Across
- 4. a measure of 1,000 watts of electrical power
- 5. a material which has an electrical conductivity value falling between that of a conductor
- 6. a system that converts energy from the Sun - in the form of sunlight - into electricity that can be used by people by using a large scale solar setup
- 8. the output of light energy from the entire disk of the Sun, measured at the Earth
- 10. the sum of the current produced by the modules connected in a row
- 12. a panel designed to absorb the sun's rays as a source of energy for generating electricity or heating
- 13. convert sunlight into electrical energy
- 14. the maximum amount that something can contain or the amount that something can produce
- 15. a billing mechanism that credits solar energy system owners for the electricity they add to the grid
Down
- 1. converts the DC output from your solar panels into a frequency that can be fed into a power grid
- 2. the conversion efficiency of a photovoltaic
- 3. one kilowatt of power for one hour
- 7. heating water by sunlight, using a solar thermal collector
- 9. an apparatus containing a movable or driven mirror, used to reflect sunlight in a fixed direction
- 11. the SI unit of power, equivalent to one joule per second, corresponding to the power in an electric circuit in which the potential difference is one volt and the current one ampere