Energy Sources Project: Photovoltaic (PV) Solar
Important Reminders...
CITING INFORMATION
- You may not simply copy and paste information from notes, the internet, or other students. It must be put in your own words.
- You must include a list of sources you used for each slide in the speaker comments on the slide. It does not need to be in MLA or APA format, just include the name of the source and a link to it. "Google", "Yahoo Answers", etc. are not the names of any source.
- You should start with Google Slides of notes, classwork, and resources on this website. If you found a source not on this list and want to use it, let me know and we will vet it together.
BEWARE OF BIASED SOURCES
Energy is a very complex and political issue, so most of the information on the internet is biased (not balanced, influenced by opinion). The websites below are good places to start for information... but some are made and paid for by industry, making them biased (I put "BIASED" after their name in the advantages/challenges section). They tend to have misleading information that focuses on the advantages and ignores and downplays the challenges. Occasionally they have misinformation (wrong/lies). This is especially the case when a source of electricity is claimed to be "green", "clean", or "better for the environment". I tried to avoid websites that have a lot of misinformation, but many have a little. How can you tell? You should always consider the source of your information and compare it to other ones that are either unbiased or biased the other way!
LINKS TO INFORMATION ABOUT PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) SOLAR
Unit Notes and Study Guides:
- Unit 1: Energy Types, LOL Diagrams
- Unit 2: States of Matter, Phase Changes, Phase Change Diagrams and LOLs
- Unit 3: Periodic Table, Subatomic Particles
- Unit 4: Chemical Bonding- Ionic and Metallic- Conductors/Insulators
- Unit 5: Chemical Bonding- Covalent and Hydrogen, Polarity
- Unit 6: Materials Science
- Midyear Review Unit: Sources of Electrical Energy Project
- Semester 1 Full Study Guide
How photovoltaic (PV) solar power works:
- Class notes about PV Solar
- US Energy Information Administration:
- Solar general info
- Photovoltaic solar info specifically about PV panels
- The National Energy Education Development Project:
- US Department of Energy:
- Solar Basics
- How Photovoltaic Cells Work and video (video also embedded below)
- Environmental Protection Agency (This part of the site was created in 2011 and removed in 2013. The link here is to an archived version.):
- Solar Energy (only focus on photovoltaic, ignore solar thermal- that's different and I'm not asking you about it)
- Union of Concerned Scientists:
Department of Energy video:
TED Ed video (we watched most of it in class):
How much and where photovoltaic (PV) solar power is used for electricity in the US, MA, Hingham:
- Class Notes:
- Maps and just a Google Doc of the Sankey Diagrams (made using: US Energy Information Administration: Energy Use by Region of the U.S. and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Sankey Diagrams if you want to explore them on your own for fun)
- Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant:
- Annual Reports (how much of each source of electricity Hingham uses)
- HHS Solar Panel Reports (for data about which seasons and weather are best for solar panels)
- US Department of Energy:
- Solar Radiation (when solar panels work best)
- US Energy Information Administration:
Benefits and concerns of photovoltaic (PV) solar power:
- US Energy Information Administration:
- US Department of Energy:
- How Photovoltaic Cells Work and video (end talks about advantages, video also embedded above)
- Union of Concerned Scientists (BIASED):
- World Nuclear Association (BIASED):