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1Solar thermal energy — Solar thermal system for water heating in Santorini, Greece …
2Solar car racing — refers to competitive races of electric vehicles which are powered by solar energy obtained from solar panels on the surface of the car (solar cars). The first solar car race was the Tour de Sol in 1985 which led to several similar races in… …
3Solar Pons — is a fictional detective created by August Derleth as a pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyle s Sherlock Holmes.ApproachOn hearing that he had no plans to write more Holmes stories, the young Derleth wrote to Conan Doyle, asking permission to take over… …
4Solar System in fiction — The Solar System and its various bodies (planets, asteroids, moons, etc.) were the earliest objects to be treated as fictional locations in works of science fiction. Among these, imaginary voyages to and explorations of Earth s Moon are found in… …
5Solar energy — is the light and radiant heat from the Sun that powers Earth s climate and weather and sustains life. Since ancient times it has been harnessed for human use through a range of technologies. Solar radiation along with secondary solar resources… …
6Solar sail — Solar sails (also called light sails or photon sails, especially when they use light sources other than the Sun) are a proposed form of spacecraft propulsion using large membrane mirrors. Radiation pressure is about 10 5 Pa at Earth s distance… …
7Solar variation — Solar variations are changes in the amount of solar radiation emitted by the Sun. There are periodic components to these variations, the principal one being the 11 year solar cycle (or sunspot cycle), as well as aperiodic fluctuations. Solar… …
8Solar hot water — is water heated by the use of solar energy. Solar heating systems are generally composed of solar thermal collectors, a fluid system to move the heat from the collector to its point of usage. The system may use electricity for pumping the fluid,… …
9Solar Cities in Australia — Solar Cities is an innovative AU$ 75 million demonstration programme designed to promote solar power, smart meters, energy conservation and new approaches to electricity pricing such as feed in tariffs can combine to provide a sustainable energy… …
10Solar Electric Light Fund — (SELF) is a non profit organization set up to promote, develop, and facilitate solar rural electrification and energy self sufficiency in rural areas, especially in developing countries. Founded in 1990, it has completed projects in several… …
