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Photovoltaics Guidebook for Decision-Makers

Technological Status and Potential Role in Energy Economy

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  • © 2003

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Editors:
  1. Achim Bubenzer

    1. Fachhochschule Ulm, Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Ulm, Germany

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  2. Joachim Luther

    1. Fraunhofer Institut für Solare Energiesysteme, Freiburg, Germany

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  • The involvement of a large, heterogeneous group of experts from science, industry, administration and politics led to the compilation of a highly diversified set of facts, aspects and opinions.

  • The subsequent discussion and search for consensus statements enables the reader to form his or her own opinion, particularly on the role of photovoltaics in the power-supply industry and industrial development

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXX
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  2. Strategies for Introducing Renewable Energies and the Contribution of Photovoltaics

    • J. Nitsch, F. Staiß
    Pages 1-39

  3. Solar Modules and Photovoltaic Systems

    • J. Luther, K. Preiser, G. Willeke
    Pages 41-106

  4. Industrial Technology and Cost Reduction Assessment

    • T. Schott
    Pages 107-178

  5. Life Cycle Assessment of Photovoltaic Systems — Trying To Fight Deep-Seated Prejudices

    • M. Pehnt, A. Bubenzer, A. Räuber
    Pages 179-213

  6. Strategies in Photovoltaic Research and Development — R&D and History

    • A. Räuber
    Pages 215-241

  7. Strategies in Photovoltaic Research and Development — Market Introduction Programs

    • F. Staiß, A. Räuber
    Pages 243-254

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 255-266
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Mankind has to introduce sustainable development within the 21st century if basic life conditions are not to be put at risk. Above all, this demands eventually taking note of the limitations of non-renewable energy resources and of the limited capacity of local and global ecosystems to deal with disposal and emissions. For the resulting problems, we have to develop solutions. But sustainability is more than the protection of the natural environment. Justice, social stability, and adequate opportunities for education and employment for all people are of similar importance for our future. Both a transformation of energy policy in industrialized countries and a new policy for support of the less developed countries are necessary to prepare the way for a sustainable global community. Today we are far from such sustainable development. Global energy con­ sumption and the resulting emissions are still rising considerably and in­ creasingly endanger the ecological stability of the earth. Growing scarcity and rising prices of fossil fuels may lead to economic and political instability in many countries in the near future. In addition to this critical develop­ ment there exists an extreme divide in prosperity between industrialized and less developed countries, which is partly caused by an imbalance in access to sufficient and affordable energy, and which itself leads to conflicts and environmental damage.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Fachhochschule Ulm, Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Ulm, Germany

    Achim Bubenzer

  • Fraunhofer Institut für Solare Energiesysteme, Freiburg, Germany

    Joachim Luther

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