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Solar for Consumers

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Photovoltaics (PV)

  1. Electrical Generation Overview
  2. Arizona Dept. of Commerce "Bright Ideas" Report on PV
  3. Residential PV (Solar Electric) Grid-tie Systems
  4. Residential PV (Solar Electric) Stand-alone Systems

Additional Documents & Links:

  1. SUV vs. PV - Is Solar Energy too Expensive?  You Do the Math!
    Home Power Magazine (PDF) - Aug/Sept 2002
  2. Generation X PV - NREL Report on next generation PV (PDF) - August 2004
  3. Recent Progress and Future Potential for Concentrating PV Power Systems (PDF)
    NREL Report - September 2004
  4. Operation and Maintenance Field Experience for Off-grid Residential PV Systems (PDF)
    Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, Volume 2005; 13:67–74
  5. Springerville, Arizona Solar Array output - Real-time data from Tucson Electric Power (TEP)

Arizona Consumer's Guide to
Buying a Solar Electric System (PDF Format)
This booklet is designed to guide you through the process of buying a solar electric system.

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Passive Solar Energy

1. Passive Solar Energy - The Starting Point
2. Passive Solar Heating and Cooling Design Manual

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Solar Cooking

1. What's cooking?  A Comprehensive Look at Solar Cooking
2. All About Solar Cookers
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Solar Hot Water

  1. A Comprehensive Look at Solar Hot Water | PDF Format
  2. Solar Hot Water: A Primer |  PDF Format
    (used with permission from Home Power Magazine's Ken Olson)
  3. Solar 'Simplified' Hot Water - PDF Format
    (used with permission from  Home Power Magazine's John Patterson)
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