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Photovoltaics from Milliwatts to Gigawatts: Understanding Market and Technology Drivers Toward Terawatts

Photovoltaics from Milliwatts to Gigawatts: Understanding Market and Technology Drivers Toward Terawatts

Bruton, Tim

Hardcover

Technology & EngineeringGeneral Science

ISBN10: 1119130042
ISBN13: 9781119130048
Publisher: Wiley
Published: Feb 8 2021
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.27
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English

An essential guide through the rapid evolution of PV technology

Photovoltaics from Milliwatts to Gigawatts: Understanding Market and Technology Drivers toward Terawatts covers the history of silicon based PV, from the earliest discoveries to present and future practice.

Divided into 9 chapters, the book includes the following topics: Early History; The 1973 Oil crisis and the drive for alternative energies; The emergence in the 1980's of the off grid PV market, the significant small scale PV consumer market and the establishment of a manufacturing industry; Advantages of silicon for solar cells; The evolution of PV installations; The history of the incentive programme for PV; Difficulties of alternative technologies in challenging silicon dominance; Current status of the silicon manufacturing technology and The future.

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