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• Energy conversion efficiency — Output energy is always lower than input energy …   Wikipedia

• Solar energy — is the light and radiant heat from the Sun that powers Earth s climate and weather and sustains life. Since ancient times it has been harnessed for human use through a range of technologies. Solar radiation along with secondary solar resources… …   Wikipedia

• Energy Conversion Devices — Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. Type Public Traded as NASDAQ: ENER Industry Alternative energy Founded 1982 …   Wikipedia

• Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. — Energy Conversion Devices (NASDAQ: ENER) is headquarted in Rochester Hills, Michigan. United Solar Ovonic, LLC is its wholly owned subsidiary located in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Ovonics (coined from Ovshinsky and electronics ) is a field of… …   Wikipedia

• solar energy — energy derived from the sun in the form of solar radiation. Also called solar. * * * Radiation from the Sun that can produce heat, generate electricity, or cause chemical reactions. Solar energy is inexhaustible and nonpolluting, but it is not an …   Universalium

• Conversion Efficiency —   The amount of energy produced as a percentage of the amount of energy consumed.   *** (cell or module)   The ratio of the electric energy produced by a photovoltaic device (under one sun conditions) to the energy from sunlight incident upon the …   Energy terms

• energy conversion — ▪ technology Introduction       the transformation of energy from forms provided by nature to forms that can be used by humans.       Over the centuries a wide array of devices and systems has been developed for this purpose. Some of these energy …   Universalium

• Photovoltaic (PV) conversion efficiency —   The ratio of the electric power produced by a photovoltaic device to the power of the sunlight incident on the device.   Solar Electric Glossary …   Energy terms

• Ocean thermal energy conversion — Temperature differences between the surface and 1000m depth in the oceans Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) uses the difference between cooler deep and warmer shallow or surface ocean waters to run a heat engine and produce useful work,… …   Wikipedia

• Energy harvesting — (also known as Power harvesting or energy scavenging ) is the process by which energy is captured and stored. Frequently this term is applied when speaking about small autonomous devices, like those used in sensor networks. A variety of different …   Wikipedia

• Solar cell — A solar cell made from a monocrystalline silicon wafer …   Wikipedia