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Solar technologies for the 21st Century / Anco S. Blazev.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blazev, Anco S., 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Solar energy.
- Solar energy industries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (726 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st.
- Place of Publication:
- Gistrup : River Publishers, 2021.
- Summary:
- This book examines solar technologies, describes their properties, and evaluates the technological potential of each. It also reviews the logistics of deploying solar energy as a viable and sustainable way to solve urgent energy, environmental, and socio-economic problems. Topics discussed include solar power generation, today's solar technologies, solar thermal, silicon PV, thin PV, 3-D solar cells, nano-PV, organic solar cells, solar successes and failures, solar power fields, finance and regulations, solar markets and solar energy and the environment.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Solar Energy
- Solar power generation basics
- Sunlight basics and key concepts
- Solar energy availability and use
- Solar cells and modules
- Chapter 2. Today's Solar Technologies
- Solar thermal and thermoelectric power
- Today's PV technologies
- Silicon based solar materials, cells and modules
- Polysilicon
- Solar cells
- c-Si PV modules
- Thin film technologies
- The major thin film technologies
- Concentrating PV technology
- Hybrid technologies
- New and developing solar technologies
- Chapter 3. Most Promising Solar Technologies
- Solar thermal technologies
- Photovoltaic technologies
- Silicon PV technologies
- Thin film PV technologies
- Promising technologies
- CPV and HCPV technologies
- Achievements of PV technologies
- Most promising materials
- Hydrogen generation
- Energy Storage
- Chapter 4. Exotic Solar Technologies
- CPV technologies
- Excitonic PV technology
- Hybrid solar cells
- Nano-PV technology
- Quantum particles PV technology
- Plasmonic PV technology
- Organic technology
- Hybrid solar technologies
- New PV materials
- New PV technologies
- Chapter 5. Solar Successes and Failures
- The U.S. solar energy (r)evolution
- Great business successes
- Successful solar companies
- Successful solar projects
- Other energy projects
- Successful initiatives
- Failed renewable energy companies, 2007-2012
- Failed renewable energy projects, 2007-2012
- Failed thin film solar companies
- Performance characteristics
- Safety issues
- Field operation issues
- Field test results
- Case study
- Updates
- Chapter 6. Solar Power Fields
- PV technologies
- PV modules certification
- Lab tests of PV modules.
- c-Si modules detailed failure analysis
- Test results
- Inverters
- Equipment and process standardization
- PV installations, setup and performance
- Large-scale solar power fields
- The planning phase
- The design phase
- The installation phase
- Operation and maintenance phase
- Operational considerations, tasks &
- issues
- Power field performance
- Solar power fields in the 21st century
- Chapter 7. Solar's Importance, Finance, and Regulations
- Financial considerations
- Economic evaluation of renewable energy technologies
- Practical examples
- Operational risks
- Performance insurance
- Long-term field tests
- Solar industry standardization
- External impact and cost
- Lifetime energy balance
- Investment and finance
- The U.S. investment and finance
- World investment and finance
- Political considerations
- Regulatory procedures
- Chapter 8. The Solar Markets in the 21st century
- Renewable energy in the U.S.
- the U.S. solar market, 2010-2011
- The state (solar country) of California
- The U.S. PV industry
- U.S. PV markets
- Addressing trade issues
- Political evolution
- LCOE or not LCOE?
- The world
- Technologies of the 21st century
- PV manufacturers' future
- Niche and specialty energy markets in the 21st century
- The 21st century direction
- Conclusions
- Chapter 9. Energy Generation and the Environment in the 21st Century
- Environmental conditions
- A brief overview of U.S. environmental legislation
- Present-day environmental status report
- Energy generation and the environment
- Conventional energy generators
- Renewable, green and safe?
- Environmental impact of solar installations
- Environmental challenges
- Problems
- Solution(s)
- Glossary
- Abbreviations
- Index.
- Notes:
- Solar Energy. Today's Solar Technologies Most Promising Solar Technologies. Exotic Solar Technologies Solar Successes and Failures. Solar Power Fields Solar's Importance, Finance, and Regulations. The Solar Markets in the 21st century. Energy Generation and the Environment In the 21st Century.
- "First published by Fairmont Press in 2013."
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-00-315176-0
- 1-003-15176-0
- 87-7022-307-6
- 9781003151760
- OCLC:
- 1231606370
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