Solar Energy

This book presents the achievements made in solar energy and prospects in achieving solar potential in India. It covers the historical perspectives, innovations and myriad applications of solar energy in its different forms. The book discusses solar devices and covers both solar photovoltaics and solar thermal energy and includes both heat and electricity applications. Solar policies in India, solar research, technologies, large scale adoption as well as future trends are also discussed. This book will be useful for researchers and professionals with interests in technological, economical and policy developments in solar energy driven power industry.

Analyzes solar technology developments, with emphasis on their applications in urban and rural environments Empowers policymakers, researchers and communities to gain a greater understanding of the potential of solar energy has a chapter on International Solar Alliance discussing international objectives for climate-compatible development

Autorentext

Prof. Dr. (Mrs.) Malti Goel is the president of the Climate Change Research Institute from 2016. She has been a CSIR emeritus scientist, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, in the centre for studies in science policy, and a former senior advisor and scientist 'G', Ministry of Science & Technology (MST), the Government of India. She was a designated scientist emeritus, Indian National Science Academy, and a professor (adjunct) Jamia Hamdard University in 2008. Malti was born in Pilani (Rajasthan), India. After her masters' degree in physics with rst rank from Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, receiving a gold medal in 1967, she did post M.Sc. DIIT solid state physics with rst rank in 1969 and earned her doctorate in physics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, in 1973. Malti Goel conducted pioneering postdoctoral research on polymers and composite dielectrics as a research associate and a scienti c pool's of cer at IIT Delhi. A receiverof several awards and honours for her accomplishments, Dr. Malti Goel was conferred the Life Time Achievement Award 2016 to recognize her outstanding contributions and achievements in climate change research in India. She is the author and editor of 12 scienti c books, 31 book chapters and published nearly three hundred papers in international reputed journals and conferences. Malti Goel became a fellow of the National Environment Science Academy in 2008, and IC Environment and Ecology, Kolkata in 2015. She participated in the first AAAS-TWAS International workshop on "Innovative Energy Policies for a Sustainable Energy Future" in 2013.

Inhalt

Solar Energy Then and Now.- Solar Radiation and Its Conversion.- Sun: Unlimited Energy Resource on Earth.- Solar Resource: Assessment and Utilization.- Solar Power Plants.- Solar Light Energy: Photo-Voltaic Cell.- Solar Heat Energy and Chemical Energy Systems.- Solar Collectors and Low-Temperature Solar Energy for Homes.- Low-Temperature Solar Energy Systems for Industry.- High-Temperature Solar Power Systems.- Solar Cooling Technology.- Solar Chemical Energy and Green Hydrogen.- Large Scale Solar: Local and Global.- Building Integrated Photo-voltaic Systems.- Solar Rooftop Advancements in India.- Solar Energy in Cities.- International Solar Alliance towards clean energy transition.