BP Solar explains how the solar cells used to generate electricity from sunlight are developed and the science behind solar power.
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Cutting-Edge Solar Technology
Solar Resources® explains the facts behind global warming and why cutting-edge solar power is the most efficient alternative energy source available today.
Solar power is available to approximately half the planet at any given moment.
Just the Solar Facts
Solar Buzz has compiled a list of solar energy facts under five unique topics: the solar energy demand, Photovoltaic Manufactured Solar Cells, solar energy pricing, global energy and electricity industry, along with other solar energy statistics.
Around 50 % of the world’s solar cell production was manufactured in Japan in 2003. United States accounted for 12%.
On the supply side, the amount of product manufactured by PV cell manufacturers worldwide reached 742 Megawatts in 2003.
The Solar Basics
Solar cells convert sunlight into electricity, using the energy of speeding photons to create an electrical current within a solar panel.
Solar Technologies®, explains how energy from the sun can be transformed into sustainable electricity. They provide links and resources for more information on solar technology.
Over the past several decades, scientists have been learning to harness this ancient energy source with more efficiency to do the work of non-renewable fuels – without pollution, noise or radiation, and not subject to economic whims that drive costs higher each year.