Category: Books

Extreme Green Guide to Solar Electricity: A Beginner’s Reference to Photovoltaic Power

Understand the basic concepts and components of a photovoltaic solar panel systrem from soup to nuts. Designed for the beginner, use of non-technical terms and boring explanations are vacant from this simple explanation of what is takes to ahrvest electricity from the sun.Withjout trying to sell you anything, you can understand if havesting electricity from [...]

Thursday March 15th, 2012 in Books | Comments Off

Solar Electricity, 2nd Edition

Solar Electricity Second Edition Edited by Tomas Markvart University of Southampton, UK ".warmly recommended as a comprehensive, introductory text on a subject which should become increasingly important." (Review of the First Edition in Contemporary Physics) The rapid evolution of photovoltaic technology has highlighted the increasing capabilities of solar electricity as a power source for distributed [...]

Tuesday March 6th, 2012 in Books | Comments Off

Power from the Sun: A Practical Guide to Solar Electricity

Easy-to-understand, accurate, and comprehensive, this is the guide for anyone interested in installing a solar electric system. Power from the Sun provides a basic understanding of electricity, solar energy and the sun, and solar site assessment. It discusses the types of photovoltaics (PVs) and PV systems, advances in PVs, charge controllers, inverters, batteries, and generators, [...]

Monday February 27th, 2012 in Books | Comments Off

Solar Electricity Handbook – 2011 Edition: A Simple Practical Guide to Solar Energy – Designing and Installing Photovoltaic Solar Electric Systems

The Solar Electricity Handbook is a simple, practical guide to using electric solar panels and designing and installing photovoltaic PV systems.   Significantly updated for 2011, the latest edition assumes no previous knowledge of solar electric systems. The book explains how solar panels work and how they can be used. It explains the advantages of [...]

Sunday February 19th, 2012 in Books | Comments Off

The Solar Power Starter Guide : An Alternative Energy Handbook For Beginners – Discover The Benefits Of Your Own Solar Panel Power System To Generate Green Solar Electricity For Your Home

The Solar Power Starter GuideStart Saving On Your Electricity Bills Using The Power of the Sun And Other Natural Resources!For most people, the power grid has always been the most convenient source of electricity. But there is increasing worry about the exhaustion of this type of energy which has ultimately called for the use of [...]

Friday February 3rd, 2012 in Books | Comments Off

From Sunlight to Electricity: A practical handbook on solar photovoltaic applications, Second Edition

From Sunlight to Electricity: a practical handbook on solar photovoltaic applications is a compilation of information that gives the readers an overall understanding of the PV (photovoltaic) sector in India, designs and applications of specific devices and related benefits, finance, and policies. The document also discusses the PV technology programme in India, the issues therein, [...]

Sunday January 29th, 2012 in Books | Comments Off

Practical Photovoltaics: Electricity from Solar Cells

Practical Photovoltaics, the now-classic reference on solar electricity, offers a unique combination of technical discussion and practical advice. Physicist, lecturer, and solar-home dweller Richard Komp explains the "how" and the "how-to" of PV, while providing valuable information on the industry, new developments, and the future. The book is a comprehensive guide to the theory and [...]

Wednesday January 25th, 2012 in Books | Comments Off

From Space to Earth: The Story of Solar Electricity

From Space to Earth tracks the evolution of the technology of photovoltaics, the use of solar cells to convert the sun’s energy into electricity. John Perlin’s painstaking research results in a fascinating account of the development of this technology, from its shaky nineteenth-century beginnings mired in scientific controversy to its high-visibility success in the space [...]

Saturday January 21st, 2012 in Books | Comments Off