Solar Basics

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  1. 2. Solar Renewable Energy Credit
  2. 3. Material used to make a solar cell.
  3. 6. Producing a voltage when exposed to radiant energy (especially light).
  4. 7. In March 2013, this city in California became the first U.S. city to mandate the inclusion of solar panels on new homes.
  5. 8. The first SREC program was implemented in 2005 by this state and has since expanded to several other states.
  6. 11. Charles ______ constructed the first solar cell in the 1800s.
  7. 12. A series of solar panels.
  8. 13. One thousand kilowatts
  9. 16. Your solar installer
  10. 17. Source of usable power
  11. 19. A naturally occurring source of energy, that is not derived from fossil or nuclear fuel.
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  1. 1. Solar technologies are characterized as either passive or _______ depending on the way they capture, convert and distribute sunlight.
  2. 3. Energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy.
  3. 4. New Jersey Clean Energy Program
  4. 5. New Jersey Governor
  5. 9. A device used to store electricity in an off-grid solar system.
  6. 10. Electrical device consisting of a large array of connected solar cells.
  7. 14. A device that converts direct current into alternating current.
  8. 15. The Earth receives incoming solar ________ at the upper atmosphere.
  9. 18. A system of electrical distribution.