- Look up
solar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Solar may
refer to: Of or
relating to the Sun
Solar telescope, a
special purpose telescope used to observe...
- The
Solar System is the
gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the
objects that
orbit it. It
formed about 4.6 billion
years ago when a
dense region...
- A
solar eclipse occurs when the Moon p****es
between Earth and the Sun,
thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a
small part of Earth,
totally or partially...
- The Sun is the star at the
centre of the
Solar System. It is a m****ive,
nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma,
heated to
incandescence by
nuclear fusion...
- A
solar cell, also
known as a
photovoltaic cell (PV cell), is an
electronic device that
converts the
energy of
light directly into
electricity by means...
- A
solar panel is a
device that
converts sunlight into
electricity by
using photovoltaic (PV) cells. PV
cells are made of
materials that
produce excited...
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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 indirectly...
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Solar power has a
small but
growing role in
electricity production in the
United Kingdom.
There were few
installations until 2010, when the UK government...
- and as photosensors. A
photovoltaic system employs solar modules, each
comprising a
number of
solar cells,
which generate electrical power. PV installations...
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significant solar power capacity into
their electrical grids to
supplement or
provide an
alternative to
conventional energy sources.
Solar power plants...