Survey Of Energy Resources
SOLAR ENERGY


Survey Of Energy Resources (SOLAR ENERGY)
Some issues are daily fare in the newspapers, but solar energy, in its various forms, is not among them. From time to time in the past fifty years it has made the news, but usually in conjunction with an energy or environmental crisis. That was the case during the first oil shock, in 1973, and it is so today too, now that the public has become concerned about global warming and climate change.
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Solar Energy: installed photovoltaic capacity at end-1999

Country Notes (SOLAR ENERGY)

The Country Notes on solar have been compiled by the editors. Numerous sources have been consulted, including the following:

Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme, Annual Report 1999, International Energy Agency;

  • Trends in Photovoltaic Applications in Selected Countries between 1992 and 1999, International Energy Agency – Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme, September 2000;
  • Survey of Stand-alone PV Programmes and Applications in Developing Countries in 1996, International Energy Agency – Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme, 1999;
  • Renewable Energy World, James & James (Science Publishers) Ltd.;
  • US Department of Energy;
  • Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources in South-east Asia, ASEAN Centre for Energy;
  • International Solar Energy Society, national sections;
  • National and international institutions and government departments.