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Solar power
Solar power is the conversion of sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV), or indirectly using concentrated solar power (CSP). Concentrated solar power systems use lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam. Photovoltaics convert light into electric current using the photoelectric effect.
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Solar power
PV
Energy; Solar power
Acrynym for photovoltaics; one category of solar power that produces electricity directly from solar energy.
solar generator
Energy; Solar power
Solar generators are photovoltaic devices that use photovoltaic cells, or solar cells, to convert solar energy to DC or AC electricity. There are many ways to collect solar energy including solar ...
photovoltaic
Energy; Solar power
A solid-state electrical device that converts light directly into direct current electricity of voltage-current characteristics that are a function of the characteristics of the light source and the ...
energy
Energy; Solar power
A fundamental entity of nature that is transferred between parts of a system in the production of physical change within the system and usually regarded as the capacity for doing work.
cell
Energy; Solar power
A single unit in a device for converting radiant energy into electrical energy or for varying the intensity of an electrical current in accordance with radiation.
sun
Energy; Solar power
The luminous celestial body around which the earth and other planets revolve, from which they receive heat and light, which is composed mainly of hydrogen and helium, and which has a mean distance ...
silicon
Energy; Solar power
A chemical element, of atomic number 14, that is semi-metallic, and an excellent semiconductor material used in solar photovoltaic devices; commonly found in sand.
