Plugging into the Sun - Arizona Solar Center - Your Guide to Solar and Other Renewable Energy Sources in Arizona

Plugging into the Sun

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Movie Summary:

This video explores the various uses for photovoltaics cells. From the solar powered calculator to radios, water pumping, street lighting and household use, the photovoltaic cell has found a wide variety of niches throughout modern day society.

Runtime is 2 minutes 26 seconds.

Video and audio script (PDF)

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Notes on Video Downloads:

For all download formats, it is possible to save the video to your local drive prior to viewing ("right click" on the download link and select "save as" or "save link as"). Saving the video to a local drive (and not streaming the video) may provide better playback quality.
To play, click link normally (appropriate player must be configured on your computer).
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Video produced by the Arizona Department of Commerce Energy Office under a
grant from the Million Solar Roof program of the US Department of Energy.