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energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy
the amount of energy falling on the earth is given by the solar constant, but very little use has been made of solar energy
How To Use solar energy In A Sentence
- The most important are nuclear fission, wind, wave and tidal energy sources and solar energy by direct conversion and biomass.
- He is a futurist with a track record and enough credibility for the National Academy of Engineering to publish his sunny forecast for solar energy.
- In a related test, the Florida Solar Energy Center also evaluated the influence of different photometric control sensors.
- A few years ago a car fuelled by solar energy would have been inconceivable.
- He had with him one Mr. Hanks, a Dutch businessman dealing in air filtration system, solar energy, metallurgical machinery and materials.
- Fig. 17: This dryer has a fairly small solar collector/preheater for the number of trays inside, but the clear sides would act to collect solar energy also, thus improving performance. Chapter 7
- In his integrated household each of the six component parts helps the others: the fire pit, solar energy roof, greenhouse, livestock shed, biogas pool and a bathroom.
- Further heating of gypsum, slightly beyond 200° C (not achieved by solar energy) produces anhydrite gypsum (CaSO4), which when mixed with water, sets very slowly. Chapter 4
- Billions have gone to wind farm and solar energy firms in recent years with business and households picking up the tab. The Sun
- It wouldn't be economical at first, we understood that, but once the price of oil hit $50 a barrel, well, we'd be liquefying and gasifying coal, we'd be heating all our homes with solar energy. Shucking the 'Corn Lobby' on Ethanol
