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Solar Energy
1.0 Solar energy
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The direct use of solar energy
1.2.1 Thermal Solar collectors
1.2.2 Flat-plate collectors
1.2.3 Evacuated plate collectors 
1.2.4 Evacuated tube collectors
1.2.5 Photovoltaic solar enegy
1.2.6 PV cell
1.2.7 PV panel and PV array

CLASSIFYING SILICON
2.0 Classifying silicon

SOLAR CELLS
3.1 Classifying solar cells
3.2 Advantages of solar cells
3.3 Disadvantages of solar cells

THE APPLICATION OF SOLAR PANELS IN A PV SYSTEM
4.0 The application of solar panels in a PV system
4.1 Facts and figures of solar energy
4.2 The AM value
4.3 The insolation of sun light
4.4 Peak sun hours

ELECTRIC ESSENTIALS AND RELATIONSHIPS IN SOLAR PANELS
5.1 Current delivery and energy consumption
5.2 DC formulae

PV - INSTALLATIONS
6.0 PV – installations
6.1 From PV cell upto PV Array
6.2 The design of a PV panel
6.3 A PV system with a storage facility
6.4 Various PV systems