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What is the STC wattage m2

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1000 w square meters

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What is STC degrees

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25 degrees is what ?

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Air mass for STC is

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1.5

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A string inverter works in a ? Circuit

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Series

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A micro inverter works in a ? Circuit

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Parallel circuit

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What is the effeciency of string invertor

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They take the energy from the lowest performing solar panel and use that for all panels. So if a tree shades one panel 20% they all work at 20%

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What is PPA

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Power purchase agreement where you lease the panels and it goes on your roof. Price is lower but you never own panels so never get to 0

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Remote net metering is what

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Where you own two buildings with only one having solar so you offset the extra made to the building without

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What does an inverter do

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Changes current from DC into AC for the house

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What does a charge controller do

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Makes sure batteries don’t over or under charge

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NEC

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National electric code

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What is article 690

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The guildlines for solar

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What is ballasted rack

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Solar elevated on a angle good for flat roof

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What is independent power producer

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Someone who generally creates over 100/110 percent of their needs. Not allowed

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How much can a panel loose when installed

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10/20 percent. Power loses from loose wiring inverter dust temperature

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What and who created photovoltaic effect ?

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Alexandre bacquerel 1839 a process that produced voltage or current when exposed to light or radiant energy.

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When was the first solar install

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1883 in nyc Charles Fritta had effeciency of 1/2%

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Who created the first viable solar panel

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Bell labs 1954 10 perfect efficiency

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How many solar satellites in 1970

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1000

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What was solar per watt in 1976 and what is average today

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Cost was $100 PW and US average is $3/4 PW

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How much will solar grow annually

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0.16

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What is gallium arsenide

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The newest in solar cells out perform silicon Max out put 28 watts

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What is solar constant

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Solar constant is the total radiation received from the sun per unit of time and area. The value of the solar constant is 1.366 kilowatts per square meter

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Electron

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Carries a charge and smallest amount of electrical charge possible to have.

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What is atomic model
Consist of atomic nucleus and electron shell. Electrons move around the nucleus like planets. Electrons are charged negatively while nucleus is composed of uncharged neutrons and positively charge protons. It’s overall charge it’s positive equal electrons and protons.
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Beam radiation
When the solar panels face exactly towards the sun
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Diffuse radiation
Diffuse radiation is solar radiation reaching earth’s surface after having been scattered from the direct solar beam by molecules or suspensoids in the atmosphere.
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Insolation
The total amount of radiation emitted from sun that you can use for solar cells
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Heliostat
When you follow or track facing directly to sun
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When you follow or track facing directly to sun
A way to offset change in seasons to get most beam radiation from the sun
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A way to offset change in seasons to get most beam radiation from the sun
Add or subtract 15 % degree offset to the latitude to accommodate for winter or summer
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Azimuth
The compass angel as the sun moves East to west solar noon is consider azimuth angle of zero -90 to the East +90 to the west
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Zenith
This is angle of sun looking up 90% at midday sunrise and sunset 0%
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Formula to calculate system size
(Energy demand/annual full sun hours)/efficiency = PV system size
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Solar insulation map
Shows the daily and annual averages for sunlight
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which is incident light?
a light that falls on a subject (not what is reflected by it)
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How much and where is Silicon
Very common in crust of earth. 20% of crust is silicon
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Pauli exclusion principle
Electrons have 4 quantum numbers to fully describe them in an atom. No two electrons can have the same 4 quantum numbers in an atom meaning they repel each other and must move in opposite direction.
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PIN structure
Positive Intrinsic Negative
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What is doping
Adding impurities to change resistivity
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Open circuit
Voc - A circuit that is open it has a break current won’t flow
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Closed circuit
Switch closed current will flow
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Short circuit
No resistance is high current
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Pm
Maximum power
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What does photovoltaic mean
Photo is light voltaic is electricity
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PSH
Peak sun hours
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Solar attenuation
The loss of solar irradiance as it passes through the atmosphere
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When your modules are in series you increase by
By voltage
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When your modules are in parallel you increase by
Currents
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What is an array ?
More than one module put together
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What is IV curve
V = volts I = current
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What is Isc
short circuit current
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What is PV curve
P = power V = volts
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What is Imp
Maximum power current
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Losses in an inverter are from
Heat
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Vmp
Max power voltage
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What does IV curve calculate
The max power point
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To calculate max power point you need
Find product of Voc and Isc
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MPPT
Maximum power point tracking charge controller l. Best on market. Converts high voltage produced from solar panel to lower voltage neccasry for battery
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Shunt controller is ?
Simplest of charge controllers on off
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PWM Pulse width modulation
Changes the charge depending on the load. Works 25% 50% 75%
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Whenever there is resistance it creates
Heat
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AHJ
Authorities having jurisdiction
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How much is a megawatt
1000 kilowatts
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VLSI
Very large scale integrated circuit
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Anti islanding
Protection to shut of power going back to the grid if there is a failure or outage in grid
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In an inverter heat creates what ?
Short circuit and damage to system
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In an inverter what cables do you want
Short and think
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Power optimizer
Optimizers the dc power as dc electricity to the battery from an array in a series.
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Square wave
It’s when you have square waves that create harmonica and aren’t good for anything as it’s digital
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Ohms law
Current goes up volts go up v = IR
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Good conductor has what resistance
Low
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Balance of system
BOS -Everything but the solar panels.
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What is deep cycle batteries
Typically lead acid, generally used for small systems last 5/10 years and reclaim about 80% of energy powered into them
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What is frequency of ac cycles
60 hertz or 60 cycles per second
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Thermodynamics
Heat transmitted by Conduction Convection Radiation
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What is the first Law of thermodynamics
Law of Conservation of Energy Energy can’t be created Can’t be destroyed Can’t be changed from one form to another Energy is conserved
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2nd law of thermodynamics
The second law of thermodynamics states that the entropy of any isolated system always increases Meaning Perpetual motion machine isnt possible Some energy is wasted. Some energy is lost to another form
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What kind of conductors should you use
Use conductors with least amount of resistance Large gauge cables
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Energy balance
Energy supplies equal to energy used by device
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Energy audit
App house hold load in watts Multiply by 1.25 for energy lost
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Wp
Peak watts
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What’s the average cost of solar installed
$20, 000 without rebates or credits
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What is the potential increase in value to home for adding solar
$15 000
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How much has the cost of solar dropped in last 5 years
0.2
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what is PPW
Price per watt
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What is a gigawatt and how much can it power
A gigawatt is one billion watts. It would power 725,000 homes and is more power produced than a conventional power plant
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In the times of Carona, 3 reasons why solar will grow
- pollution reduction, people see the difference with air quality - the pandemic has us thinking globally, solar is healthier for all - security. Being able to take care of a fear of energy security in a crisis
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agrivoltaic
Mixing of farm and solar
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Mixing of farm and solar
What is a negawatt
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What is a negawatt
A unit of energy saved as a result of conserving
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DR
What happened to Albert Einstein in 1920 and prize?
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What happened to Albert Einstein in 1920 and prize?
In 1921 he won Nobel prize for physics explaining the photovoltaic effect
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What is albedo
The reflection of a surface.
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What are bifacial solar panels and why are they good
Bifacial solar panels expose both the front and back of solar panels. Unlike mono facial panels, They take in reflection from underneath so they can take in the roof reflection, snow, sand in desert. from the ground. Some manufacturers say up too 30% increase in production.
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Distributed solar
Solar that is produced and consumed close to each other
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STC
Standard test conditions
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How much energy in watts does an average home use?
Around 11 000 kilowatts per year 900 per month KWh

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