Generating Electricity Using Photovoltaic Solar Plants in Iraq

• Main Authors: Chaichan, Miqdam Tariq (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kazem, Hussein A. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Renewable energy resources.; Materials science.; Force and energy.; Energy systems.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Energy Materials.; Energy Systems.

This book focuses on solar energy and its applications in Iraq and its neighboring countries. Iraq suffers from electricity shortages and faces many challenges to meet and overcome current and future increases in electrical demand.  Although Iraq relies primarily on petroleum as an energy source, ma...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter1: Introduction
• Chapter2: Iraq
• Chapter3: Status of Renewable Energy in Iraq
• Chapter4: Solar Energy Principles
• Chapter5: Environmental Conditions and its Effect on PV Performance
• Chapter6: PV Experiences in Iraq Neighborhood Countries
• Chapter7: Adopted Iraqi PV projects
• Chapter8: Iraq's future strategies in the use of PV plants.