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The technology of the conversion of sunlight into electricity using semiconductors that exhibit the photovoltaic effect.
Examples of photovoltaics in a Sentence
Under proposals in his draft energy strategy, schemes will be expected to include photovoltaics or be designed to incorporate them in the future.
Development not initially incorporating photovoltaics should be of a suitable design and orientation to support them later.
This technology is called solar photovoltaics or more simply, PV.
Many of the homes also have photovoltaics and as a result actually produce more energy than they use.
Cameron discussed the various project ideas with us such as thermal photovoltaics.
Doxford International Business Park, Sunderland is the first speculatively constructed office building to incorporate building-integrated photovoltaics.
The best solar systems combine passive solar techniques with other active solar technology such as photovoltaics.
The solar shingles, also called building integrated photovoltaics, generate electricity when the semiconductor layer is exposed to sun.
Modern PV technology is called "thin-film silicon photovoltaics," and most experts within alternative energy industries consider it as the fastest growing energy technology.
When photovoltaics (PVs) off grid is talked about, what people are referring to is a power supply, usually solar, that is not in any way connected to a main power grid.
This, too, is another way to go off-grid and can be used in combination with photovoltaics off grid.
With the use of photovoltaics, the sun can be a legitimate electrical source to save us and our environment for centuries to come.
The green initiative to push the green industry forward is helping to advance solar power to be far more efficient than the first photovoltaics used to produce energy a decade ago.
By using a method called photovoltaics, researchers found they can generate electrical power by funneling the sun through a specific medium like copper or silicon to harness the energy from solar radiation.