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Increasing environmental concerns regarding the inefficient use of energy, climate change, acid rain, stratospheric ozone depletion, and global dependence on electricity have directed attention to the importance of generating electric power in a sustainable manner with low emissions of GHGs, particularly CO2.
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A. Elbaset, A., Hassan, M.S. (2017). Introduction and Background of PV Systems. In: Design and Power Quality Improvement of Photovoltaic Power System. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47464-9_1
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