About the AuthorList of ContributorsHymn to the SunForewordHermann Scheer MPIntroductionChapter 1Part I: The Rising Sun in a Developing World1. Electric Power, A Pillar of Modern Society1.1 Electricity in Today’s Life1.2 The Conventional World of Electricity1.3 Solar PV: A Part of the New Semiconductor World2. Looking Back to Light the Future2.1 The Emergence of Electricity2.2 From the "Voltaic Pile" to the Photovoltaic Cell2.3 Photovoltaic Power: The First steps3. Solar Power for Space Satellites4. First Ideas about Lighting us with Solar Power4.1 Mutations of the Societies in the US and Europe4.2 A New Awareness for Solar Power4.3 The Oil-Price Shocks, The Nuclear Disaster 19865. After the Vision: AMountain of Challenges5.1 PV in the Starting Blocks in 19735.2 The Cost Problem: Technological Challenges5.3 The Chicken and Egg Problem: Mass Production5.4 Entrenched Energy Strategies and Politics5.5 Against Dominant Allocations of State Budgets5.6 Administrations5.7 The Energy Buy-Back Time, The Module Lifetime5.8 Intermittency of Supply5.9 Environmental Challenges6 Leadership of Action6.1 The Pioneering Role of the United States6.2 France: A European Solar Pioneer6.3 PV Start up in Germany6.4 PV Ups and Downs in Japan6.5 UNESCO6.6 The European Union6.7 The G86.8 The Energy Empire Fights BackPart II: Solar Power for the World1. Basics for a new Solar Age1.1 The Ethical Imperative of Photovoltaics1.2 Cost and Social Acceptance: Ingredientsfor a Viable Energy Strategy1.3 PV as Part of a Holistic Approach towardsRenewable Energy Implementationand Energy Conservation1.4 And what about the Power Plants on the Road?1.4.1 Car drivers and their power plants1.4.2 Mobilising PV for transport2. Driving Forces2.1 Aspiration of the People2.2 Preserving Nature and Alleviating Climate Change2.3 Peak Oil2.4 Energy Security of Supply3. The Role of Stake Holders in Society3.1 Governments and Administrations3.2 Industry and Finance3.3 PV Costs and Benefits for Society; a Special Rolefor the Grid Operators4. New Energy Paradigm4.1 Centralised or Decentralised PV4.2 What Role for the Conventional Power Utilities?4.3 Communities and Regions Mastering theirown Energy Supply4.4 The Autonomous Energy House: Solar Architectureand the Building Industry5. Power for the People5.1 Starting a Global Strategy: 10 Watts per Head5.2 PV for the People in the Industrialised World5.3 PV for the People in the Solar Belt6. Power for the Poor6.1 Getting Involved6.2 PV Power for the Poor in the Developing Countries6.3 Power for the Poor in the Industrialised Countries7. Power for PeacePart III: PV Today and Forever1. Solar Power 2009/10: AWealth of Achievements1.1 The Global PV Markets 2009/101.2 Political, Financial, and Industrial Environment1.3 The Technology Boom goes on2. Outlook2.1 On the Threshold of Commercial Viability 2.2 Outlook Towards 20202.3 PV as Part of a 100% RE World3. ConclusionsAppendixCartoonChapter 2 My Solar Age Started with TchernobylFranz AltChapter 3 More Electricity for Less Co2Yves BambergerChapter 4 Solar Power in PracticeStefan BehlingChapter 5 The Story of Developing Solar Glass FacadesJoachim BenemannChapter 6 Bringing the Oil Industry into the PictureKarl Wolfgang BöerChapter 7 Factory for Sale — or the Long and StonyWay to Cheap Solar Energy: The Story ofthe Thin-Film CdTe Solar Cells; First Solarand Others — A Semi-AutobiographyDieter BonnetChapter 8 Photovoltaics in the World Bank Group PortfolioAnil CabraalChapter 9 Solar Bicycles, Mercedes, Handcuffs — PlusEnergyBuildingsGallus CadonauChapter 10 Photovoltaic Power Systems for Lifting WomenOut of Poverty in Sub-Saharan AfricaDominique CampanaChapter 11 Solar Cell Development Work at COMSATLaboratories (1967–1975)Denis J. CurtinChapter 12 SolarBankMichael T. EckhartChapter 13 Will This Work? Is It Realistic?Thoughts and Acts of a Political Practitionerwith a Solar VisionHans-Josef FellChapter 14 The IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists ConferenceAmerico F. (Moe) ForestieriChapter 15 Review of China’s Solar PV Industry in 2009Gao HuChapter 16 Lighting the World: Yesterday, Today and TomorrowBiswajit GhoshChapter 17 The Role of Research Institutes for the Promotionof PV: The Case of Fraunhofer ISE (Institute ofSolar Energy Systems)Adolf GoetzbergerChapter 18 Abandoning Nuclear in Favor of RenewableEnergiesGiuliano GrassiChapter 19 Nonconventional Sensitized Mesoscopic(Grätzel) Solar CellsMichael GrätzelChapter 20 The PV World Conference in ViennaWolfgang HeinChapter 21 PV in Japan — Yesterday, Today and TomorrowOsamui Ikki and Izumi KaizukaChapter 22 PV in Europe, from 1974 to 2009:A Personal ExperienceHelmut KiessChapter 23 PV in Berlin — How It All Began: The Storyof Solon, Q-Cells, PV in BrazilStefan KrauterChapter 24 Three Steps to a Solar System — 1–40% and 100%Harry LehmannChapter 25 France Did Not Want to Look for the Sun…Alain Liébard and Yves-Bruno CivelChapter 26 On the International Call for Photovoltaics of 2008Daniel LincotChapter 27 High Efficiency Photovoltaics for a SustainableWorldAntonio LuqueChapter 39 Terrestrial Photovoltaic Industry — The BeginningPeter F. VaradiChapter 40 Solar Power in Geneva, SwitzerlandPhilippe VerburghChapter 41 Early PV Markets and Solar Solutions in South AsiaNeville Williams
