Glossary

Glossary of Solar Energy Terms

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Items starting with S

Sacrificial Anode

Satellite Power System (SPS)

Schottky Barrier

Scribing

Sealed Battery

Seasonal Depth of Discharge

Secondary Battery

Selective Coatings

Self-Discharge

Semiconductor

Semicrystalline

Series Connection

Series Controller

Series Regulator

Series Resistance

Shallow-Cycle Battery

Shelf Life of Batteries

Short-Circuit Current (Isc)

Shunt Controller

Shunt Regulator

Siemens Process

Silicon (Si)

Sine Wave

Sine Wave Inverter

Single-Crystal Material

Single-Crystal Silicon

Single-Stage Controller

Sizing

Socket Parity

Solar Cell

Solar Constant

Solar Cooling

Solar Electric Systems

Solar Energy

Solar Insolation

Solar Irradiance

Solar Noon

Solar Oven

Solar Panel

Solar Resource

Solar Spectrum

Solar Thermal Collector

Solar Tiles

Solar Water Heater

Solar-Grade Silicon

Space Charge

Specific Gravity

Spinning Reserve

Split-Spectrum Cell

Sputtering

Square Wave

Square Wave Inverter

Staebler-Wronski Effect

Stand-Alone System

Stand-Off Mounting

Standard Reporting Conditions (SRC)

Standard Test Conditions (STC)

Standby Current

Starved Electrolyte Cell

State-of-Charge (SOC)

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