Acknowledgements
The editor, Arvind Shah, is indebted to the following people who have significantly
contributed to the present book:
• Ambigapathy, R.: for his corrections of Chaps. 2 and 4 and for help with
EXCEL
• Antognini, L. M.: for help with EXCEL
• Bacha, S.: for assistance with Chap. 12
• Bailat, J.: for reviewing Chap. 6
• Beck, B.: for expert assistance with basic physical concepts
• Boccard, M.: for his corrections of Chap. 7 and for help with Sect. 3.6
• Bourée, J.-E.: for corrections of Chap. 3
• Curtins, H.: for helpful and encouraging comments on Chap. 3
• Etienne, B.: for encouragement and helpful inputs for Chap. 11
• F Haug, F.-J.: for an expert review of Chap. 4
• Fiala, P.: for his help in drawing and editing figures
• Fischer, D.: for having detected contradictions between Chaps. 1 and 13
• Frischknecht, R.: for contributing to the discussion on sustainability of PV
• Gordon, I.: for reviewing Chap. 5
• Guekos, G.: for advice and help with Chap. 3
• Hofstetter, D.: for advice on basic physical concepts
• Keppner, H.: for advice and help with Chap. 3
• Korte, L.: for his corrections of Chap. 7
• Lux Steiner, M.: for having spotted an important mistake in Chap. 3
• Meier, H.: for assistance with Chap. 6
• Monokroussos, C.: for helpful comments on LETID in Chap. 10
• Narasimhan, K. L.: for advice on Chaps. 3 and 6
• Schock, H.-W.: for his corrections of Chap. 8
• Schweizer, H. R.: for general encouragement with the book project
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