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unusual facts about solar panels



Aeroflex Motion Control Products

Aeroflex Motion Control Products designed controllers and actuators used aboard the MRO Spacecraft (Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) to control the Solar Panels and High Gain Antenna.

Gateacre Community Comprehensive School

The new building would cost over £35 million and plans have been made to include high tech features such as solar panels, wind turbines and a cyber cafe.

Keith Bradsher

He is also known for writing extensively in 2009 and 2010 that China was passing the West in the production of wind turbines and solar panels, and for his coverage in November and December, 2013, of the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.


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Adidas Telstar

The name came from the Telstar communications satellite, which was roughly spherical and dotted with solar panels, somewhat similar in appearance to the football.

Antipodes Water Company

It has developed a wetland and replanted native kahikatea forest on the land surrounding the bottling facility, and has cut its energy use by installing solar panels that heat water for its laboratory and testing facilities.

ATS-6

The antenna feeds (in C, S, L, UHF and VHF bands) were placed on the spacecraft body, facing the antenna reflector, and linked to the antenna and the solar panels masts by a carbon-fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) truss.

Canal Solar Power Project

Abdullah said Damodar Valley Corporation, which has over 2000 Kilometre of canal network, will follow Gujarat's lead and mount solar panels that can generate up to 1,000 MW electricity.

Endangered Planet Foundation

Additional activities aimed at raising awareness of environmental and humanitarian issues included supporting Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, promoting/co-funding Sailors Without Borders in its mission to bring aid (such as solar panels and much-needed goods) to the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and a collaboration connecting arts with the environment known as the “Environmental Mile” which toured internationally as part of the Art Miles Mural Project (AMMP).

Inkjet solar cell

Some inkjet solar cells use the material CIGS which has more solar efficiency than the traditional silicon solar panels.

Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive

Cadmium in Solar panels - Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film PV modules in photovoltaic panels are explicitly allowed by RoHS to contain unlimited cadmium, even though cadmium is restricted in all other electronics.

Sungevity

The campaign highlighted the fact that President Jimmy Carter had installed solar panels on the White House in 1979, at the same time he introduced several solar incentives.