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Solar Power Generation
1st Edition - June 13, 2016
Author: Paul Breeze
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:9780128040041
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eBook ISBN:9780128040546
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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 descripti…Read more
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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
Power generation planners, electrical engineers, students and lecturers of Electrical Engineering and Energy, researchers, academics and the technical community involved in the development and implementation of power generation technologies, and power related engineering disciplines.
Chapter 1. An Introduction to Solar Power
Abstract
The History of Solar Power
Global Solar Power Generating Capacity
Chapter 2. The Solar Resource
Abstract
Intermittency
Distribution of Solar Energy
Chapter 3. Solar Thermal Power Generation
Abstract
Global Solar Thermal Potential
Solar Thermal Technologies
Unconventional Solar Thermal Technologies
Solar Collectors
Energy Storage
Energy Conversion and Heat Engines
Electricity Transportation
Chapter 4. Parabolic Trough and Fresnel Reflector Solar Power Plants
Abstract
Line Focusing Origins
Parabolic Trough Technology
Fresnel Reflectors
Power Generation
Energy Storage
Commercial Solar Trough Power Plants
Hybrid Solar Thermal Power Plants
Chapter 5. Solar Towers
Abstract
Solar Tower Technology
Power Generation
Air-Driven Systems
Chapter 6. Solar Dishes
Abstract
Solar Dish Technology
Power Generation in Solar Dish Systems
Commercial Solar Dish Projects
Chapter 7. Other Solar Thermal Technologies
Abstract
The Solar Chimney
The Solar Pond
Solar Pond Schemes
Chapter 8. Solar Photovoltaic Technologies
Abstract
Origins
Solar Photovoltaic Basics
Chapter 9. Types of Solar Cells
Abstract
Silicon Solar Cells
Thin Film Solar Cells
Multilayer Solar Cells
Enhanced Light Absorption Techniques
Concentrating Solar Cells
Third-Generation Solar Cells
Chapter 10. Modules, Inverters, and Solar Photovoltaic Systems
Abstract
Cell and Module Outputs
Inverters
Maximum Power Point Tracking
Grid Interfacing
Solar Photovoltaic Installations
Chapter 11. Solar Integration and the Environmental Impact of Solar Power
Abstract
The Environmental Impact of Solar Power
Life Cycle Cost
Solar Integration
Chapter 12. The Cost of Solar Power
Abstract
Levelized Cost of Energy Model
The Capital Cost of Solar Power Plants
The Levelized Cost of Solar Power
No. of pages: 100
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: June 13, 2016
Imprint: Academic Press
Paperback ISBN: 9780128040041
eBook ISBN: 9780128040546
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Paul Breeze
Paul Breeze is a journalist and freelance science and technology writer and consultant in the United Kingdom. He has specialised in power generation technology for the past 30 years. In addition to writing Power Generation Technologies, Second Edition, he has contributed to journals and newspapers such as The Financial Times and The Economist and has written a range of technical management reports covering all the aspects of power generation, transmission and distribution.
Affiliations and expertise
Freelance Science and Technology Writer/Consultant, UK