Monday, January 2, 2012

Solar Electricity - How Solar Panels Convert Sunlight to Electricity




Learn how you can create your own low cost PV panels at: www.applied-solar.info This short animated video (created by the US Department of Energy Photovoltaics Program) shows how a solar cell converts sunlight into electricity. What is Photovoltaic Conversion? www.applied-solar.info



In the News:




ENERGY: Storage will make solar power reliable after sunset
Press-Enterprise
A more immediate goal of the thermal solar industry is to offer storage to compete with photovoltaic power plants that convert sun directly to electricity without heating water or another medium, Prior said. Since 2008, the price of photovoltaic panels ...

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Solar Paint Converts Light to Electricity
Scientific American
A paint containing titanium dioxide and semiconducting cadmium nanocrystals can convert sunlight to electricity. Christopher Intagliata reports Instead of installing solar panels on your roof—how about just giving your house a new paint job? ...




Otago Daily Times

Power to the people
Otago Daily Times
Photovoltaic panels - Solar cells that convert sunlight into electrical energy, which can be stored in a battery. • Solar hot-water heating - Water is heated as it is pumped through evacuated tube panels. • Solar hot-water storage tank - 220-litre ...




Solar power
The Economist
The result, according to Dr Bermel's calculations, would be a system that converts 37% of sunlight into electricity. This compares with a maximum of 28% by standard silicon-based solar cells that have not had the incident light concentrated by ...




JA Solar Announces 19 MW PV Module Supply Agreement With Solarhybrid for ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The company sells its products to solar manufacturers worldwide, who assemble and integrate solar cells into modules and systems that convert sunlight into electricity for residential, commercial, and utility-scale power generation. ...

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