Editors: Sri Niwas Singh, Prabhakar Tiwari, Sumit Tiwari About Book: This book provides recent trends and innovation in solar energy. It covers the basic principles and applications of solar energy systems. Various topics covered in this book include introduction and overview of solar energy, solar PV generation, solar thermal generation, …
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