Author: Peter F. Varadi
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9814613290
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
The meteoric rise of the photovoltaic (PV) industry is an incredible story. In 2013, Google’s investments in PV systems totaled about half a billion dollars and Warren Buffet, one of the famous investors, invested $2.5 billion in the world’s largest PV system in California. These gigantic investments by major financial players were made only 40 years after the first two terrestrial PV companies, Solarex and Solar Power Corporation, were formed in the USA. Back in 1973, the two companies employed 20 people and produced only 500 watts of PV power. Now, just 40 years later, over a million people work in the PV industry. The worldwide capacity of operating PV electric generators equals the capacity of about 25 nuclear power plants. The PV industry is growing at an annual rate of 30 percent, equivalent to about five new nuclear power plants per year. Today, solar electricity is a significant supplier of electricity needs, to the extent that PV is forcing the restructuring of 100-year-old electric power utilities. This book describes how this happened and what lies ahead for PV power generation.
Sun Above the Horizon
Author: Peter F. Varadi
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9814613290
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
The meteoric rise of the photovoltaic (PV) industry is an incredible story. In 2013, Google’s investments in PV systems totaled about half a billion dollars and Warren Buffet, one of the famous investors, invested $2.5 billion in the world’s largest PV system in California. These gigantic investments by major financial players were made only 40 years after the first two terrestrial PV companies, Solarex and Solar Power Corporation, were formed in the USA. Back in 1973, the two companies employed 20 people and produced only 500 watts of PV power. Now, just 40 years later, over a million people work in the PV industry. The worldwide capacity of operating PV electric generators equals the capacity of about 25 nuclear power plants. The PV industry is growing at an annual rate of 30 percent, equivalent to about five new nuclear power plants per year. Today, solar electricity is a significant supplier of electricity needs, to the extent that PV is forcing the restructuring of 100-year-old electric power utilities. This book describes how this happened and what lies ahead for PV power generation.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9814613290
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
The meteoric rise of the photovoltaic (PV) industry is an incredible story. In 2013, Google’s investments in PV systems totaled about half a billion dollars and Warren Buffet, one of the famous investors, invested $2.5 billion in the world’s largest PV system in California. These gigantic investments by major financial players were made only 40 years after the first two terrestrial PV companies, Solarex and Solar Power Corporation, were formed in the USA. Back in 1973, the two companies employed 20 people and produced only 500 watts of PV power. Now, just 40 years later, over a million people work in the PV industry. The worldwide capacity of operating PV electric generators equals the capacity of about 25 nuclear power plants. The PV industry is growing at an annual rate of 30 percent, equivalent to about five new nuclear power plants per year. Today, solar electricity is a significant supplier of electricity needs, to the extent that PV is forcing the restructuring of 100-year-old electric power utilities. This book describes how this happened and what lies ahead for PV power generation.
The Sun, the Earth, and Near-earth Space
Author: John A. Eddy
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160838088
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
" ... Concise explanations and descriptions - easily read and readily understood - of what we know of the chain of events and processes that connect the Sun to the Earth, with special emphasis on space weather and Sun-Climate."--Dear Reader.
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160838088
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
" ... Concise explanations and descriptions - easily read and readily understood - of what we know of the chain of events and processes that connect the Sun to the Earth, with special emphasis on space weather and Sun-Climate."--Dear Reader.
New Geography
Author: Wallace Walter Atwood
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Physics - From Stargazers to Starships
Author: David P. Stern
Publisher: CK-12 Foundation
ISBN: 1935983725
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
An introduction to astronomy written with a historical perspective.
Publisher: CK-12 Foundation
ISBN: 1935983725
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
An introduction to astronomy written with a historical perspective.
The Air Almanac
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Nautical almanacs
Languages : en
Pages : 910
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nautical almanacs
Languages : en
Pages : 910
Book Description
A Complete System of Astronomy
Author: Samuel Vince
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomia
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomia
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Common Things explained ... From “the Museum of Science and Art.”
Author: Dionysius LARDNER
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The Little Book of Something
Author: Damien Mac Namara
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 035967352X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
A look at the meaning of life through the technological lens of modern day computer science.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 035967352X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
A look at the meaning of life through the technological lens of modern day computer science.
Everybody's Magazine
Author:
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1022
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1022
Book Description
Text-book on Practical Astronomy
Author: George Leonard Hosmer
Publisher:
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Category : Spherical astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spherical astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description