Table of Contents: FOREWORD pp. i-x
PART I Solar Data Resources and Methods Presently Available pp. 1-2
Chapter 1 - Emerging Opportunities for Improved Solar Resource Information; pp. 3-10
(Richard Perez)
Chapter 2 - Use of Satellite Images to Produce Solar Radiation and Daylight Information: Experience From Three European Projects; pp. 11-27
(Dominique Dumortier)
Chapter 3 - Available Databases, Products and Services; pp. 29-41
(Lucien Wald)
PART II Current Research and Expected Products
Chapter 4 - Climate Statistics for Planning and Siting of Solar Electricity Systems: Typical Years; pp. 45-53
(Jan Remund)
Chapter 5 - Climate Statistics for Planning and Siting of Solar Energy Systems: Long-Term Variability of Solar Radiation Derived from Satellite Data; pp. 55-68
(Richard Meyer, Sina Lohmann, Christoph Schillings and Carsten Hoyer)
Chapter 6 - Monitoringof Photovoltaic Systems in Large Scale-The Proyect PVSAT-2; PP. 69-81
(Hans Georg Beyer, Elke Lorenz, Jethro Betcke, Anja Drewa, Detlev Heinemann, Corry de Keizer, Wilfried Van Sark, Sandra Feige, Stefan Bofinger, Martin Schneider, Gerd Heilscher,Sandra Stettler, Peter Toggweiler, Edo Wiemken And Wolfgang Heydenreich)
Chapter 7 - Forescasting of Solar Radiation; pp. 83-94
(Detlev Heinemann, Elke Lorenz and Marco Girodo)
PART III Role And Needs of the Energy Service Providers
Chapter 8 - Data and Derived Products Needed by Companies; pp. 97-101
(Daniel Mugnier)
Chapter 9 - Role and Needs of Energy Service Providers with Focus on Solar Energy Applications; pp. 103-109
(Gerd Heilscher, Martin Schneider and Stefan Bofinger)
Chapter 10 - The ESA-ENVISOLARProyect:Experience on The Comercial Use of Earth Observation Based Solar Surface Irradiance Measurements for Energy Business Purposes; pp. 111-124
(Marion Schroedter-Homscheidt, Catherine Delamare, Gerd Heilscher, Detlev Heinemann, Carsten Hoyer, Richard Meyer, Peter Toggweiler, Lucien Wald and Antine Zelenka)
Chapter 11 - The SWERA Proyect: Lessons Learned from Developing Countries; pp. 125-131
(Mark Radka and Tom Hamlin)
PART IV First Steps in Management of Distributed Energy
Structures
Chapter 12 - Geographical Aspects of Solar Electricity in Europe; pp. 135-159
(Marcel Suri, Ewan D. Dunlop, Thomas A. Hulk And Heinz A. Ossenbrink)
Chapter 13 - Grid Integration of Solar Energy and Optimizing the Energy Mix of Tomorrow; pp. 161-171
(Carsten Hoyer, Stefan Kronshage, Joachin Nitsch, Franz Trieb, Christoph Schillings and Wolfram Krewitt)
PART V Perspectives of Energy Issues in the Current Earth-
Observation Programs
Chapter 14 - Space Technology for Renewable Energies; pp. 175-180
(Pierre-Philippe Mathieu)
Chapter 15 - GMES and The Solar Energy Issue; pp. 181-190
(Marek Banaszkiewicz, Francesco Pignatelli And Allan Belward)
Sumary; pp. 191-196
Index pp. 197-205 |