SOLAR ENERGY

Solar energy is used to:

• generate electricity and produce hot water

• generate electricity

• produce hot water

• sunbathe (prendere il sole), generate electricity and produce hot water

There are three systems you can use to produce electricity and hot water from solar energy and they are:

• solar cells, solar panels, concentrated solar power

• solar panels, concentrated solar power and solar energy

• solar bells, solar camels, concentrated solar power

• cells, panels and power

Solar cells convert light energy directly into __________ energy.

Solar panels do not generate electricity, but rather they heat up _____.

Solar cells work:

• only by night

• only during the day.

• during the day and by night

Concentrated solar power are systems that generate electricity by using _______ or lenses to concentrate a large area of sunlight onto a receiver.

Solar energy:

• is a non renewable energy.

• is a renewable energy.

• is a polluting energy.

Solar energy:

• releases green house gases.

• doesn't release any green house gases.

• releases clean gases.