enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Energy usage of the United States military - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_usage_of_the_United...

   In electricity consumption, if it were a country, the DoD would rank 58th in the world, using slightly less than Denmark and slightly more than Syria (CIA World Factbook, 2006). [1] The Department of Defense uses 4,600,000,000 US gallons (1.7 × 10 10 L) of fuel annually, an average of 12,600,000 US gallons (48,000,000 L) of fuel per day.

3. Mini-grid - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini-grid

   A solar mini-grid in Bayelsa, Nigeria operated by Renewvia [1]. A mini-grid is an aggregation of electrical loads and one or more energy sources operating as a single system providing electricity and possibly heat, isolated from a main power grid.

4. Solar panel - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_panel

   Solar panels are also known as solar cell panels, solar electric panels, or PV modules. Solar panels are usually arranged in groups called arrays or systems . A photovoltaic system consists of one or more solar panels, an inverter that converts DC electricity to alternating current (AC) electricity, and sometimes other components such as ...

5. Renewable energy - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy

   The heated water can then be used in homes. The advantage of solar thermal is that the heated water can be stored until it is needed, eliminating the need for a separate energy storage system. [75] Solar thermal power can also be converted to electricity by using the steam generated from the heated water to drive a turbine connected to a ...

6. Photovoltaic effect - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photovoltaic_effect

   The first demonstration of the photovoltaic effect, by Edmond Becquerel in 1839, used an electrochemical cell. He explained his discovery in Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences, "the production of an electric current when two plates of platinum or gold immersed in an acid, neutral, or alkaline solution are exposed in an uneven way to solar radiation."

7. Distributed generation - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_generation

   Photovoltaics, by far the most important solar technology for distributed generation of solar power, uses solar cells assembled into solar panels to convert sunlight into electricity. It is a fast-growing technology doubling its worldwide installed capacity every couple of years.