| Solar energy is energy that is harnesses from | | | | been recovered. |
| the Sun. The technologies harness the sun's | | | | |
| incredible energy for practical ends. Solar | | | | Photovoltaic is a process where solar cells |
| power plants use a variety of methods to | | | | directly convert sunlight into electricity. |
| collect sunlight and convert this energy into | | | | Solar energy collected in photovoltaic cells |
| electricity. | | | | can be used to produce electricity for a |
| | | | number of uses, including: remote area power |
| While the use of solar energy has been used | | | | supply systems such as remote farms or in |
| for millennia, it's potential has only been | | | | national parks electricity supply in urban |
| recognized within the past few | | | | areas electric fencing and |
| decades{readmore}, when it played an | | | | telecommunications. |
| essential part in the success of early | | | | |
| commercial satellites. After the Solar energy | | | | Photovoltaic energy is the conversion of |
| collected, it is most often stored as heat in | | | | sunlight into electricity through a |
| the thermal mass of buildings, however | | | | photovoltaic (PVs) cell, commonly called a |
| batteries, water tanks, and other storage | | | | solar cell. This process is gaining credence |
| facilities can be used to store energy in | | | | among private investors as having the |
| thermal and chemical forms. | | | | potential to grow into the next big industry. |
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| Solar energy provides an energy efficient and | | | | Photovoltaic cells, like batteries, generate |
| environmentally friendly power source and it | | | | direct current (DC), which is generally used |
| has satisfied the demands of activists for an | | | | for electronic equipment. The photovoltaic |
| eco-friendly world. Solar energy has also | | | | cells that convert sunlight directly into |
| become an attractive solution to global | | | | electricity and are made of semiconductors |
| warming. | | | | such as crystalline silicon or various |
| | | | thin-film materials. |
| Solar energy is the solar radiation that | | | | |
| reaches the earth. The technologies have | | | | Photovoltaics can provide tiny amounts of |
| great potential to benefit our nation because | | | | power for watches, large amounts for the |
| it can be used in both large-scale | | | | electric grid, and everything in between. It |
| applications and in smaller systems for the | | | | is an incredible procedure that may very well |
| home. | | | | end our dependence upon fossil fuels. |
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| Solar energy has many different advantages | | | | Photovoltaic systems provide a unified |
| over conventional energy; The biggest one | | | | solution, bringing power to these that need |
| being that the energy from the sun is | | | | it, while making a moderate but important |
| virtually free after the initial cost has | | | | contribution to climate protection. |