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Project Development in the Solar Industry
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Project Development in the Solar Industry

by Albie Fong, Jesse Tippett
December 2012
Beginner content levelBeginner
250 pages
10h 1m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Project Development in the Solar Industry
Contents
Acknowledgments xiii
List of figures xv
List of tables xix
This book and electronic enhancements xxi
About the authors xxiii
1 Why renewable energy? 1
1.1 “WHY NOT” Solar Energy 5
2 Technology basics 9
2.1 Solar Photovoltaics 9
2.1.1 The photoelectric effect 9
2.2 Solar Thermal 12
2.2.1 The Rankine cycle 12
2.3 Parabolic Trough Systems 14
2.4 Power Towers, Dish Solar Thermal Systems
and Solar Water Heating 18
3 Development: Project permitting 23
3.1 The Development and Permitting Landscape 23
3.2 The Development Process – An Overview 24
3.3 The Evolution of Permitting 29
3.4 Permitting a Utility-Scale Solar Generation ...
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ISBN: 9780415621083