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A unit of power equal to 1 billion Watts; 1 million kilowatts, or 1,000 megawatts.
Industry:Energy
A solar electric or photovoltaic system that includes other sources of electricity generation, such as wind or diesel generators.
Industry:Energy
The quality or condition of a photovoltaic system being available to provide power to a load. Usually measured in hours per year. One minus availability equals downtime.
Industry:Energy
The net south-facing glazing area projected on a vertical plane.
Industry:Energy
Represents all components and costs other than the photovoltaic modules/array. It includes design costs, land, site preparation, system installation, support structures, power conditioning, operation and maintenance costs, indirect storage, and related costs.
Industry:Energy
A semiconductor in which holes carry the current; produced by doping an intrinsic semiconductor with an electron acceptor impurity (e.g., boron in silicon).
Industry:Energy
The energy given up by an electron in penetrating the cell barrier; a measure of the electrostatic potential of the barrier.
Industry:Energy
Two or more electrochemical cells enclosed in a container and electrically interconnected in an appropriate series/parallel arrangement to provide the required operating voltage and current levels. Under common usage, the term battery also applies to a single cell if it constitutes the entire electrochemical storage system.
Industry:Energy
A procedure applied to a selected set of photovoltaic modules involving the application of defined electrical, mechanical, or thermal stress in a prescribed manner and amount. Test results are subject to a list of defined requirements.
Industry:Energy
