ABSTRACT

The book describes the industrial revolution associated with the implementation of electric power generation by photovoltaics (PV). The book's editor and contributing authors are among the leading pioneers in PV from its industrial birth in 1954 all the way up to the stormy developments during the first decade of the new century. The book describes

chapter |28 pages

Introduction to Solar Power for the World

part |1 pages

Part I: A Life for PV: Wolfgang Palz's Notable Role in Development from the Early Days until Now

chapter 1|78 pages

The Rising Sun in a Developing World

chapter 2|68 pages

Solar Power for the World

chapter 3|20 pages

PV Today and Forever

part |1 pages

Part II: The Beginning of PV in the United States

part |1 pages

Part III: PV Starting a Solar Age in Europe

chapter 11|14 pages

Initiating a Solar Revolution in Germany

chapter 12|6 pages

My Solar Age Started with Tchernobyl

chapter 19|4 pages

France Did Not Want to Look for the Sun

chapter 20|7 pages

More Electricity for Less CO2

chapter 23|3 pages

Solar Power in Geneva, Switzerland

chapter 24|7 pages

The PV World Conference in Vienna

part |1 pages

Part IV: PV in Asia: A Dragon Is Waking up

part |1 pages

Part V: PV for a Better Developing World

part |1 pages

Part VI: PV for the World

chapter 36|6 pages

A World Network for Solar R&D: ISES

chapter 38|14 pages

SolarBank

chapter 39|14 pages

Solar Power in Practice

chapter 40|30 pages

A World in Blue