Solar Technologies for the 21st Century

• Author(s): Anco S. Blazev,
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Pages: 450
• ISBN_10: 8770223076
  ISBN_13: 9788770223072
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Technology & Engineering / Power Resources / Alternative & Renewable , Science / Energy , Science / Environmental Science , Technology & Engineering / Power Resources / Electrical , Business & Economics / Industries / Agribusiness , Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / General , Technology & Engineering / Environmental / General ,

Description:... 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.