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    A solar panel is a device that converts sunlight into electricity by using photovoltaic (PV) cells. PV cells are made of materials that produce excited...
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    Solar power at the White House was first introduced in 1979. The solar panels were removed in 1986. Solar power was reintroduced early in the 21st century...
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    preferential feed-in tariffs for solar-generated electricity, have supported solar PV installations in many countries. Panel prices dropped by a factor of...
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    either passive solar or active solar depending on how they capture and distribute solar energy or convert it into solar power. Active solar techniques include...
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    result, only general figures can be given for cooking time. With a small solar panel cooker, it might be possible to melt butter in 15 minutes, to bake cookies...
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    light. Individual solar cell devices are often the electrical building blocks of photovoltaic modules, known colloquially as "solar panels". Almost all commercial...
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  • arrangement of several components, including solar panels to absorb and convert sunlight into electricity, a solar inverter to convert the output from direct...
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    Spacecraft operating in the inner Solar System usually rely on the use of power electronics-managed photovoltaic solar panels to derive electricity from sunlight...
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    which converts the variable direct current (DC) output of a photovoltaic solar panel into a utility frequency alternating current (AC) that can be fed into...
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    using concentrated solar power. Solar panels use the photovoltaic effect to convert light into an electric current. Concentrated solar power systems use...
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    installations such as solar parabolic troughs and solar towers or non-water heating devices such as solar cookers or solar air heaters. Solar thermal collectors...
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    a solar panel to a 1912 Baker Electric, and unveiled the first solar car that could carry passengers. The solar array consists of hundreds of solar cells...
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    A solar hydrogen panel is a device for artificial photosynthesis that produces photohydrogen from sunlight and water. The panel uses electrochemical water...
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    laminated onto windows. Other commercial applications use rigid thin film solar panels (interleaved between two panes of glass) in some of the world's largest...
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    A rooftop solar power system, or rooftop PV system, is a photovoltaic (PV) system that has its electricity-generating solar panels mounted on the rooftop...
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    and solar thermal energy. China's photovoltaic industry began by making panels for satellites, and transitioned to the manufacture of domestic panels in...
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    with solar, including plant crops, livestock, greenhouses, and wild plants to provide pollinator support. Agrivoltaic systems can include solar panels between...
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    those panels from the company for 20 years. The business model became the most popular in the US and made the company the largest residential solar installer...
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    This is a list of notable photovoltaics (PV) companies. Grid-connected solar photovoltaics (PV) is the fastest growing energy technology in the world...
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  • in (for example) laptops and mobile devices Solar panel, a flat module of photovoltaic solar cells Panel switch, a type of electromechanical telephone...
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    of the acquisition, SolarCity was facing liquidity issues. The company's current power generation products include solar panels (manufactured by other...
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    Solar street lights are raised light sources which are powered by solar panels generally mounted on the lighting structure or integrated into the pole...
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    to two opposite edges. However, first demonstrations of bifacial solar cells and panels were carried out in the Soviet Space Program in the Salyut 3 (1974)...
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    Solar water heating (SWH) is heating water by sunlight, using a solar thermal collector. A variety of configurations are available at varying cost to...
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    Rann of Kutch desert in Gujarat, will generate 30 GWAC power from both solar panels and wind turbines. It will become the world's largest hybrid renewable...
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    A dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC, DSC, DYSC or Grätzel cell) is a low-cost solar cell belonging to the group of thin film solar cells. It is based on...
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    A solar lamp, also known as a solar light or solar lantern, is a lighting system composed of an LED lamp, solar panels, battery, charge controller and...
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  • connected in common. A PV junction box is attached to the back of the solar panel and it is its output interface. Pattress Cable tray Centrex Circuit integrity...
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    A solar tracker is a device that orients a payload toward the Sun. Payloads are usually solar panels, parabolic troughs, Fresnel reflectors, lenses, or...
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    that time period. This integrated solar irradiance is called solar irradiation, solar radiation, solar exposure, solar insolation, or insolation. Irradiance...
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