Solar Basics

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