Solar energy conversion describes technologies devoted to the transformation of solar energy to other (useful) forms of energy, including electricity,...

Solar power, also known as solar electricity, is the conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV) or...

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...

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...

electricity, solar thermal energy (including solar water heating), and solar architecture. It is an essential source of renewable energy, and its technologies...

active and passive solar, including in architecture and off-grid buildings and home sites. 1980 - The Institute of Energy Conversion at University of Delaware...

Electricity is generated when the concentrated light is converted to heat (solar thermal energy), which drives a heat engine (usually a steam turbine) connected...

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...

for energy storage, a charge controller, interconnection wiring, circuit breakers, fuses, disconnect switches, voltage meters, and optionally a solar tracking...

Energy Conversion Devices (ECD) was an American photovoltaics manufacturer of thin-film solar cells made of amorphous silicon used in flexible laminates...

Primary energy (PE) is the energy found in nature that has not been subjected to any human engineered conversion process. It encompasses energy contained...

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...

at the Wayback Machine, NREL "Uni-Solar Energy Production", Uni-Solar R.Delamare, O.Bulteel, D.Flandre, Conversion lumière/électricité: notions fondamentales...

been proposals to use solar-pumped laser for solar-energy conversion, shown how to efficiently convert solar into electrical energy, taking advantage of...

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...

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...

through passive solar design, solar thermal energy conversion, and photovoltaic conversion (sunlight to electricity). The U.S. Energy Independence and...

Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) energy conversion is a direct conversion process from heat to electricity via photons. A basic thermophotovoltaic system consists...

active wavelength range, the theoretical maximum efficiency of solar energy conversion is approximately 11%. In actuality, however, plants do not absorb...

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...

Quantum dot solar cells have the potential to increase the maximum attainable thermodynamic conversion efficiency of solar photon conversion up to about...

such as timber (when harvested sustainably) and wind (used to power energy conversion systems) are considered renewable resources, largely because their...

Enphase Energy, Inc. is an American energy technology company headquartered in Fremont, California, that develops and manufactures solar micro-inverters...

a "solar power satellite" system with square miles of solar collectors in high geosynchronous orbit for collection and conversion of sun's energy into...

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...

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...

Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd. (SECI) is a company of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, established to facilitate...

"Spectral beam splitting for efficient conversion of solar energy — A review". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 28: 654–663. doi:10.1016/j.rser...

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...

1016/j.optmat.2010.04.034. Goetzberger, A.; Greube, W. (1977). "Solar energy conversion with fluorescent collectors". Applied Physics. 14 (2): 123. Bibcode:1977ApPhy...