Overview

This book addresses the rapid developments in the new field of solar resource knowledge as a reflection of growing needs of management of renewable energy resources. The authors have structured the content of this work as a set of contributions from the research, international and commercial institutions. The chapters discuss the availability of new primary data, basic concepts of research trends and approaches developed for providing higher resolution data and value-added products in an operational mode. Based on the experience from commercial and aid-providing sphere, individual and more generic barriers have been identified and solutions for overcoming them are discussed. The approaches exploiting geographical information systems, integrating spatial data and methods, outline directions for decision-making and management of distributed energy systems, considering regional and time variability at various hierarchical scales. The final contributions point out that the recent developments gave an impetus for complementing the traditional applications of Earth observation data by renewable energy programs.

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Author:   Ewan D Dunlop ,  Lucien Wald ,  Marcel úri
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.628kg
ISBN:  

9781594549199

ISBN 10:   1594549192
Pages:   205
Publication Date:   23 June 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword; Emerging Opportunities for Improved Solar Resource Information; Use of Satellite Images to Produce Solar Radiation and Daylight Information: Experience From Three European Projects; Available Databases, Products and Services; Climate Statistics for Planning and Siting of Solar Electricity Systems: Typical Years; Climate Statistics for Planning and Siting of Solar Energy Systems: Long-Term Variability of Solar Radiation Derived from Satellite Data; Monitoring of Photovoltaic Systems in Large Scale -- The Project PVSAT-2; Forecasting of Solar Radiation; Data and Derived Products Needed by Companies; Role and Needs of Energy Service Providers with Focus on Solar Energy Applications; The ESA-ENVISOLAR Project: Experience on The Commercial Use of Earth Observation Based Solar Surface Irradiance Measurements for Energy Business Purposes; The SWERA Proyect: Lessons Learned from Developing Countries; Geographical Aspects of Solar Electricity in Europe; Grid Integration of Solar Energy and Optimising the Energy Mix of Tomorrow; Space Technology for Renewable Energies; GMES and The Solar Energy Issue; Summary; Index.

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