Solar energy conversion describes technologies devoted to the transformation of solar energy to other (useful) forms of energy, including electricity,...
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Solar power, also known as solar electricity, is the conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV) or...
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Solar-cell efficiency is the portion of energy in the form of sunlight that can be converted via photovoltaics into electricity by the solar cell. The...
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Solar thermal energy (STE) is a form of energy and a technology for harnessing solar energy to generate thermal energy for use in industry, and in the...
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electricity, solar thermal energy (including solar water heating), and solar architecture. It is an essential source of renewable energy, and its technologies...
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active and passive solar, including in architecture and off-grid buildings and home sites. 1980 - The Institute of Energy Conversion at University of Delaware...
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Electricity is generated when the concentrated light is converted to heat (solar thermal energy), which drives a heat engine (usually a steam turbine) connected...
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A solar cell or photovoltaic cell (PV cell) is an electronic device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by means of the photovoltaic...
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for energy storage, a charge controller, interconnection wiring, circuit breakers, fuses, disconnect switches, voltage meters, and optionally a solar tracking...
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Energy Conversion Devices (ECD) was an American photovoltaics manufacturer of thin-film solar cells made of amorphous silicon used in flexible laminates...
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Primary energy (PE) is the energy found in nature that has not been subjected to any human engineered conversion process. It encompasses energy contained...
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Energy transformation, also known as energy conversion, is the process of changing energy from one form to another. In physics, energy is a quantity that...
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at the Wayback Machine, NREL "Uni-Solar Energy Production", Uni-Solar R.Delamare, O.Bulteel, D.Flandre, Conversion lumière/électricité: notions fondamentales...
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been proposals to use solar-pumped laser for solar-energy conversion, shown how to efficiently convert solar into electrical energy, taking advantage of...
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Photovoltaics (redirect from Solar photovoltaics)
than they would be on land, leading to a higher efficiency of solar energy conversion. The floating panels also reduce the amount of water lost through...
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A bifacial solar cell (BSC) is any photovoltaic solar cell that can produce electrical energy when illuminated on either of its surfaces, front or rear...
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through passive solar design, solar thermal energy conversion, and photovoltaic conversion (sunlight to electricity). The U.S. Energy Independence and...
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Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) energy conversion is a direct conversion process from heat to electricity via photons. A basic thermophotovoltaic system consists...
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active wavelength range, the theoretical maximum efficiency of solar energy conversion is approximately 11%. In actuality, however, plants do not absorb...
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Energy conversion efficiency (η) is the ratio between the useful output of an energy conversion machine and the input, in energy terms. The input, as well...
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Quantum dot solar cells have the potential to increase the maximum attainable thermodynamic conversion efficiency of solar photon conversion up to about...
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Non-renewable resource (redirect from Non-renewable energy)
such as timber (when harvested sustainably) and wind (used to power energy conversion systems) are considered renewable resources, largely because their...
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Enphase Energy, Inc. is an American energy technology company headquartered in Fremont, California, that develops and manufactures solar micro-inverters...
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a "solar power satellite" system with square miles of solar collectors in high geosynchronous orbit for collection and conversion of sun's energy into...
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Shockley–Queisser limit (category Energy conversion)
surface mirror which increases the maximum solar conversion efficiency to 33.16% for a single-junction solar cell with a bandgap of 1.34 eV. That is, of...
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A solar pond is a pool of saltwater which collects and stores solar thermal energy. The saltwater naturally forms a vertical salinity gradient also known...
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Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd. (SECI) is a company of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, established to facilitate...
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"Spectral beam splitting for efficient conversion of solar energy — A review". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 28: 654–663. doi:10.1016/j.rser...
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The Institute of Energy Conversion (IEC), located at the University of Delaware is the oldest solar energy research institute in the world. It was established...
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1016/j.optmat.2010.04.034. Goetzberger, A.; Greube, W. (1977). "Solar energy conversion with fluorescent collectors". Applied Physics. 14 (2): 123. Bibcode:1977ApPhy...
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