Solar Farms
Across
- 3. ____ trillion in Net Operational Savings
- 4. RANK: _____
- 5. Solar energy costs approx. ________ per watt and price drops are expected to continue
- 8. Solar farms give off 94% less carbon emissions than ____________.
- 10. Solar energy is now less than two percent of the global electricity generation, but it is reducing 220 million - 330 million tons of annual ______________.
- 13. Drawback: Sunlight peaks midday but the demand for _________ peaks at night
- 16. ______________ is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that help create the photovoltaic effect
Down
- 1. Photovoltaics are less costly than _____________.
- 2. ______ Gigatons reduced CO2
- 3. _____ billion net implementation cost
- 6. Solar panels work like this: Silicon panels collect photons streaming from the sun. Then the photons, inside the hermetically sealed panel, charge electrons that make an ______________.
- 7. Solar farms Work in hot, humid, and/or remote locations where ________ would not work
- 9. Solar farms are getting cheaper and are faster than creating ____________.
- 11. __________ Solar photovoltaics cost a lot of money
- 12. ______________ is when a thing is sealed in a way that is insulated or protected from outside influences.
- 14. Beyond particles, there are __________ needed for making a solar panel
- 15. Solar farms eliminate emissions of ______, nitrous oxides, mercury, and particulates