Energy from the Desert (eBook)

Very Large Scale Photovoltaic Systems: Socio-economic, Financial, Technical and Environmental Aspects

David Faiman, Masakuza Ito, Keiichi Komoto, Kosuke Kurokawa, Peter van der Vleuten (Herausgeber)

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2007
419 Seiten
Taylor and Francis (Verlag)
978-1-136-57463-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The world's deserts are sufficiently large that, in theory, covering a fraction of their landmass with PV systems could generate many times the current primary global energy supply. The Energy from the Desert two-volume set details the background and concept of Very Large Scale Photovoltaics (VLS-PC) and examines and evaluates their potential as viable power generation systems. The authors present case studies of both virtual and real projects based on selected regions (including the Mediterranean, Sahara, Chinese Gobi, Mongolian Gobi, Indian Thar, Australian Desert and the US) and their specific socio-economic dynamics, and argue that VLS-PV systems in desert areas will be readily achievable in the near future.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2007
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• ISBN-10: 1-136-57463-8 / 1136574638
• ISBN-13: 978-1-136-57463-4 / 9781136574634