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role. For example‚ thermal power plants are still a more economical source for electrical energy compared to solar energy. However‚ the depletion of raw materials and the cost of controlling pollution and by-products are resulting in a steady increase in the cost of electricity produced by thermal power plants. This‚ in combination with the improved efficiency of solar cells‚ is making solar cells a viable alternative. In the area of energy production‚ the fraction of
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According to our present theory of solar system formation‚ which of the following objects now reside quite far from the place where they formed originally? Oort cloud comets Question 5 What is the primary reason that astronomers suspect that some jovian moons were captured into their current orbits? Some moons have orbits that are "backwards" (compared to their planet’s rotation) or highly inclined to their planet’s equator. Question 6 The region of our solar system between Mercury and Mars has
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Asia • India SELCO: Solar Lighting for the Poor Prepared by • Sourav Mukherji Reviewer: Usha Jumani Sector • Solar Power Enterprise Class • MSME Executive Summary SELCO India is a Bangalore-based social enterprise that makes solar lighting technology accessible to the economically impoverished people in India. SELCO’s mission is based on a simple but powerful idea that the economic conditions of the impoverished can be improved substantially if they are made productive. One of the
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sources of energy such as solar power is the better option over oil and the solution to humanity’s problems. Solar energy is a renewable energy source. This means that we cannot run out of solar energy‚ as opposed to non-renewable energy sources‚ We will have access to solar energy for as long as the sun is alive – another 6.5 billion years according to NASA. The potential of solar energy is beyond imagination. The surface of the earth receives 120‚000 terawatts of solar radiation (sunlight)
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government unfairly subsidizing its own solar industry. In fact‚ the US’s trade balances in polysilicon products between both the US and China‚ and the US and the world significantly deficit while China’s polysilicon cells and modules production has increased dramatically (The Kearney Alliance 2012). This essay claims that‚ the surge in PV exports does not necessarily mean that the Chinese government has subsidized its PV manufacturers illegally‚ and Chinese solar manufacturers’ low prices do not necessarily
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Objects are remnants from the earliest phases of the solar system and are tens of millions of years old and secondly‚ that the Kuiper Belt is the source of short-period comets. The Kuiper Belt is named after Gerald Kuiper‚ an American scientist with a special interest in astronomy. He wrote a paper in 1951 that mentioned objects out beyond Pluto. He predicted that there must be a cloud of dust and debris out past the main area of the solar system‚ i.e. out past Pluto (Jewitt "The Kuiper Belt")
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Cindy wants to invest in a new business that involves the installation of solar panels. In order to make an informed decision on this business venture‚ she will need to review potential profit/loss in the solar panel industry by considering future prospects for this type of business. Cindy also needs to decide whether she will invest her own funds or borrow the money to start the business. The imminent growth of the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry is almost certain. When observing the rising
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Abstract - In future‚ renewable energy like solar‚ wind‚ wave and tidal could be utilized in some areas of Bangladesh. The geographical location of Bangladesh is ideal for tapping solar energy effectively. There is also enormous potential for harnessing electrical power from wind in some selected areas of the country and in the coastal region. In this paper possibility of wind-solar hybrid system has been studied. There is a possibility of a total of 100 MW hybrid power generation in coastal
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concentrations will only delay climate changes due to carbon dioxide.[57] In addition to their direct effect by scattering and absorbing solar radiation‚ aerosols have indirect effects on the radiation budget.[58] Sulfate aerosols act as cloud condensation nuclei and thus lead to clouds that have more and smaller cloud droplets. These clouds reflect solar radiation more efficiently than clouds with fewer and larger droplets‚ known as the Twomey effect.[59] This effect also causes droplets to be
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