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SUMMARY:Concentrator Photovoltaics (CPV) for Europe: Economics\, Technical
  and Social Issues - David Faiman - Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Is
 rael)\, Ben Gurion National Solar Energy Centre
DTSTART:20091207T170000Z
DTEND:20091207T180000Z
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CONTACT:David Leal-Ayala
DESCRIPTION:Professor David Faiman was born and educated in the UK. He has
  a BSc in Physics from Queen Mary College\, London\, and a PhD in Physics 
 from the University of Illinois\, Urbana. He has had various post doctoral
  appointments at Oxford University\, CERN (Geneva) and the Weizmann Instit
 ute (Israel)\, and joined Ben-Gurion University in 1976. He helped establi
 sh its Blaustein Institute for Desert Research at Sede Boger. There\, Davi
 d set up a solar energy research group that gradually grew into the Depart
 ment of Solar Energy & Environmental Physics. In 1986 the government of Is
 rael established the National Solar Energy Center at Sede Boqer\, and in 1
 991 David was appointed its director. He presently heads both the Departme
 nt and the Centre.\n\nThe talk will be about the projected magnitude of Eu
 rope’s electricity requirements and the size of a Concentrator Photovolt
 aic (CPV) network\, located in the Sahara \, necessary for meeting these n
 eeds. The costs involved that may reasonably be expected and sources of fi
 nancing will be discussed. Brief attention will be given to technical issu
 es\, which are less complicated than might seem to be the case. By far the
  biggest problem is a multi-faceted social issue that will not be easy to 
 overcome.
LOCATION:LR4\, Engineering Department\, Baker Building
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