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cascaded multilevel modular integrated floating, 380
converters, 341, 342 free-standing, 378, 380
grid-connected current source inverter, impressions of, 382
feed forward control, 342, 343 infrastructure of, 382
grid-tied PV systems, configurations of operational, 387
differential power processing, 344 Solar fields, 133, 135, 136
micro inverters, 344 Solar panels, landscape. See Landscape, solar
smart DC-DC optimizers, 344 panels
string inverter, 343, 344 Solar power
stand-alone inverter topology, 335 industrial growth, 480, 481
SmartWire Contacting Technology, 207 market growth potential
Solar energy Central Asian Republics, 476
climate change, 4, 8 global PV market prospects, 477
ecological impacts and responses, 396–398 world total solar PV market scenarios, 475
air-cooled condensers and high energy segmental growth, 478, 479
flux, 401 solar growth trends
habitat fragmentation, 398 CARE package, 470
panels and mirrors, 400 Energiewende, in Germany, 470
roads, transmission lines and fences, 398 European solar PV connections, 470, 471
effectors and potential impacts, ISA, 473
environment, 392 ITC, 473
hydrologic changes and water Paris Climate Change Agreement, 473
degradation, 395 solar PV markets total installed shares, 474
land requirements, 393 13th Solar Energy Development Five Year
land-surface temperature, albedo and Plan, 472
microclimate, changes in, 396 total global installed Solar PV power
land-use and land-cover change, 394 capacity, 470, 471
surface grading and vegetation removal, “Solar Salt”, 133
395 Solar thermal electricity (STE), 5
energy security, 8 Solar water heaters
fossil fuel, 9 direct and indirect systems, 115
future aspects, 11 evacuated-tube and flat-plate collectors,
global warming, 8 117
greenhouse effect, 4 global solar thermal market
greenhouse gas emissions, 8 economic barrier, 113, 114
harnessing of, 10 factors, 112
primary energy consumption, 5 financial incentives, 113
renewable energy, 4 fiscal incentives, 113
solar energy technology, 8 regulations, 113
solar farming costs, 11 loop heat pipe, 119
solar PV, 6, 7 low temperature solar collectors, 116
installed capacity vs. renewable energy, 11 marketing situation, 111
solar thermal, 6 microchannel heat pipe array, 122
USSE. See Utility-scale solar energy (USSE) passive and active systems, 115
Solar farms phase change materials, 118
cultural/archaeological significance, 386 principle of, 114