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- noun physics The
technology of theconversion ofsunlight intoelectricity using semiconductors that exhibit thephotovoltaic effect .
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SBSP is an exciting idea that is becoming more and more feasible with advances in photovoltaics and materials.
Canceling SOMD's Space Based Solar Power Work - NASA Watch 2008
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Both prices are moving targets: silicon PV is getting less expensive by making thinner (100 micron or less) cells, while thin photovoltaics are still evolving and could be significantly cheaper in volume.
Thin Film Solar Companies Raise Hundreds of Millions in Financing - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Team Darmstadt’s building envelope was made of a folding solar shutter system – completely movable and covered in photovoltaics
SOLAR DECATHLON 2007: Darmstadt’s Stunning Solar House | Inhabitat 2007
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Team Darmstadt’s building envelope was made of a folding solar shutter system – completely movable and covered in photovoltaics
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Second, as I work in photovoltaics, I know for a fact that within two years technology will be available to produce ALL! of the country’s electrical power from the newer flavor of PV technology, and the IRR on such projects shows that, at anticipated materials and installation costs, they will be a good investiment even for single-family dwellings.
Think Progress » Brzezinski: Air Strike on Iran Could ‘Merit the Impeachment of the President’ 2006
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In this process, the photovoltaics are a retro, added to the building after construction is completed.
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As for solar, much of what the author wants is concentrated solar thermal power, which is very different from photovoltaics which is what most people picture when they hear the word solar power.
“Green” Stimulus Has Me Seeing Red « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009
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This provides entry capital for the company to offer credit and expand its business to other local markets, such as photovoltaics for households, health clinics, and community centres.
Chapter 10 2000
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Part of this spread is due to uncertainties about demand growth, but part arises from energy end-use innovations in the form of new, on-site decentralised electricity generation technologies, such as photovoltaics or fuel cells.
Chapter 10 2000
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But they are keys to maximizing eco-efficiencies, re-engineering industrial processes, and making materials, such as photovoltaics, affordable as common building materials.
HrachK commented on the word photovoltaics
Photovoltaics is the science of making and workings of solar cells or solar batteries - devices that transform solar energy into electri
city, as opposed to solar panels which use solar energy directly, e.g. to heat up water etc.
March 31, 2009