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New book about utility-scale solar power plant

Solar photovoltaic projects in the mainstream power market 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 is 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 pioneers in the deployment of utility-scale PV projects 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 readable, jargon-free treatise on the project development issues of solar power. This is supported by in-depth analysis of solar power’s policy environment, role, science, economics, applications, history, technology, players, design issues and references. It includes sector statistics and maps of all known existing and planned utility solar parks over 10MW, as further described here.

To see the publisher's details of the book and buy direct, go here.

Available from Waterstones, W H Smith and other good bookshops.

Also available from Amazon, Ebay, BookDepository and other online resources.

Chapter Titles

Part A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Part B 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Part C     Contents Foreword Mainstream PV projects Introduction: Why solar energy matters Daylight to electricity: The wonder of photovoltaics Economics and development of mainstream PV Who and why: Structuring solar projects What and where: Planning solar projects Which: Selecting equipment and designing projects How: Building solar projects When: Operating solar projects The end game: PV in the mainstream energy mix Solar power and utility-scale PV projects Business: Meet the experts in mainstream PV Geography: Utility-scale plants around the world History: Some solar park project case studies Science: More about how photovoltaics works Technology risk – Solar generation in the real world Operational risk – Best practice; 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 Photographs, diagrams, tables and boxes Glossary, units, conversions and standards International solar and energy statistics Further reading – publications and websites Acknowledgements and interviews Topic index