The Difference is in What's on Top

Primary Author(s)

Florida Solar Energy Center
Public Information Office

Report Number

FSEC-FS-25

URL

http://publications.energyresearch.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FSEC-FS-25.pdf

Keywords

Photovoltaic cells; Solar energy; Residential solar power; Electricity generation; Solar technology; Energy-efficient homes

Abstract

The three-bedroom, two-bath house on the Florida Solar Energy Center grounds in Cape Canaveral is very much like millions of other homes in the nation with one exception--photovoltaic cells (solar cells) mounted on its south roof convert sunlight to electricity to meet much of the house's power needs.

Photovoltaic cells are truly "magical" devices, a direct product of the modern day, space age technology. Each of this facility's 168 photovoltaic modules contains 35 four-inch-diameter solar cells. In bright sunlight, the entire roof can generate more than 5,000 watts of electricity at a level of about 200 volts.

Date Published

12-4-1980

Identifiers

1582

Subjects

Solar cells; Electric power production; Dwellings--Energy consumption; Renewable energy sources; Solar energy--Technological innovations; Buildings--Environmental engineering

Local Subjects

Photovoltaics

Collection

FSEC Energy Research Center® Collection

STARS Citation

Florida Solar Energy Center and Public Information Office, "The Difference is in What's on Top" (1980). FSEC Energy Research Center®. 1582.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fsec/1582