Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in /usr/home/suntracker/public_html/j4.azsolarcenter.org/administrator/components/com_easyblog/includes/string/string.php on line 442

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in /usr/home/suntracker/public_html/j4.azsolarcenter.org/administrator/components/com_easyblog/includes/string/string.php on line 444

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in /usr/home/suntracker/public_html/j4.azsolarcenter.org/administrator/components/com_easyblog/includes/string/string.php on line 445

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in /usr/home/suntracker/public_html/j4.azsolarcenter.org/administrator/components/com_easyblog/includes/string/string.php on line 446
Solar for Consumers - Arizona Solar Center - Arizona Solar Center Blog

Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in /usr/home/suntracker/public_html/j4.azsolarcenter.org/administrator/components/com_easyblog/includes/post/post.php on line 3658

Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in /usr/home/suntracker/public_html/j4.azsolarcenter.org/administrator/components/com_easyblog/includes/post/post.php on line 3658

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in /usr/home/suntracker/public_html/j4.azsolarcenter.org/media/foundry/5.0/libraries/lessc.php on line 780

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in /usr/home/suntracker/public_html/j4.azsolarcenter.org/media/foundry/5.0/libraries/lessc.php on line 1915

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in /usr/home/suntracker/public_html/j4.azsolarcenter.org/media/foundry/5.0/libraries/lessc.php on line 2622

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in /usr/home/suntracker/public_html/j4.azsolarcenter.org/media/foundry/5.0/libraries/lessc.php on line 2676

Arizona Solar Center Blog

Commentary from Arizona Solar Center Board Members and invited contributors.

While blog entries are initiated by the Solar Center, we welcome dialogue around the posted topics. Your expertise and perspective are highly valued -- so if you haven't logged in and contributed, please do so!
Font size: + –
Subscribe to this blog post
Print

Solar for Consumers

Technology & Science - For Consumers
38426 Hits

pv

Photovoltaics (PV)

  1. Electrical Generation Overview - PV and Solar Thermal
  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.

b-w

winter

Passive Solar Energy

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

cook-90

Solar Cooking

1. What's cooking?  A Comprehensive Look at Solar Cooking
2. All About Solar Cookers
hot-water

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)
Tweet
Student Competitions
Solar for Consumers - Electrical Generation - PV &...