Solar System — This article is about the Sun and its planetary system. For other systems, see planetary system and star system. For a list of physical and orbital statistics for the Solar System s largest bodies, see List of gravitationally rounded objects of… … Wikipedia
List of Solar System objects by size — Objects in the Solar System By orbit By size By discovery date … Wikipedia
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research — Abbreviation MPS Formation 1934 (founded as the Luftwaffe test grounds in Rechlin/Mecklenburg) / July 1, 2004 (renamed to the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research) … Wikipedia
Photovoltaic thermal solar collector — A Photovoltaic thermal solar collector is a photovoltaics system that is also a solar thermal collector. PV/T collectors A number of PV/T collectors in different categories are commercially available. The collectors can be divided into the… … Wikipedia
Solar thermal energy — Solar thermal system for water heating in Santorini, Greece … Wikipedia
Solar energy — is the light and radiant heat from the Sun that powers Earth s climate and weather and sustains life. Since ancient times it has been harnessed for human use through a range of technologies. Solar radiation along with secondary solar resources… … Wikipedia
Solar hot water — is water heated by the use of solar energy. Solar heating systems are generally composed of solar thermal collectors, a fluid system to move the heat from the collector to its point of usage. The system may use electricity for pumping the fluid,… … Wikipedia
Solar air conditioning — refers to any air conditioning (cooling) system that uses solar power. This can be done through passive solar, photovoltaic conversion (sun to electricity), or solar thermal energy conversion. The U.S. Energy Independence and Security Act of… … Wikipedia
Solar thermal rocket — Solar thermal propulsion is a form of spacecraft propulsion that makes use of solar power to directly heat reaction mass, and therefore does not require an electrical generator as most other forms of solar powered propulsion do. A solar thermal… … Wikipedia
Solar Tres Power Tower — Solar Tres is a planned 15 MW power plant based on solar thermal energy. It is located west of the city of Écija, in Andalusia, Spain. [ [http://www.nrel.gov/csp/troughnet/pdfs/2007/martin solar tres.pdf NREL CSP Technology Workshop: Solar Tres] … Wikipedia
Solar desalination — is a technique to desalinate water using solar energy. Solar desalination in the modern era extends back to the early 1950s when simple solar stills were studied for remote desert and coastal communities [E Delyannis, 2003, Historic background of … Wikipedia