ABSTRACT
We can use solar electricity for anything that we would use regular electricity for: recharging a phone, powering the cooling system of an office building and running a conveyor belt in a mining operation. These are no-brainer applications. In this chapter, we focus on applications that are emerging because of governments’ commitments to mitigate climate change, such as manufacturing “green” steel, or because of developments in solar technology, such as “integration” of photovoltaics (PVs) into buildings and agriculture. We show how hydrogen from solar electrolysis is a key enabler for the former and thin-film PV is a key enabler for the latter.
