Photovoltaic (PV) System Delivery as Reliable Energy Infrastructure

At a time when deployment of solar needs to triple its recent record rates in order to meet the grid decarbonization targets of 2035, a book about treating the delivery of solar power plants with the mindset of energy infrastructure could not be more timely. "Photovoltaic (PV) System Delivery As Reliable Energy Infrastructure", by J.R. Balfour and R.W. Morris, published by Wiley this year, is breaking new ground in an area where published material is thin. The book, at more than 500 pages over 11 chapters, is nothing if not thorough. The authors cover every part of the delivery process, but the main focus are the underlying principles of Systems Engineering, and the way those affect Reliability, Maintanability, and Availability of the power plants.

Tassos Golnas,Technology Manager, Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO).