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Developing mainstream photovoltaic power projects

 

 

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 Developing mainstream photovoltaic power projects

 

Well before the end of this century, solar power will be the world’s dominant energy source, according to renewable energy pioneer, Philip Wolfe. And the coming decade will start the transition to the high growth phase as prices fall and regulatory drivers increase.

This is the first book to focus on the development of solar systems for merchant power delivery into the grid. It will be a key reference for those structuring, developing and backing megawatt-scale solar power projects during this exciting stage. It is a manual for those with a commercial, professional, financial, engineering or political interest in the sector, rather than a textbook for specialists or scientists.

Terrestrial solar power applications are still less than fifty years old. The author uses interviews with solar pioneers to highlight the key issues and describe how we got to where we are, what we have learnt along the way, and where this can lead in the future.

The book is a concise, readable, jargon-free treatise on the project development issues of solar power. This is supported by more in-depth analysis of solar power’s policy environment, role, science, economics, applications, history, technology, players, design issues and references for those who wish to explore in greater detail.

The book will include maps of all known existing and planned utility solar parks over 10MW, as further described here.

A downloadable sheet about the book, the author and the publisher is available here

Provisional Chapter Titles

 

 

Part A

A1

A2

A3

A4

A5

A6

A7

A8

A9

Part B

B1

B2

B3

B4

B5

B6

B7

B8

B9

Part C

C1

C2

C3

C4

C5

C6

Contents

Foreword

Mainstream PV projects – the book

Introduction: Why solar energy matters

Daylight to electricity: The wonder of photovoltaics

Economics and development of mainstream PV

Who and why: Structuring solar projects

First base: Planning and developing solar projects

Getting it down on paper: Designing solar projects

Design to reality: Building solar projects

Keeping the lights on: Operating solar projects

The end game: PV in the mainstream energy mix

Solar power and utility-scale PV projects

The business of mainstream PV – meet the experts

Progress to date – mapping projects over 10MW

Getting it right – some project case studies

Technology – more about how PV works

Technology risk – PV systems in the real world

Operational risk – some precautionary tales

Project risk – finance, structuring and development

Commercial risk – dealing in the energy market

Regulatory risk – Those pesky politicians

Reference section

Notes and references

Glossary, units, conversions and standards

Diagrams, photographs, tables and boxes

Further reading – publications and websites

Interviews and acknowledgements

Topic index

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