Solar Electricity Basics - Revised and Updated 2nd Edition: Powering Your Home or Office with Solar Energy
Autor Dan Chirasen Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 noi 2019
The indispensable guide to solar electricity systems for homeowners, business owners, builders, and students
"Takes the guess-work out of solar energy with simple explanations and instructions that anyone can follow. This is a must-read."
¿ OLIVER M. GOSHEY, founder and director, Abundant Edge
"With his usual plain-spoken clarity, Chiras makes a complex subject easy and accessible."
¿ BRUCE KING, author, The New Carbon Architecture
CLIMATE CHANGE and limits to fossil fuels compel us to find safer, more economical, and more sustainable ways to meet our needs for electricity. And, as more and more electric cars hit the road, we'll need to find a way to provide fuel that is clean, environmentally sustainable, and affordable.
With Solar Electricity Basics, author Dan Chiras offers a concise and up-to-date guide covering all the essentials. It explores:
- How to size, cost, and choose the right system, including off-grid vs. grid-tied vs. grid-tied with battery backup
- Where to mount a system for maximum performance
- What type of modules and inverters to buy
- How to install and maintain batteries
- Cost vs. benefit for solar electric systems
- How to connect to the grid, and what type of net metering your area offers.
Solar Electricity Basics is an indispensable guide for homeowners, business owners, builders, and students for figuring out solar electricity quickly and easily.
"Thinking of going solar? Dan Chiras is the perfect guide; he's enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and makes it all easy to understand."
¿ RICHARD HEINBERG, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute, and author, The End of Growth
"The essential go-to manual for getting a grip on the ins and outs of photovoltaic systems."
¿ JOHN D. IVANKO and LISA KIVIRIST, co-authors, ECOpreneuring
DAN CHIRAS, Ph.D, is the author of numerous books on renewable energy, including Power from the Sun, Power from the Wind, and The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy. He has lived on solar electricity since 1996 in Colorado and Missouri.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 086571925X
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:00002
Editura: New Society Publishers
Notă biografică
Dan Chiras, Ph.D, is the author of numerous books on renewable energy, including The Solar House and The Homeowners Guide to Renewable Energy. He has been growing in greenhouses for nearly two decades and in his own passive solar Chinese greenhouse since 2017. Dan lives in Gerald, MO.
Cuprins
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Solar Electricity
Chapter 2: Understanding the Sun and Solar Energy¿ Things You Need to Know to Size and Mount a Solar Array
Chapter 3: Understanding Solar Electricity¿ Types of Modules, How They Are Rated, and Advances in Solar Technology
Chapter 4: Does Solar Electricity Make Sense? Sizing a System and Evaluating Its Cost and Economic Benefits
Chapter 5: Solar Electric Systems: What Are Your Options?
Chapter 6: Understanding Inverters
Chapter 7: Batteries, Charge Controllers, and Gen-Sets
Chapter 8: Mounting a PV Array for Maximum Output
Chapter 9: Final Considerations: Permits, Covenants, Utility Interconnection, and Buying a System
Index
About the Author
A Note about the Publisher