International Energy Agency / IEA PVPS Task VIII Expert Group / Israel Keiichi Komoto Fuji Research Institute Corporation / H&Y Printing Ltd / Japan Jesus Garcia Martin Iberdrola S.A. / James (Science Publishers) Ltd / Iberdrola / /
Country
Japan / Mongolia / United Kingdom / /
Facility
Alternate Tokyo University of Agriculture / Italy Jinsoo Song Korea Institute of Energy Research / Tokyo University of Agriculture / British Library / Italy Kenji Otani National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science / USA David Faiman Ben-Gurion University / /
IndustryTerm
stand-alone photovoltaic power systems / energy problems / present technologies / energy needs / energy planners / energy systems technology / energy-supplying structure / photovoltaic power systems / photovoltaic technologies / photovoltaic technology / plant operation finance / energy supply / power systems / energy technology / photovoltaic applications / energy-supplying potential / energy / /
University of Agriculture / Photovoltaics Power Generation Technology Research Association / International Energy Agency / Ben-Gurion University of the Negev / Spain Pietro Menna General Directorate for Energy and Transport / European Commission / Industrial Technology Development Organization / Participants Kazuhiko Kato / OA New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization / Ministry of Infrastructure / Italy Kenji Otani National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology / Photovoltaic Power Systems Executive Committee / Brussels Office / Italy Jinsoo Song Korea Institute of Energy Research / Observer Department of Fuel and Energy / /
Person
Kosuke Kurokawa / K. Kato / David Collier Sacramento / Julian Palero Iberdrola / Photovoltaics Power / K. Kurokawa / Stefan Nowak / Alfonso de Julian Palero / Kazuhiko Kato / /
Position
author / EDITOR / Chairman / Professor / Systems EDITOR / Executive / Understandings Recommendations EXECUTIVE / General / Secretary / /
Region
Middle East / /
Technology
radiation / energy systems technology / energy technology / 4 21 21 22 24 25 25 26 26 A.3.1 A.3.2 A.3.3 A.3.4 Technology / VLS-PV technology / /
SUMMARY Energy from the Desert The world’s deserts are sufficiently large that, in theory, covering a fraction of their landmass with PV systems could generate many times the current primary global energy supply. More