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solar_power [2008-02-20 07:07] – niksolar_power [2008-05-26 17:00] (current) – nik
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 light-> electricity light-> electricity
  
-notes/links+====notes/links====
   * http://www.gosolarpower.com/solarpower/   * http://www.gosolarpower.com/solarpower/
   * http://www.solardyne.com/solporpow.html   * http://www.solardyne.com/solporpow.html
   * http://sel.me.wisc.edu/Publications/publ.html   * http://sel.me.wisc.edu/Publications/publ.html
  
-increasing efficiency+====increasing efficiency====
   * http://www.lbl.gov/msd/PIs/Walukiewicz/02/02_8_Full_Solar_Spectrum.html   * http://www.lbl.gov/msd/PIs/Walukiewicz/02/02_8_Full_Solar_Spectrum.html
  
-parts / suppliers+====parts / suppliers====
   * http://www.globalsources.com/manufacturers/Solar-Cell-Components.html   * http://www.globalsources.com/manufacturers/Solar-Cell-Components.html
   * http://www.siliconsolar.com/   * http://www.siliconsolar.com/
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   * flexible thinfilm -> http://store.sundancesolar.com/powulflexthi.html   * flexible thinfilm -> http://store.sundancesolar.com/powulflexthi.html
  
- +==== guestimates ====
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-=== notes ===+
  
 <blockquote> <blockquote>
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   * US power grid capacity: 776 gigawatts   * US power grid capacity: 776 gigawatts
  
-IE, you'd need less than 1% of Texas using off-the-shelf solar cells to equal the power generating capacity of the entire US grid.+ie., you'd need less than 1% of Texas using off-the-shelf solar cells to equal the power generating capacity of the entire US grid. 
 +</blockquote> 
 +or... 
 +<blockquote> 
 +Humanity uses around 1.5e13 W, and the Earth receives around 1.366e3 W per m² from the Sun (varies with year and month). Earth has a land area of around 1.5e8 km². Assuming 10% efficiency for photovoltaics, that means we need to cover around 1.1e5 km² with solar cells. That is around the land area of Cuba. -- Markus Sablatnig
 </blockquote> </blockquote>
  
-=== various ===+==== various ====
   * http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-grand-plan&page=1   * http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-grand-plan&page=1
   * vertical multijunction (VMJ) cell http://wire0.ises.org/wire/glossary.nsf/H/O?Open&00005F7E   * vertical multijunction (VMJ) cell http://wire0.ises.org/wire/glossary.nsf/H/O?Open&00005F7E
   * http://www.ensargroup.com/   * http://www.ensargroup.com/
   * "Solar cell directly splits water for hydrogen" > http://www.physorg.com/news122534699.html   * "Solar cell directly splits water for hydrogen" > http://www.physorg.com/news122534699.html
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-related: [[Renewable Energy]] / / [[Category Energy]]+ 
 +related: [[Renewable Energy]] / / [[Category Energy]] / / [[luminous:phoef]]
  

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