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I am hereby declare that this thesis is my own work and that it has not been previously. There is a fact, or if you wish, a law, governing all natural phenomena that are known to date. I would like to also acknowledge the financial support from the department of energy, basic energy sciences, ito foundation, japan, nasa and nrel. Ren at the university of kansas, project that solar energy will continue to expand and become a vital resource to society. Here you can find details of masters or phd research projects currently on offer or being undertaken at durham university within the society and energy cluster. Szent istvan university energetical modelling of solar wind energy systems thesis of phd work sandor bartha godollo, hungary 2009. Phd thesis energy systems research unit university of strathclyde. Mladen zeljko, energy institute hrvoje pozar external member.
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