solar array
Photovoltaic panel collection
A solar array is a collection of solar panels arranged together to convert sunlight into electricity.
The term typically refers to larger installations—rooftop systems, ground-mounted fields, or the panels on spacecraft—rather than a single panel: The solar array powers the entire research station.
Arrays can be fixed or track the sun's movement for maximum efficiency.
- inverterChanges DC to AC
- sunlightRadiance from our star
- battery storageRetained electrical energy capacity
- off gridIndependent of utilities
- satellitesBodies circling larger ones
photovoltaic cell · electricity · kilowatt hours · energy independence · junction box · International Space Station · spacecraft · tracking system · net metering · renewable energy · wiring harness · energy grid · megawatts · rooftop · grid · installation · cells · harvest
- polar facilitiesresearch station, weather station, ice station, base camp, field camp
- green energywind power, renewables, wind turbine, hydropower, geothermal
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit
- power sourceselectricity, wind power, steam, hydro power, nuclear power
- solar energytracking system
- ecovillageecovillage, cohousing, community garden, village council, land trust
solar arraywind turbine
Kinetic air energy converter
nuclear reactor · hydroelectric dam · geothermal plant · wind farm · natural gas plant
solar arraydiesel generator
Fuel-powered electricity producer
natural gas plant · oil refinery · coal mine · oil rig · internal combustion engine