Power for the World
The Emergence of Electricity from the Sun

by Wolfgang Palz (World Council for Renewable Energy, Belgium) and contributions from 41 international solar pioneers

Key Features:

• It provides an up-to-date information on PV in a simple style that is approachable to the general readers.
• It gives a comprehensive global view from the major key players in the field.
• The only book in the market that captures the knowledge and experience of experts from the academia, industry, government, financial institutions and other organizations.

Published in full colour, the book concentrates on photovoltaic (PV) solar power and its scientific, technological, industrial, political, environmental and social implications. Modern PV was invented in 1954 along with the transistor; only since 2005 have the PV markets seen an exponential growth: this year, global business stands at $30 billion. It involves hundreds of companies around the world, with 100,000 newly created jobs and tens of thousands of experts. The last specialised PV Conference in 2009 in Hamburg, Germany, had 5000 delegates; the associated exhibition was visited by 50,000 people from 100 nations.

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 situation worldwide and future strategie for development and implementation. The author is a world leader in PV and all renewable energies.

Biography:

Wolfgang Palz is currently chairman of the World Council Renewable Energy. He is bearer of an Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande), has been recognised as a wind energy pioneer in Britain and has received European prizes for biomass, wind energy and photovoltaics, respectively.

List of Contributors:
Hermann Scheer, MP, Germany, Preface
Franz Alt, Germany
Yves Bamberger, France
Stefan Behling, UK
Joachim Benemann, Germany
Karl Wolfgang Böer, USA
Dieter Bonnet, Germany
Anil Cabraal , World Bank
Gallus Cadonau, Switzerland
Dominique Campana, France
Denis Curtin, USA
Michael Eckhart, USA
Hans-Josef Fell, MP, Germany
Americo Forestieri, USA
Gao Hu, China
Biswajit Ghosh, India
Adolf Götzberger, Germany
Giuliano Grassi, Italy
Michael Grätzel, Switzerland
Wolfgang Hein, Austria
Ikki/Kaizuka, Japan
Helmut Kiess, Switzerland
Stefan Krauter, Germany
Harry Lehmann, Germany
Alain Liebard & Yves-Bruno Civel, France
Daniel Lincot, France
Antonio Luque, Spain
Bernard McNelis, UK
Bernd Melchior, Germany
Ricardo Melchior Navarro & Manuel Cendagorta, Spain
Thomas Nordmann, Switzerland
Monica Oliphant, Australia
Morton Prince, USA
Haiyan Qin, China
Bunker Roy, India
Walter Sandtner, Germany
Fred Schmid, USA
Richard Swanson, USA
Peter Varadi, USA
Philippe Verburgh, Switzerland
Neville Williams, USA

Readership: General.

550pp		Sep 2010
978-981-4303-37-8		US$79