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Solar Electricity Handbook is a practical and straightforward guide to using electric solar panels. Assuming no previous knowledge of solar panels, the book explains how solar panels work, how they can be used and explains the steps you need to take to successfully design and install a solar electric system from scratch using photovoltaic solar panels.
There is now a more up-to-date edition of this book available: the 2011 Edition has been extensively updated with around 40% more information than this edition.
Accompanying the handbook is a solar resource website containing lots of useful information, lists of suppliers and on-line solar energy calculators that will simplify the cost analysis and design processes.
Why buy the Solar Electricity Handbook?
* The Handbook is a simple, practical guide to using electric photovoltaic panels.
* The book is suitable for enthusiastic novices and professionals.
* Clear examples, diagrams and example projects are given to demonstrate the true capabilities of these systems.
* The Handbook is updated yearly, providing a up-to-date reference for anyone planning to use electric photovoltaic technology.
* It is the most comprehensive book on solar electric systems available today.
* It is backed up by the most powerful online calculator tools available, to make your design and calculations as straightforward as possible.
* With comprehensive detail in the book for both North America and Europe, the Handbook provides you with information that is relevant to you and your project - where ever you live.
Michael Boxwell has written about technology, motoring and the environment for many years with articles being published in newspapers, magazines and online.
He wrote my first book in 2003 (The Proof of Delivery Buyer's Guide - now in its seventh edition) and have since followed that up with the Solar Electricity Handbook (first published in 2009 and now in its third edition) and Owning an Electric Car (first published in February 2010).
When he is not writing, he is a technical architect and designer. Formerly, he was a managing director of an electric vehicle supplier in the UK. Michael Boxwell also runs the Reva Electric Car owners club, one of the largest electric car owners clubs in the world with around 1,000 members worldwide.
Michael is currently working on a number of new eco books, a TV series and a children's book of stories. He is a regular guest on the EVCast and on This Week In Energy.