Introduction to Solar Power
for the World
Purpose of This Introduction
The original contributions to the PV book Power for the World: The
Emergence of Electricity from the Sun were written during 2009 and
the beginning of 2010: The book was then available in September
2010.
Four years have elapsed since then, and this period was exactly
the time when the global PV took off for a revolutionary market
explosion. Obviously, it is now time to summarise the events in this
new Introduction. The content of the original book has not been
modified in the second edition; just the contributions have been
arranged in a more rational order. The original purpose of the book
was historical in nature, and the history of PV and its emergence by
the commitments of international ...