All About Solar

Contents
1.0			All About Sunlight
	1.1		The UK and Eire Solar Resource
	1.2		Seasonal Variation of Solar Energy
	1.3		Tilt and Orientation
2.0			The Different Forms of Solar Energy
	2.1		Passive Solar Gain
	2.2		Solar Thermal
	2.3		Concentrating Solar Power
	2.4		Photovoltaic Solar
3.0			Solar Heating
	3.1		The Different Types of Solar Thermal Panel
		3.1.1	Flat Plate Solar Panels
		3.1.2	Evacuated Tube Solar Panels
	3.2		The Efficiency of Solar Thermal Panels
	3.3		The Seasons and Solar Heating
	3.4		The Effect of Tilt Angle and Orientation on Solar Heating
	3.5		Solar Thermal Sizing
	3.6		Solar Plumbing Arrangements
		3.6.1	Drain-back solar system
		3.6.2	Pressurised solar system
		3.6.3	Special Requirements for Solar Plumbing
	3.7		Solar Water Heating
		3.7.1	How a Twin Coil Cylinder Works
	3.8		Solar Space Heating
4.0			Solar Photovoltaics
	4.1		The Photovoltaic Effect
		4.1.1	Theoretical Limits to PV Efficiency
	4.2		PV Cells
		4.2.1	PV Solar Cell Efficiencies
	4.3		Construction of the PV Solar Panel
	4.4		The Performance of PV Panels
	4.5		The Inverter
	4.6		The PV System
	4.7		PV Sizing and Self Consumption

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