Solar Electric Power Generation - Photovoltaic Energy Systems: "Electrical Yield, Modeling of Optical and Thermal Performance, Total Energy Balance, Effects on Reduction of Greenhouse Gases."

Forewords written by the alternative Nobel price laureate Dr. Hermann Scheer and the TV-moderator Dr. Franz Alt. In the beginning the book gives an illustrated overview of CO2 emissions, its actual concentration in the atmosphere and its impact on the human habitat. To improve the dissemination of clean, renewable energy technologies such as photovoltaics (PV) the book focuses on real world application of the transformation of sunlight into electricity within an integral approach. It covers all relevant parameters for production, installation, operation and recycling of photovoltaic power supply, accompanied by 55 tables and 105 illustrating figures. Beside an accurate calculation of the energy yield, incorporation a balance of optical, thermal and electrical energy flows, and “grey” energy for production and recycling, it proposes significant improvements of PV systems - most of them tested and approved. The impact of solar electricity on the reduction of greenhouse gas is taken into account within actual scenarios for production and application pf PV in Central Europe and the tropical “sun belt” – this aspect is increasingly getting important in an emerging market for Carbon Trading.