PHOTOVOLTAICS

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Reading Assignment

Lab Exercise

How Solar Panels Work

Earth-Sun Relationship

Photoelectric Effect

How PV Works

Why use Silicon to make Solar PV cells?

History of Solar PV

Solar PV Timeline

Solar PV Electricity Generation by Country US DOE

Where are PV's made?

Solar Farm in Sarnia

Sarnia Photo A

Sarnia Photo B

Purifying Silicon

Silicon Data

USGS Silica Data

Making Silicon from Sand

DIY - PV

Solar Insolation World Map

Solar Potential U.S. Map depicts the amount of kilowatt hours of solar energy potential per year for a kilowatt of solar installed.

Eco-Economy Indicators - Solar Power

Homemade Solar Cell

Graveyard Solar