global energy market. Philip Wolfe’s book describes the development and operation of large-scale solar power stations, and will interest all those who want to understand how these multi-million dollar projects are designed, structured, financed, constructed and maintained. It contains case studies of the Waldpolenz Energy Park, Germany, Lopburi Solar Plant in Thailand and the Topaz Solar Farm in California. Also included are interviews from leading figures in the PV industry. It shows the state of the world market and links to an online resource that continues to track the explosive growth of the sector. The book is arranged in three sections: A description of solar projects in context, and how they are undertaken. Chapters on developing and structuring projects; siting, consenting and connection issues; building and operating solar plants; design and technology basics; economies of solar photovoltaics. The second section reviews individual aspects of the project development and operational process in more detail. In particular it advises on strategies to manage technology, commercial, regulatory and implementation risks. These are supported by a comprehensive reference section, including case studies and overviews of key parameters applicable in different parts of the world. Supported by figures and photographs, this book is for anyone wanting to master the commercial, professional, financial, engineering or political aspects of developing multi-mega-watt solar PV projects in a mainstream power market. It is a ‘user manual’ to accompany a sector which by 2015 had surpassed a value of $100 billion.

Author : Christopher T M Clack,Aditya Choukulkar,Brianna Cote,Sarah A McKee
Publisher : Vibrant Clean Energy, LLC
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Why Local Solar For All Costs Less by Christopher T M Clack,Aditya Choukulkar,Brianna Cote,Sarah A McKee Pdf

The present study finds that by including the co-optimization of the distribution system, the contiguous United States could spend $473 billion less on cleaning the electricity system by 95% by 2050 and add over 8 million new jobs. The clean electricity system is even cheaper than BAU, without distribution co-optimization to the tune of $88 billion. The findings suggest that local solar and storage can amplified utility-scale wind and solar as well as provide economic stimulus to all regions across the contiguous US. The study finds that wind, solar, storage and transmission can be complements to each other to help reduce the cost to decarbonize the electricity system. Transmission provides spatial diversity, storage provides temporal diversity, and the wind and solar provide the low-cost, emission-free generation. Further, the distributed solar and storage provide local back-up and diversity for consumers to be able to purchase their electricity product without significant alterations to their behavior: in other words, the distributed solar and storage alters demand to supply, without the customers noticing. The study was produced by VCE, for the Coalition for Community Solar Access, Vote Solar, and Local Solar For All. Vibrant Clean Energy, LLC performed all the modeling using the WIS:dom®-P model with nationally recognized publicly available data and assumptions. The executive summary, slide deck white paper, summary spreadsheet, and a press release are provided (a full technical report will be released shortly). Technical documentation for the WIS:dom®-P model can be found here.

Author : Geoff Stapleton,Susan Neill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781849713443

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Grid-Connected Solar Electric Systems by Geoff Stapleton,Susan Neill Pdf

First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA
Publisher : International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789292601980

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Future of solar photovoltaic by International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA Pdf

This study presents options to fully unlock the world’s vast solar PV potential over the period until 2050. It builds on IRENA’s global roadmap to scale up renewables and meet climate goals.

Author : David Kearney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electric power production
ISBN : OCLC:843760896

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Utility-scale power tower solar systems by David Kearney Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : PSU:000065502006

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Utility-scale Solar Power by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Pdf

Author : American Society of Civil Engineers
Publisher : ASCE Press
Page : 1046 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02
Category : Buildings
ISBN : 0784415781

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Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures by American Society of Civil Engineers Pdf

Standard ASCE/SEI 7-22 provides requirements for general structural design and includes means for determining various loads and their combinations, which are suitable for inclusion in building codes and other documents.

Author : Dustin Mulvaney
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520288171

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Solar Power by Dustin Mulvaney Pdf

In this important new primer, Dustin Mulvaney makes a passionate case for the significance of solar power energy and offers a vision for a more sustainable and just solar industry for the future. The solar energy industry has grown immensely over the past several years and now provides up to a fifth of California’s power. But despite its deservedly green reputation, solar development and deployment have potential social and environmental consequences, from poor factory labor standards to landscape impacts on wildlife. Using a wide variety of case studies and examples to trace the life cycle of photovoltaics, Mulvaney expertly outlines the state of the solar industry, exploring the ongoing conflicts between ecological concerns and climate mitigation strategies, as well as current trade disputes and the fate of toxins in solar waste products. This exceptional overview will outline the industry’s current challenges and possible future for students in environmental studies, energy policy, environmental sociology, and other aligned fields.

Author : Jeffrey R. S. Brownson
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780123973153

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Solar Energy Conversion Systems by Jeffrey R. S. Brownson Pdf

Solar energy conversion requires a different mind-set from traditional energy engineering in order to assess distribution, scales of use, systems design, predictive economic models for fluctuating solar resources, and planning to address transient cycles and social adoption. Solar Energy Conversion Systems examines solar energy conversion as an integrative design process, applying systems thinking methods to a solid knowledge base for creators of solar energy systems. This approach permits different levels of access for the emerging broad audience of scientists, engineers, architects, planners, and economists. Traditional texts in solar energy engineering have often emerged from mechanical or chemical engineering fields. Instead, Solar Energy Conversion Systems approaches solar energy conversion from the perspectives of integrative design, environmental technology, sustainability science, and materials science in the wake of amazing new thin films, polymers, and glasses developed by the optoelectronics and semiconductor industries. This is a new solar text for the new generation of green job designers and developers. It’s highlighted with vignettes that break down solar conversion into useful stories and provides common points of reference, as well as techniques, for effective estimation of evolving technologies. Contextualizes solar conversion for systems design and implementation in practical applications Provides a complete understanding of solar power, from underlying science to essential economic outcomes Analytical approach emphasizes systems simulations from measured irradiance and weather data rather than estimations from "rules of thumb" Emphasizes integrative design and solar utility, where trans-disciplinary teams can develop sustainable solar solutions that increase client well-being and ecosystems services for a given locale