دانلود کتاب Solar Energy Perspectives

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Foreword --
Acknowledgements --
Executive Summary --
Chapter 1. Rationale for harnessing the solar resource --
Drivers and incentives --
Structure of the book --
Part A. Markets and outlook --
Part B. Solar technologies --
Part C. The way forward --
PART A. MARKETS AND OUTLOOK --
Chapter 2. The solar resource and its possible uses --
The incoming solar radiation --
Two basic ways to capture the sun's energy --
How this resource varies --
Tilting collectors, tracking and concentration --
Knowing the resource is key to its exploitation --
Chapter 3. Solar electricity --
Background --
The bright future for electricity --
The BLUE Scenarios for solar electricity --
Storage options --
The role of STE/CSP --
Economics of solar electricity --
Solar photovoltaics --
Solar thermal electricity/concentrating solar power --
PV grid-parity --
When PV and STE/CSP are becoming competitive with bulk power --
Off grid --
Policies --
Chapter 4. Buildings --
Solar water heating --
Energy efficient buildings and passive solar --
Active solar space heating --
Heat pumps --
Space cooling, air-conditioning --
Zero-net and positive energy buildings --
The need for an integrated approach --
Policies --
Chapter 5. Industry and transport --
Industrial electricity --
Biomass in industry --
Solar heat --
Desalination --
Transport --
Policies --
PART B. TECHNOLOGIES --
Chapter 6. Solar photovoltaics --
Background --
The PV learning curve --
State of the art and areas for improvement --
Crystalline silicon --
Thin films --
Hybrid PV-thermal panels --
Concentrating photovoltaics --
Organic cells --
Novel devices: quantum dots and wells, thermo-electric cells --
Balance of systems --
Floor price and roof costs --
Chapter 7. Solar heat --
Background --
Collecting heat --
Flat-plate collectors --
Evacuated tube collectors --
CPC collectors --
Ovens --
Why concentrate the sunlight --
Parabolic troughs --
Fresnel reflectors --
Parabolic dishes --
Scheffler dishes --
Solar towers --
Storing the sun's heat --
Costs of solar heat --
Chapter 8. Solar thermal electricity --
Background --
Concentrating solar power --
Concentrating solar power plants --
Parabolic troughs and linear Fresnel reflectors --
Solar towers and dishes --
Balance of plants --
Storage in CSP plants --
Back-up and hybridisation --
Smaller plants --
Non-concentrating solar thermal power --
Costs of STE --
Chapter 9. Solar fuels --
Background --
Carbon and hydrogen --
Producing hydrogen --
Solar-enhanced biofuels --
Using solar fuels --
PART C. THE WAY FORWARD --
Chapter 10. Policies --
The costs of early deployment --
Spend wisely, share widely --
Support schemes --
Feed-in tariffs and feed-in premiums --
Renewable energy portfolio standards and solar renewable energy certificates --
Requests for tenders --
Tax credits --
Market design --
CO2 pricing --
Paving the way --
Chapter 11. Testing the limits --
Rationale and --
The world in 50 years --
Electricity --
Costs --
Variability --
Footprint of solar electricity --
Direct, non-electric energy uses --
CO2 emissions and variants --
Chapter 12. Conclusions and recommendations --
Future work --
Annex A. Definitions, abbreviations, acronyms and units --
Annex B. References.