Wolfgang Palz

The Triumph of the Sun

The Energy of the New Century

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Authored by Wolfgang Palz, an independent expert on energy matters and the economy, this book presents his views on a solar revolution to which he contributed. It is not about ecological dreams and wishful thinking for a better world but a report about what happened, in facts and figures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9789814800068
• ISBN-10: 9814800066
• Artikelnr.: 53629747

Autorenporträt

Wolfgang Palz is a German physicist. For more than half a century, he has been a global leader of the development of solar energy and other renewables. As an official of the European Commission in Brussels, he was the manager of PV development in Europe for 20 years. From 2000 to 2002, he was a member of an "Enquête Commission" of the German Parliament on the German energy perspective on the horizon 2050. Later, he was a consultant for the EU Commission on PV programmes for the poor in Latin America. Dr. Palz has received numerous awards, including the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) Global Leadership Award in Advancing Solar Energy Policy (2011). He is a bearer of an Order of Merit of the German Republic.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: A Vision of the Future from the 1970s. Prologue: From the Triumph
of the Iron to the Triumph of the Sun. 1. The Legacy of the Sun. 2. Energy
for Life. 3. The Solar Revolution of the Year 2000. 4. Renewables
Conquering the Mainstream of the World's Energy Markets. 5. Splitting the
Atom and Creating Solar Technology. 6. Photovoltaics. 7. The Wonder World
of Wind Power. 8. Bio-Energy in Harmony with Nature. 9. Solar Energy for
Survival Needs. 10. Past Programmes Helping to Pave the Way. Epilogue.