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Solar Power for the World
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Solar Power for the World

by Wolfgang Palz
October 2013
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
800 pages
22h 43m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Solar Power for the World
572 Three Steps to a Solar System
Figure 37.7 Development of electricity demand and supply (Scenario “Fast
Exit” FES and “Climate Protection” CPS) until 2050. Cost of both scenarios.
(Source: S. Peter, “Solar Catalonia—A Pathway to a 100% Renewable Energy
System”; ISUSI 2007 and 2009, www.isusi.de.)
expected to fall to one third of today’s costs; hydropower was
assumed to remain on current cost levels.
The “Fast Exit Scenario” shows an increase of renewable
generating capacities from less than 200 MW in 2006 to about 6400
MW in 2030 and further to almost 12,000 MW in 2050. Wind energy
contributes most to the total renewable capacity—almost three
fourths ...
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ISBN: 9789814411875