Solar Energy DeMYSTiFied

1. What is solar energy and why go with solar power?
2. What are the different types of solar electricity
Photovoltaics PV (panel and laminate)
Concentrating solar power
Solar thermal
Solar chemical
Experimental solar power solar vehicles
3. How one should choose to have certain solar technologies installed on their building (home or commercial application) - including basic calculations.
Architecture and urban planning
Agriculture and horticulture
Solar lighting
Solar thermal
Water heating
Heating, ventilation, air conditioning
Desalination and disinfection
Cooking
Process heat
4. Energy Storage Methods
Thermal mass
Thermal energy storage
Phase change energy
Grid energy storage
V2G or vehicle to grid
5. Development, deployment, economics
Industrial revolution
1973 and 1979 oil embargos
1970 1983 PV installation growth
1997 PV development Kyoto Protocol
Commercial solar hot water heaters
Commercial concentrating solar power plants
6. How to have it installed in your home and in a commercial setting - pictures of a solar installation residential and commercial.
7. What are the economic incentives for solar
tax credits
rebates
payback
life expectancy
maintenance
financing
8. What does the future for the technology look like?
Solar paint
Solar laminates
Increased solar energy density
9. Resource guide in the back of the book about all the not for profits, solar installers, etc.

John Lang is the director of operations for Eastern Energy Systems, and steers R&D. He has a degree in Mathematics from Berkeley California, and a heavily involved background in the applicative sciences.

Seth Leitman is the president and managing member of the ETS Energy Store, LLC (www.etsenergy.com) which sells organic, natural and sustainable products for businesses, homes and families. He is the bestselling author of Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, Second Edition, and the consulting editor for a McGraw-Hill series of environmentally friendly technology books called the Green Guru Guides. Seth created and maintains a green living blog (www.greenlivingguy.com).