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Proceedings of ISES World Congress 2007 (Vol.1-Vol.5)

Solar Energy and Human Settlement

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. D. Yogi Goswami

    1. Clean Energy Research Center, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

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  2. Yuwen Zhao

    1. Beijing Solar Energy Research Institute, Beijing, China

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Table of contents (619 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXXI
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  2. Invited Papers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 2-2
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    2. A Review and Future Prospects of Renewable Energy in the Global Energy System

      • D. Yogi Goswami
      Pages 3-10

    3. A Time Journey Through Solar Architecture — 1900 to the Future

      • Robert Hastings
      Pages 11-16

    4. PV Sustainable Practice

      • Isao Yukawa
      Pages 17-18

    5. Status of Solar Thermal Conversion in China

      • Yin Zhiqiang
      Pages 19-26

    6. Paradigm Shift in World Wind Energy Scenario

      • Anil Kane
      Pages 27-37

    7. Bioenergy-Successes and Barriers

      • José Roberto Moreira
      Pages 38-45

    8. Wind Energy in China: Current Status, Future Prospects

      • He Dexin
      Pages 46-52

    9. Wind Energy in a Global World

      • Peter Hjuler Jensen
      Pages 53-59

    10. Solar Cooling

      • Hans-Martin Henning, Edo Wiemken
      Pages 60-67

    11. Concentrating Solar Thermal Power (CSP)

      • Lorin L. Vant-Hull
      Pages 68-74

    12. International Market Introduction of Concentrated Solar Power-Policies and Benefits

      • Michael Geyer
      Pages 75-82

    13. Recent Developments on Biofuels Technology

      • Jin-Suk Lee
      Pages 83-86

    14. Development and Utilization of Geothermal Resources

      • John W. Lund
      Pages 87-95

    15. The Future of Thin Film Solar Cells

      • Martin A. Green
      Pages 96-101

    16. The Status and Trend of Photovoltaic Development in China

      • Yuwen Zhao
      Pages 102-109

    17. Photovoltaics at the Tipping Point: Taking Us From the Evolutionary to the Revolutionary

      • Lawrence L. Kazmerski
      Pages 110-117

    18. History of Photovoltaic Industry Development in Japan

      • Junichi Honda
      Pages 118-123

    19. Is Bioclimatic Architecture a New Style of Design? a Letter to a Young Architect

      • Alexandras N. Tombazis
      Pages 124-128
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About this book

ISES Solar World Congress is the most important conference in the solar energy field around the world. The subject of ISES SWC 2007 is Solar Energy and Human Settlement; it is the first time that it is held in China. This book consists of 619 papers and 23 invited papers, whose authors are top scientists and experts in the world.

ISES SWC 2007 covers all aspects of renewable energy, including PV, collector, solar thermal electricity, wind, biomass energy and so on. Therefore, many papers cover more than one research area and bring forward new cross-disciplinary technology, including BIPV, solar hydrogen production and polytechnic system, which bring forth the state of art of solar energy technology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Clean Energy Research Center, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

    D. Yogi Goswami

  • Beijing Solar Energy Research Institute, Beijing, China

    Yuwen Zhao

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Proceedings of ISES World Congress 2007 (Vol.1-Vol.5)

  • Book Subtitle: Solar Energy and Human Settlement

  • Editors: D. Yogi Goswami, Yuwen Zhao

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75997-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-75996-6Published: 12 December 2008

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-75997-3Published: 01 September 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: CLV, 3115

  • Additional Information: Jointly published with Tsinghua University Press

  • Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Renewable and Green Energy

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