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photovoltaic

foh tuh vohltay ik

  • a  producing a voltage when exposed to radiant energy (especially light)

  • The company he formed in 1960, Energy Conversion Devices, makes the photovoltaic cells used on the Mir space station to generate electricity from sunlight.
  • Instead of directly converting sunlight into electricity with photovoltaic panels the kind you might see on rooftops solar thermal uses rows of specially curved parabolic .
  • Together, the Topaz Solar Farm, California Valley Solar Ranch (both photovoltaic projects) and the Carrizo Energy Solar Farm (a solar thermal operation) would provide energy to .
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