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Uploaded by on Feb 8, 2011

Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems can generate clean, cost-effective power anywhere the sun shines. This video shows how a PV panel converts the energy of the sun into renewable electricity to power homes and businesses.

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  • Steady I Really Like This Video systems can generate clean, cost-effective power anywhere the sun shines.

  • Good, I like that you share this video, I wish success always This video shows how a PV panel converts the energy of the sun into renewable electricity to power homes and businesses.

  • Nice Video That You Share , So Very Nice Thanks You This video shows how a PV panel converts the energy of the sun into renewable electricity to power homes and businesses

  • I Really Like The Video From Your This video shows how a PV panel converts the energy of the sun into renewable electricity to power homes and businesses

  • Your Video Is Very Useful Sharing This video shows how a PV panel converts the energy of the sun into renewable electricity to power homes and businesses.

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  • The positive and negative symbols are plugged into the electrode rather than the semiconducting material (the little red globules). If the symbols were in the semiconducting material, then the animation would be incorrect.

  • Oh my goodness. Why does everyone get this wrong? The top layer is N-type, doped with phosphorus (extra electrons) ... thus making it negative (NOT POSITIVE). The bottom layer is P-type, doped with boron (missing electrons) ... thus making it positive (NOT NEGATIVE). Google "p-type is positive" and you'll get thousands of hits, "p-type is negative" give what ... 9? 99% of wafers are P-type ... this is the substrate, the bottom, which thus is POSITIVE. Gee whiz videographers ...get it right!

  • My Solar array doesn't work at night I guess its not so great. I guess I need 7,000 dollars worth of batteries.

  • take those panels and put them in the basement.first you take a parabolic solar concentrator and put an robotic arm on it to follow the suns path.then make the focal point a mirrored shape cone that will send the light down through mirrored glass tubing straight into a mirrored shape glass box inside the mirrored shape box will be several solar panels that spin to keep them cool the mirrored box must have the mirrors inward to reflect the light sending from the parabolic focal point.ken van horn

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