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The sun’s energy is the primary source for most energy forms found on the earth. Solar energy is clean, abundant, and renewable. Although solar energy is clean and abundant, it is diffuse and must be captured, concentrated, stored, and/or converted to be used in the highest value energy forms. The solar energy industry has grown steadily in just two decades and currently markets more than 2 billion Euros annually in products.
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Papadopoulou, E.V. (2011). Photovoltaic Energy. In: Photovoltaic Industrial Systems. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16301-2_4
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