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Concentrating Photovoltaics
This chapter gives an overview of the concentrating photovoltaics technology which combines an optical device with a solar cell to concentrate the...
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Photovoltaics and the Built Environment in Brazil
In Brazil, hydroelectricity has been the major and lowest-cost electricity source and currently accounts for ~62% of the electric-power market. With...
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Photovoltaics in agricultural landscapes: “Industrial land use” or a “real compromise” between renewable energy and biodiversity? Perspectives of German nature conservation associations
BackgroundOne common renewable energy source for substituting fossil sources is photovoltaic (PV) systems. However, installing PV systems in...
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Photovoltaics
This chapter deals with the physics of solar cells. The basic photonic processes such as adsorption, reflection, emission and the charge carrier...
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Empowering Photovoltaics with Smart Light Management Technologies
The daily Sun supplies the continents of the Earth with four times more energy than humanity consumes in a year. This enormous potential of solar...
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Solar Photovoltaic Energy in Agriculture
“Solar photovoltaic energy in agriculture” is the main thematic content accounted for in the present book and the main topic for discussion in this...
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Empowering Photovoltaics with Smart Light Management Technologies
The daily Sun supplies the continents of the Earth with four times more energy than humanity consumes in a year. This enormous potential of solar...
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A Review of the Significance and Challenges of Building Integrated Photovoltaics
The rise of innovative technologies in the built environment has witnessed a significant leap thanks to breakthroughs in research and development,...
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Options for Action
Options for action are in the field of end-use and renewable generation. Building efficiency, electric mobility and industrial renewable and...
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Compound Parabolic Concentrator Design: Assessment of Performance Enhancement for Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Systems
Improvement of state-of-the-art sustainable energy technology is required to accelerate the essential global transition away from fossil fuel energy...
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Efficiency of Storage Technologies
Renewable energy supply from wind energy and photovoltaics has low full load hours per energy unit. Periods of several days with high overproduction...
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Photovoltaic Systems: A Challenge or an Opportunity for the Polish Energy Sector During Its Transformation
The paper presents briefly the present state of the Polish energy sector and its transformation into a zero-emission sector based on renewable...
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“Zero-Carbon World”: Opportunities and Threats for New and Old National Economies Because of Energy and Industry Transition
First a rationale is given why we need a “Zero-Carbon world” and why this will cause an energy as well as an industry transition. Second it is...
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The potential of decentral heat pumps as flexibility option for decarbonised energy systems
Decarbonising the energy system requires high shares of variable renewable generation and sector coupling like power to heat. In addition to heat...
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Perspectives of the General Energy System (GES)
The development of a decarbonised energy system in countries of the European Union (EU), but also worldwide, is characterised by uneven speeds. These...
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Optimization of Solar and Hybrid Electric Tricycle Design Features Based on Stakeholders’ Requirements
Current global trends show that about 95% of the energy used in the transportation industry is obtained from fossil fuels and contributes to 20% of...
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Design and Characterization of a Roof-Mounted Compound Parabolic Concentrator
This chapter presents the design, fabrication and performance of a roof-mounted compound parabolic concentrators (CPC) for electricity generation. A...
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Efficiency of Grids
The expansion of regenerative energy sources for predominantly sustainable energy supply has major impact on the future diesign of electricity...
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Intelligent and Self-Sufficient Control for Time Controllable Consumers in Low-Voltage Grids
The increasing number of decentralized power generation plants, such as wind turbines or photovoltaics (PV), causes more and more fluctuating...
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Building-Attached and Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Systems in Austria
Photovoltaic (PV) systems attached to or integrated in buildings are seen as a very important renewable energy source for electricity generation up...