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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
Chapter 1
The Rising Sun in a Developing World
Wolfgang Palz
World Council for Renewable Energy
1.1 Electric Power, a Pillar of Modern Society
1.1.1 Electricity in Today’s Life
We are so used to the electricity around us that we could hardly
imagine a life without it. Powering communications, lighting,
appliances and industrial processes, electricity is everywhere. Even
in heating and transport sectors, electricity is making inroads:
electric heat pumps and electric or hybrid automobiles combining
a combustion engine and an electric motor are currently attracting
enormous interest.
It is true, however, that without electric power we would not go
back to
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ISBN: 9789814411875