The sunlight energy received expressed as the equivalent number of hours of 1kW/m2 irradiance. If a location receives 7 kWh/m2 over the course of a day, this would be expressed as 7 peak sun hours.

Connecting positive terminals to negative terminals in an electrical circuit. Solar panels connected in series will sum their voltages, while current will stay the same.

Electrical current that alternates the direction of its flow in cycles. The grid supplies AC electricity at a frequency of 50Hz in all Australian states which means that the peak value of the sine wav [..]

Thin-film,photovoltaic material based on silicon. Silicon, doped with other particles, is applied in a thin layer to the substrate of a solar panel. Amorphous silicon has a lower efficiency than cryst [..]

an assembly of electrically connected solar panels that supplies the panels’ combined output.

An alternative photovoltaic material to silicon, used to make thin-film panels.

A system used to concentrate sunlight onto the surface of a solar panel to increase its electrical output.

The ratio of the electric power produced by a solar panel to the power of the sunlight incident on the device.

An alternative photovoltaic material to silicon, used to make thin-film panels.

Mono- or poly- crystalline silicon. Silicon crystals are grown and sawn into wafers to construct solar cells. Cystalline silicon has a more rigid atomic structure than amorphous silicon, which allows [..]