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Solar power refers to useful electrical energy extracted from sunlight.

Solar power is generally considered to be "Green", renewable, sustainable, and environmentally friendly.

Achieving economies of scale

There is a need to increase demand for photovoltaics such that they can compete with conventional electricity production methods. One innovative idea is to harness the green purchasing power of academic institutions. This has been shown to be potentially quite influential in catalyzing a positive spiral-effect in renewables globally^[1].

References

↑ Joshua M. Pearce, “Catalyzing Mass Production of Solar Photovoltaic Cells Using University Driven Green Purchasing”, International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 7(4), pp. 425 – 436, 2006.

Interwiki links

Wikipedia:Solar power

[1] Joshua M. Pearce, “Catalyzing Mass Production of Solar Photovoltaic Cells Using University Driven Green Purchasing”, International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 7(4), pp. 425 – 436, 2006.

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+'''Solar power''' refers to useful [[electrical]] [[energy]] extracted from [[sunlight]].
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-'''Solar power''' refers to useful [[energy]] extracted from sunlight.
 Solar power is generally considered to be "Green", [[renewable energy|renewable]], [[sustainable]], and environmentally friendly.
-Some forms of solar power such as heating are well-adapted to low-technology [[Appropriate technology|appropriate]] construction, while others such as [[photovoltaic]] cells for the production of [[electricity]] are typically mass-produced in high-tech capital-intensive factories.
+== Achieving economies of scale ==
+There is a need to increase demand for photovoltaics such that they can compete with conventional electricity production methods.   One innovative idea is to harness the green purchasing power of academic institutions.  This has been shown to be potentially quite influential in catalyzing a positive spiral-effect in renewables globally<ref>Joshua M. Pearce, “[http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/14676370610702226 Catalyzing Mass Production of Solar Photovoltaic Cells Using University Driven Green Purchasing]”, International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 7(4), pp. 425 – 436, 2006. </ref>.
-Some forms of solar power include
-* Production of electricity, typically by solar [[photovoltaic]] [[Solar panel|panels]] : see [[category:photovoltaics]] for many more specific articles on photovoltaics.
-* [[Solar heating]]; may be [[Active solar heating|active]] or [[Passive solar heating|passive ]]; used for indoor environmental heating and heating water
-* Production of mechanical energy, for example by a [[heat engine]]
-The relatively mild heating of a flat plate collector can be used for:
-* directly warming water
-* dehydrating food : [[Chris's ENGR305 Solar Food Dehydrator]]
-* dehydrating seawater to get [[salt]]
-* various steps in [[papermaking]]
-According to Village Earth, water heated in a normal flat plate collector does not boil.<ref>
-[http://www.villageearth.org/pages/Appropriate_Technology/ATSourcebook/Solar_Energy.php Solar Energy] from [[Village Earth]]
-</ref>
-So to [[Pasteurize water]] and to cook at high temperature cannot use flat plate collectors, but must use more complicated concentrating collectors that require frequent adjustment to keep them pointed at the sun, such as:
-* [[sunbrella]]
-* [[Solar Cooking and Health]]
-* [[mechanical mathematician for paraboloids]]
-* [[How to build a solar cooker]]
-* [[Solar cooking and development of solar cookers]]
-* [[Humboldt solar cooking gallery]]
-* [[Aleiha's parabolic solar cooker]]
-* [[Parabolic basket and tin can solar cooker]]
 == See also ==
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 * [[Argentina photovoltaic]]
 * [[Robin deterrent for solar charger]]
-For more specific articles on solar power, see [[:Category:Solar]].
-== Achieving economies of scale ==
-There is a need to increase demand for photovoltaics such that they can compete with conventional electricity production methods.   One innovative idea is to harness the green purchasing power of academic institutions.  This has been shown to be potentially quite influential in catalyzing a positive spiral-effect in renewables globally<ref>Joshua M. Pearce, “[http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/14676370610702226 Catalyzing Mass Production of Solar Photovoltaic Cells Using University Driven Green Purchasing]”, International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 7(4), pp. 425 – 436, 2006. </ref>.
 == References ==
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 [[Category:Solar]]
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+[[Category:Electricity production]]