Solar photovoltaic projects in the mainstream power market / Philip Wolfe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolfe, Philip, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photovoltaic power systems.

Electric utilities.

Physical Description:

ix, 225 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

Develop large-scale solar photovoltaic projects with this book, to feed power into a grid.

It contains case studies of the Waldpolenz Energy Park in Germany, Lopburi Solar Plant in Thailand and what will be the world's largest PV plant, the Topaz Solar Farm in California. Also included are excerpts from interviews with leading figures in the PV industry.

Topics covered include:

planning and structuring projects

siting, planning and connection issues

building and operating projects

technology basics

economies of PV

history and business of PV

financing and regulation

technical aspects of system design.

Supported by figures and photographs, this is for anyone wanting to master the commercial, professional, financial, engineering or political-aspects of developing mega-watt solar PV projects in the mainstream power market. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Mainstream photovoltaic projects 1

1 Introduction: why solar energy matters 3

2 Daylight to electricity: the wonder of photovoltaics 8

3 Economics and development of solar power 19

4 Who and why: structuring solar projects 28

5 What and where: planning solar projects 35

6 Which: selecting equipment and designing projects 43

7 How: building solar projects 55

8 When: operating solar projects 63

9 The end game: PV in the mainstream energy mix 73

Part 2 Solar power and utility-scale projects 83

10 Business: meet the experts in mainstream PV 85

11 Geography: utility-scale plants around the world 100

12 History: some solar park project case studies 114

13 Science: more about how photovoltaics works 121

14 Technology risk: solar generation in the real world 139

15 Operational risk: best practice; precautionary tales 152

16 Project risk: finance, structuring and development 159

17 Commercial risk: dealing in the energy market 167

18 Regulatory risk: those pesky politicians 175.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415520487

9780415520485

9780203088548

0203088549

OCLC:

764307373

Publisher Number:

99955011320