Palz W. Power for the World: The Emergence of Electricity from the Sun

Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd., 2011. 575 p. — ISBN: 978-981-4303-37-8 (Hardcover).The book comes in three parts: "The Rising Sun in a Developing World", "Solar Power for the World" and "PV Today and Forever". It provides a historical summary and gives a comprehensive overview of the present photovoltaic (PV) situation worldwide and future strategies for development and implementation. The author is a world leader in PV and all renewable energies.The book is illustrated with about 100 pictures.About the Author
List of Contributors
Hymn to the Sun
Foreword
Hermann Scheer MPThe Rising Sun in a Developing WorldElectric Power, A Pillar of Modern Society
Electricity in Today’s Life
The Conventional World of Electricity
Solar PV: A Part of the New Semiconductor World
Looking Back to Light the Future
The Emergence of Electricity
From the Voltaic Pile to the Photovoltaic Cell
Photovoltaic Power: The First steps
Solar Power for Space Satellites
First Ideas about Lighting us with Solar Power
Mutations of the Societies in the US and Europe
A New Awareness for Solar Power
The Oil-Price Shocks, The Nuclear Disaster
After the Vision: AMountain of Challenges
PV in the Starting Blocks in
The Cost Problem: Technological Challenges
The Chicken and Egg Problem: Mass Production
Entrenched Energy Strategies and Politics
Against Dominant Allocations of State Budgets
Administrations
The Energy Buy-Back Time, The Module Lifetime
Intermittency of Supply
Environmental Challenges
Leadership of Action
The Pioneering Role of the United States
France: A European Solar Pioneer
PV Start up in Germany
PV Ups and Downs in Japan
UNESCO
The European Union
The G
The Energy Empire Fights BackSolar Power for the WorldBasics for a new Solar Age
The Ethical Imperative of Photovoltaics
Cost and Social Acceptance: Ingredients for a Viable Energy Strategy
PV as Part of a Holistic Approach towards Renewable Energy Implementation and Energy Conservation
And what about the Power Plants on the Road?
Car drivers and their power plants
Mobilising PV for transport
Driving Forces
Aspiration of the People
Preserving Nature and Alleviating Climate Change
Peak Oil
Energy Security of Supply
The Role of Stake Holders in Society
Governments and Administrations
ndustry and Finance
PV Costs and Benefits for Society; a Special Role for the Grid Operators
New Energy Paradigm
Centralised or Decentralised PV
What Role for the Conventional Power Utilities?
Communities and Regions Mastering their own Energy Supply
The Autonomous Energy House: Solar Architecture and the Building Industry
Power for the People
Starting a Global Strategy: 10 Watts per Head
PV for the People in the Industrialised World
PV for the People in the Solar Belt
Power for the Poor
Getting Involved
PV Power for the Poor in the Developing Countries
Power for the Poor in the Industrialised Countries
Power for PeacePV Today and ForeverSolar Power 2009/10: AWealth of Achievements
The Global PV Markets 2009/
Political, Financial, and Industrial Environment
The Technology Boom goes on
Outlook
On the Threshold of Commercial Viability
Outlook Towards
PV as Part of a 100% RE World
Conclusions
Appendix
CartoonMy Solar Age Started with Tchernobyl
Franz AltMore Electricity for Less Co
Yves BambergerSolar Power in Practice
Stefan BehlingThe Story of Developing Solar Glass Facades
Joachim BenemannBringing the Oil Industry into the Picture
Karl Wolfgang BöerFactory for Sale — or the Long and Stony Way to Cheap Solar Energy: The Story of
the Thin-Film CdTe Solar Cells; First Solar and Others — A Semi-Autobiography
Dieter BonnetPhotovoltaics in the World Bank Group Portfolio
Anil CabraalSolar Bicycles, Mercedes, Handcuffs — Plus Energy Buildings
Gallus CadonauPhotovoltaic Power Systems for Lifting Women
Out of Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dominique CampanaSolar Cell Development Work at COMSAT
Laboratories (1967–1975)
Denis J. CurtinSolarBank
Michael T. Eckhart
Will This Work? Is It Realistic?
Thoughts and Acts of a Political Practitioner with a Solar Vision
Hans-Josef FellThe IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
Americo F. (Moe) ForestieriReview of China’s Solar PV Industry in
Gao HuLighting the World: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Biswajit GhoshThe Role of Research Institutes for the Promotion of PV: The Case of Fraunhofer ISE (Institute of
Solar Energy Systems)
Adolf GoetzbergerAbandoning Nuclear in Favor of Renewable Energies
Giuliano GrassiNonconventional Sensitized Mesoscopic (Grätzel) Solar Cells
Michael GrätzelThe PV World Conference in Vienna
Wolfgang HeinPV in Japan — Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Osamui Ikki and Izumi KaizukaPV in Europe, from 1974 to A Personal Experience
Helmut KiessPV in Berlin — How It All Began: The Story of Solon, Q-Cells, PV in Brazil
Stefan KrauterThree Steps to a Solar System — 1–40% and 100%
Harry LehmannFrance Did Not Want to Look for the Sun
Alain Liébard and Yves-Bruno CivelOn the International Call for Photovoltaics of
Daniel LincotHigh Efficiency Photovoltaics for a Sustainable World
Antonio LuqueTerrestrial Photovoltaic Industry — The Beginning
Peter F. VaradiSolar Power in Geneva, Switzerland
Philippe VerburghEarly PV Markets and Solar Solutions in South Asia
Neville Williams