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UNINA9910453953703321 |
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Titolo |
Energy from the desert : feasibility of very large scale photovoltaic power generation (VLS-PV) systems / / editor, Kosuke Kurokawa |
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Oxon [England] : , : Earthscan, , 2013 |
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1-134-27673-7 |
1-315-07444-3 |
1-134-27666-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (773 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Photovoltaic power generation |
Photovoltaic power systems |
Desert resources development |
Feasibility studies |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published in 2003 by James & James. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Task VIII Participants; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Comprehensive Summary; Objective; Background and concept of VLS-PV; VLS-PV case studies; Scenario studies; Understandings; Recommendations; Executive Summary; A. Background and concept of VLS-PV; A.1 World energy issues; A.2 Environmental issues; A.3 An overview of photovoltaic technology; A.3.1 Technology trends; A.3.2 Experiences in operation and maintenance of large-scale PV systems; A.3.3 Cost trends; A.3.4 Added values of PV systems |
A.4 World irradiation databaseA.5 Concept of VLS-PV system; A.5.1 Availability of desert area for PV technology; A.5.2 VLS-PV concept and definition; A.5.3 Potential of VLS-PV: advantages; A.5.4 Synthesis in a scenario for the viability of VLS-PV development; B. VLS-PV case studies; B.1 General information; B.2 Preliminary case study of VLS-PV systems in world deserts; B.3 Case studies on the Gobi Desert from a life-cycle viewpoint; B.4 Case studies on the Sahara Desert; B.5 Case studies on the Middle East desert; C. Scenario studies and |
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recommendations |
C.1 Sustainable growth of the VLS-PV system conceptC.2 Possible approaches for the future; C.3 Financial and organizational sustainability; C.4 Recommendations; C.4.1 General understandings; C.4.2 Recommendations on a policy level; C.4.3 Checklist for specific stakeholders; Part I: Background and Concept of VLS-PV; 1. World energy issues; 1.1 Long-term trend in world primary energy supply and demand; 1.2 Potential of renewables; 1.3 Trends in the PV market; 1.3.1 PV module production and PV system introduction in the world; 1.3.2 Perspectives of the PV market; References |
2. Environmental issues2.1 Global environmental issues; 2.1.1 Observed change in the global climate system; 2.1.2 Projections of the future climate; 2.1.3 Projected influences by climate warming; 2.1.4 Recent progress for mitigating the projected future climate; 2.2 Regional and local environmental issues; 2.2.1 Acid rain; 2.2.2 Desertification and land degradation; 2.2.3 Biodiversity and natural systems; 2.3 Expected impacts and approaches for VLS-PV; References; 3. An overview of photovoltaic technology; 3.1 Basic characteristics of photovoltaic technology |
3.2 Trends in government budget relating to PV programmes in three regions3.3 Trends in solar-cell technology; 3.3.1 Crystalline silicon solar cells; 3.3.2 Thin-film solar cells; 3.3.3 Technologies in perspective; 3.4 Trends in PV system technology; 3.4.1 Technologies in perspective; 3.4.2 Estimation of electricity production from PV systems; 3.5 Trends in power transmission technology; 3.5.1 A.C. power transmission; 3.5.2 D.C. power transmission; 3.6 Experiences in operation and maintenance of large-scale PV systems; 3.6.1 Operation and maintenance cost information |
3.6.2 Long-term performance |
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The world's deserts are sufficiently large that, in theory, covering a fraction of their landmass with PV systems could generate many times the current primary global energy supply. This Energy from the Desert volume examines and evaluates the potential of very large scale photovoltaic power generation (VLS-PV) systems. Following from the success of the first book on the subject, the authors present practical case studies of both virtual and real projects based on selected regions (including the Mediterranean, the Middle East, the Gobi Desert and Western Australia) and their |
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UNINA9910707452903321 |
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Autore |
Rast Everette D. |
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Titolo |
Photographic guide of selected external defect indicators and associated internal defects in yellow birch / / Everette D. Rast, John A. Beaton, David L. Sonderman |
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Radnor, Pennsylvania : , : United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, , 1991 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (13 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Research paper NE ; ; 648 |
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Yellow birch |
Wood - Defects |
Trees - Wounds and injuries |
Pictorial works. |
Handbooks and manuals. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from title screen (viewed September 2016). |
"May 1991." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 25). |
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UNINA9910502984303321 |
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Titolo |
Advances in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Social Good. The PAAMS Collection : 19th International Conference, PAAMS 2021, Salamanca, Spain, October 6–8, 2021, Proceedings / / edited by Frank Dignum, Juan Manuel Corchado, Fernando De La Prieta |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021 |
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[1st ed. 2021.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (414 pages) |
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Collana |
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Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, , 2945-9141 ; ; 12946 |
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Artificial intelligence |
Computer engineering |
Computer networks |
Software engineering |
Data structures (Computer science) |
Information theory |
Artificial Intelligence |
Computer Engineering and Networks |
Software Engineering |
Data Structures and Information Theory |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, PAAMS 2021, held in Salamanca, Spain, in October 2021. The 27 regular and 13 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 56 submissions. They deal with the application and validation of agent-based models, methods, and technologies in a number of key applications areas, including: advanced models and learning, agent-based programming, decision-making, education and social interactions, formal and theoretic models, |
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health and safety, mobility and the city, swarms and task allocation. |
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