Photovoltaics for Sustainable Electricity and Buildings

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sayigh, Ali (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Energy.; Renewable energy resources.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Optical and Electronic Materials.

This leading-edge volume on advances in photovoltaic technology features diverse contributions from experts in every major geographic PV market. It examines emerging applications such as electricity grid load-balancing and demand- response, PV storage systems, photovoltaic/thermal solar collectors a...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Photovoltaics as a Major Contributor to the Future Global Energy Needs
• Design of Photovoltaic-Thermal (PV/T) Solar Collectors
• Performance of Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) Solar Collectors
• Recent Advances in Air Based Bifacial Photovoltaic Thermal Solar Collectors
• Photovoltaic and the Energy System: Adaptation of layout and load
• Examples of PV Applications in the USA. Teaching Photovoltaic Principles at the University. Introduction to PV Progress – Types and Promises
• Photovoltaic Storage Systems
• 30 years of living in a solar house in Colorado
• Global Applications and Progress in PV.