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</script>doi: 10.5772/39244
Improvements in quality of life and rapid industrialization in many countries are increasing energy demand significantly, and the potential future gap between energy supply and demand is predicted to be large. Interest in sustainable development and growth has also grown in recent years, motivating the development of environmental benign energy technologies. Research on applications of solar energy technologies have as a consequence expanded rapidly, exploiting the abundant, free and environmentally characteristics of solar energy. However, widespread acceptance of solar energy technology depends on its competitiveness, considering factors such as efficiency, cost-effectiveness, reliability and availability (Kumar and Rosen, 2011).
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