Importance of the Technology

The Technology in Brief

• Solar Technologies
  • Photovoltaic-Power Systems
  • BOS and PV-Battery Systems
  • Solar-Thermal Systems
  • Environmental Issues
• Wind Technologies
  • Onshore Wind
  • Offshore Wind
  • Environmental Issues
• Biomass-Conversion Technologies
  • Fuel Ethanol
  • Biobutanol
  • Biodiesel
  • Algae-Based Biofuels
  • Other Renewable Liquid Hydrocarbons
  • Solid Biomass and Biogas Fuels
  • Environmental Issues
• Geothermal Technologies
  • Hydrothermal Systems
  • Enhanced Geothermal Systems
  • Environmental Issues
• Hydroelectric Technologies
  • Technology
  • Environmental Issues
• Ocean-Tidal and -Wave Technologies
  • Tidal Power
  • Wave Power
  • Environmental Issues

Commercial Development Parameters

• Demand Factors
• General Constraints
• Synergistic Technologies
• Competing Technologies
• Required Resources
• Regulatory Factors

Areas to Monitor

• Advanced Grid Technologies
• Climate Change
• Consumer Demand
• Conventional Energy Prices And Supply
• Cost Competitiveness
• Distribution and Infrastructure
• Energy Storage
• Government Regulations and Policies
• Large-Scale Sustainability
• Materials Availability
• New Grid Technologies
• R&D Funding
• Rural-Area Financing and Adoption
• Systems and Technology Advances
• Utility Deregulation and Restructuring
• World Energy Demand

Implications of Commercialization

Opportunities

• Solar Energy
  • Residential and Commercial Grid-Connected Rooftop PV
  • Building-Integrated PV
  • Community PV
  • Utility-Scale PV and CSP
  • Off-Grid/Rural Solar Electrification
  • Solar Water/Space Heating and Cooling
  • Off-Grid Industrial/Remote Power
  • Portable Power
• Wind Energy
  • Utility-Scale Wind Power
  • Micro Wind Power
• Biomass Energy
  • Transportation Biofuels
  • Biopower and Biogas
  • Rural/Off-Grid Power and Heating
• Geothermal Energy
  • Utility-Scale Power
  • Heating and Cooling Applications
• Hydroelectric Energy
  • Utility-Scale Power and Energy Storage
  • Distributed and Off-Grid Power
• Ocean Energy
  • Utility-Scale Power
  • Remote/Off-Grid Power

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