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Solar energy is the energy received by the earth from the sun that is converted into
thermal or electrical energy.
Solar energy influences Earth’s climate and weather and sustains life. Although solar
energy only provides 0.15% of the world’s power, experts believe that sunlight has
the potential to supply 5000 time as much energy as the world currently consumes.
Broadly speaking, solar energy is a term for describing a range of methods for
obtaining energy from the sun. For instance, wind, biomass and hydropower are all
forms of solar energy.
Wind develops through lows and highs in temperature. Wind drives waves. Rainfall,
created by sun-warmed evaporated water feeds the rivers that are sources of hydro
power. Fossil fuels are also forms of stored solar energy. Coal, oil and gas formed
hundreds of millions of years ago from decomposed plant matter. Plant matter that
grew by aid of the sun.
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(viii) Solar desalination,
(c) Provide a heavy dark-coloured south facing wall behind a layer of glass, with
room air circulating by convection between the wall and the glass.
(d) Provide a flat roof covered by a pond of water. Provision should be there for an
insulating screen cover for cooling requirement in summer.
An active technology of solar space heating needs a collector to absorb and collect
solar radiation. Subsequently fans or pumps are used to circulate the needed air or
heat absorbing fluid (generally water). Water systems are more common than air
systems as they offer better heat exchanger performance.
When the n-type and p-type semiconductors are sandwiched together, and irradiated
with sunlight, the excess electrons in the n-type material flow to the -type, and the
holes thereby
Vacated during this process flow to the n-type through this hole and electron flow,
the two semiconductors act as a cell, creating an electric field at the surface where
they meet (known as p-n junction). It is this field that causes the electrons to jump
from the semiconductor out toward the surface and make them available for the
electrical circuit
(iv) Viable for remote and isolated areas, forest, hilly, desert regions.