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31Concentrated solar power — The PS10 Solar Power Plant concentrates sunlight from a field of heliostats onto a central solar power tower. Concentrated solar power (CSP) systems use mirrors or lenses to concentrate a large area of sunlight, or solar thermal energy, onto a… …
32Dye-sensitized solar cell — A selection of dye sensitized solar cells A dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC, DSC or DYSC[1]) is a low cost solar cell belonging to the group of thin film solar cells.[2] …
33Nevada Solar One — is a concentrated solar power plant, with a nominal capacity of 64 MW and maximum capacity of 75 MW spread over an area of 400 Acres. The projected CO2 emissions avoided is equivalent to taking approximately 20,000 cars off the road annually. The …
34Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center — The Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center is a hybrid 75 megawatt (MW) parabolic trough solar energy plant, built by Florida Power Light Company (FPL). The solar plant is a component of the 3,705 MW Martin County Power Plant, which is… …
35World Solar Challenge — The World Solar Challenge is a solar powered car race which covers 3021 km (1,877 miles) through the Australian Outback, from Darwin to Adelaide. The race attracts teams from around the world, most of which are fielded by universities or… …
36Andasol 1 solar power station — is Europe’s first parabolic trough commercial power plant (50 MWe), near Guadix in the province of Granada, Spain (insolation : 2000kWh/m2y). The plant cost 310 million euros and the construction is almost finished. Together with Andasol 2 and… …
37Active Solar Heating Systems — A solar water or space heating system that use pumps or fans to circulate the heat transfer fluid from the solar collectors to a storage tank subsystem …
38Active solar — As an energy source, energy from the sun collected and stored using mechanical pumps or fans to circulate heat laden fluids or air between solar collectors and a building. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy… …
39Timeline of solar cells — The timeline of solar cells begins in the 1800s when it is observed that the presence of sunlight is capable of generating usable electrical energy. Solar cells have gone on to be used in many applications. They have historically been used in… …
40Photovoltaic thermal solar collector — A Photovoltaic thermal solar collector is a photovoltaics system that is also a solar thermal collector. PV/T collectors A number of PV/T collectors in different categories are commercially available. The collectors can be divided into the… …
