Solar Challenge

Solar challenge refers to races between solar powered vehicles, such as:

  • World Solar Challenge, a bi-annual (uneven years) worldwide event in Australia, first held in 1987
  • Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge, an annual event for students from the US and (to a lesser extent) other parts of the world, first held in 1995
  • North American Solar Challenge, a bi-annual (uneven years) US event that includes Canada since 2005
  • Victorian Model Solar Vehicle Challenge, an annual event in Australia for schoolchildren
  • South African Solar Challenge, a bi-annual South African event that is to be held for the first time in 2008
Photovoltaics
Concepts
Technology
  • Photoelectric effect
  • Photovoltaics
  • Solar insolation
  • Solar constant
  • Solar cell efficiency
  • Third generation photovoltaic cell
  • Solar cell research
  • Quantum efficiency of a solar cell
  • Thermophotovoltaic
  • Thermodynamic efficiency limit
  • Sun-free photovoltaics
Materials
  • Cadmium telluride
  • Polarizing organic photovoltaics
  • Polycrystalline silicon photovoltaics
History
  • Growth of photovoltaics
  • Timeline of solar cells
Photovoltaic system
Solar cells
  • Solar cell
  • Solar panel
  • Thin film solar cell
  • Polymer solar cell
  • Nanocrystal solar cell
  • Organic solar cell
  • Quantum dot solar cell
  • Hybrid solar cell
  • Plasmonic solar cell
  • Carbon nanotubes in photovoltaics
  • Dye-sensitized solar cell
  • Cadmium telluride photovoltaics
  • Copper indium gallium selenide solar cells
  • Multijunction photovoltaic cell
  • Printed solar panel
System components
  • Solar charge controller
  • Solar inverter
  • Solar micro-inverter
  • Solar cable
  • Photovoltaic mounting system
  • Maximum power point tracker
  • Solar tracker
  • Solar shingles
  • Solar mirror
System concepts
  • Perturb and observe method
  • Incremental conductance method
  • Constant voltage method
  • Fill factor
  • Concentrated photovoltaics
  • Photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector
  • Space-based solar power
  • Watt-peak
Applications
Appliances
  • Solar-powered refrigerator
  • Solar air conditioning
  • Solar lamp
  • Solar charger
  • Solar backpack
  • Solar tree
  • Solar-powered pump
  • Solar-powered watch
  • Solar Tuki
  • Photovoltaic keyboard
  • Solar road stud
  • Solar cell phone charger
  • Solar notebook
  • Solar powered calculator
  • Solar powered fountain
  • Solar powered radio
  • Solar powered flashlight
  • Solar fan
  • Solar street light
  • Solar traffic light
Land transport
  • Solar vehicle
  • Solar car
  • Solar roadway
  • Solar golf cart
  • The Quiet Achiever
  • Sunmobile
Air transport
  • Electric aircraft
  • Mauro Solar Riser
  • Solar panels on spacecraft
  • Solar-Powered Aircraft Developments Solar One
  • Gossamer Penguin
  • Qinetiq Zephyr
  • Solar Challenger
Water transport
  • Solar boat
Solar vehicle racing
  • Solar car racing
  • List of solar car teams
  • Solar challenge
  • Solar Cup
  • Blue Sky Solar Racing
  • Frisian Solar Challenge
  • Solar Team
  • Solar Splash
  • South African Solar Challenge
  • Tour de Sol
  • World Solar Challenge
  • Hunt-Winston School Solar Car Challenge
  • North American Solar Challenge
  • Victorian Model Solar Vehicle Challenge
Generation systems
PV power station
  • Stand-alone photovoltaic power system
  • Grid-connected photovoltaic power system
  • List of photovoltaic power stations
Individual projects
  • Alamosa photovoltaic power plant
  • Beneixama photovoltaic power plant
  • Blythe Photovoltaic Power Plant
  • Copper Mountain Solar Facility
  • Darro Solar Park
  • Erlasee Solar Park
  • Golmud Solar Park
  • Gottelborn Solar Park
  • Guadarranque solar power plant
  • Köthen Solar Park
  • Moura Photovoltaic Power Station
  • Nevada Solar One
  • Olmedilla Photovoltaic Park
  • Pocking Solar Park
  • Puertollano Photovoltaic Park
  • Topaz Solar Farm
  • Wyandot Solar Facility
Building-mounted
  • Rooftop photovoltaic power station
  • Building-integrated photovoltaics
  • Solar Ark
  • Solar Umbrella house
  • Strasskirchen Solar Park
By country
  • China
  • France
  • Germany
  • India
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
  • USA
PV companies
By country List of countries by photovoltaics production
Individual producers
  • First Solar
  • Hanwha Solarone
  • JA Solar
  • Motech Solar
  • REC
  • Q-Cells
  • Sharp
  • Sungen Solar
  • Sunpower
  • Suntech
  • Trina Solar
  • Yingli Solar
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