Tran 1 Solar Energy About 47 percent of the energy that the sun releases to the earth actually reaches the ground. About a third is reflected directly back into space by the atmosphere. The time in which solar energy is available, is also the time we least need it least - daytime. Because the sun's energy cannot be stored for use another time, we need to convert the suns energy into an energy that can be stored. …showed first 75 words of 1471 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1471 total…rough mass production and new technological advances in semiconductors. Bibliography Tran 6 Bibliography 1) Green, Martin Solar Cells, Operating Principles, Technology and System Applications. New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, 1989. pg 104-106 2) Hovel, Howard Solar Cells, Semiconductors and Semimetals. New York, Academic Press, 1990. pg 334-339 3) Newham, Michael ,"Photovoltaics, The Sunrise Industry", Solar Energy, October 1, 1989, pp 253-256 4) Pulfrey, Donald Photovoltaic Power Generation. Oxford, Van Norstrand Co., 1988. pg 56-61 5) Treble, Fredrick Generating Electricity from the Sun. New York, Pergamon Press, 1991. pg 192-195