1. Solar Power Sources: PV, Concentrated PV, and Concentrated Solar Power
- Author
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Konstantina Mentesidi, Yongheng Yang, Katherine A. Kim, Blaabjerg, Frede, and Ionel, Dan M.
- Subjects
business.industry ,Photovoltaic system ,Solar energy ,Engineering physics ,Photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector ,Photovoltaics ,Physics::Space Physics ,Concentrated solar power ,Grid-connected photovoltaic power system ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Environmental science ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics ,business ,Solar power - Abstract
Solar power is highly abundant, relatively reliable, and not limited to a geographic region, making it one of the most important renewable energy sources. Catering for a clean and green energy system, solar energy will be an active player in the future mixed power grid that is also undergoing a significant change. Beyond this energy transition, the still declining cost of the solar technology has become an important driving force for more solar-powered systems. However, high penetration of solar-powered systems also brings technical challenges to the entire energy systems. In order to fully address those issues, the technological properties of solar power should be investigated. Thus, the basics of solar power technology will be introduced and discussed in this chapter.
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- 2017