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Middle School - Grades 7-9
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P=Project E=Experiment
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Analyzing Solar Cell Efficiency When Using a Sun Tracker
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Investigate solar homes economic efficiency - how much money it would cost, and how much money we would save over a period of 5, 10 and 20 years.
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Compare solar-powered lighter-than-air technology to rechargeable electric battery and gasoline power systems for cost efficiency and calculate potential utility.
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Test if a simple solar panel steering system might improve panel energy production enough to reduce the overall system cost by requiring fewer panels.
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Efficient concentrators for solar battery chargers that can keep the cost down by reducing the area of solar cells
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Build a homemade solar cell and compare its efficiency to a commercial cell
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Using Water as a Coolant to Increase Solar Panel Efficiency
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V-Groove Solar Cell and Mirror Arrangement for Efficiency Enhancement
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Improving the Efficiency of a Photovoltaic Solar Panel using Flexible Thin-Film Solar Cells
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Will the use of lenses improve the efficiency of a solar panel?
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Compare solar-powered lighter-than-air technology to rechargeable electric battery and gasoline power systems for cost efficiency and calculate potential utility.
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Test various materials in a solar water panel, to see which materials would absorb the most heat to make it the most efficient.
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Find out the efficiency of collecting, storing, and reproducing solar energy to produce artificial light.
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Evaluate how much more efficiently water could be heated by adding electrical energy generated by solar radiation (photovoltaic cells) to a homemade solar water heater.
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Which is more efficient: fuel cells or solar cells?
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Solar or methanol fuel cells - which is more efficient?
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Efficient concentrators for solar battery chargers that can keep the cost down by reducing the area of solar cells
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Renewable Energy Cost & Efficiency Science Fair Projects & Experiments
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High School - Grades 10-12
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P=Project E=Experiment
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Test Photovoltaic Cells vs. Solar Thermal Energy (Stirling Engines) Efficiency
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Can a passive-active photovoltaic micro-tracking orientation system be designed to increase efficiency and decrease cost?
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A new low-cost nanowire solar cell was constructed using environmentally-friendly synthesis, and a new tool was designed for rapid characterization.
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Reducing The Photovoltaic Cost by Using Multijunction Concentrator Solar Cells
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Emulate phototropic qualities in plants to increase the efficiency of photovoltaic panels.
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Renewable Energy Cost & Efficiency Science Fair Projects & Experiments
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Useful Links
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R=Resource
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Science Fair Projects Resources
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Biofuel and Renewable Energy Resources
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Solar Energy (Cells & Panels) Resources
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Electricity Basics
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Electronics Tutorials and Circuits
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Citation Guides, Style Manuals, Reference
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Electrical Safety
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The Solar Car Book
A complete kit for making a cool solar racecar.
Everything is included: wheels, axles, motors, wires and a genuine one-volt solar cell.
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