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How Solar Energy Works
How Solar Energy Works
http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/renewable-energy/how-solar-energy-works.html
Contents
1. The Solar Resource
2. Passive Solar Design for Buildings
3. Solar Heat Collectors
4. Solar Thermal Concentrating Systems
5. Photovoltaics
6. The Future of Solar Energy
Solar energy—power from the sun—is a vast and inexhaustible resource. Once a system is in place to convert it into useful energy, the fuel is free and will never be subject to the ups and downs of energy markets. Furthermore ................
1. The Solar Resource
2. Passive Solar Design for Buildings
3. Solar Heat Collectors
4. Solar Thermal Concentrating Systems
5. Photovoltaics
6. The Future of Solar Energy
Solar energy—power from the sun—is a vast and inexhaustible resource. Once a system is in place to convert it into useful energy, the fuel is free and will never be subject to the ups and downs of energy markets. Furthermore ................
http://rooftoprevolution.tumblr.com/post/28093038711/get-sun-smart