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-# Solar electricity
+This topic is part of [[gt:power|Power & heating]].
+====== Solar electricity ======
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-## What is solar electricity?
+===== What is solar electricity? =====
 Solar electricity is the generation of electricity from the power of the sun, via photovoltaic (PV) cells. It is different from [solar water heating](/watr/water), where water passes through panels to be heated directly, and no electricity is generated.
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-## What are the benefits of solar electricity?
+===== What are the benefits of solar electricity? =====
 As a renewable source of energy, the main environmental benefits of PV are based on the fact that it doesn't cause the problems that other types of electricity generation do.
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-## What can I do?
+===== What can I do? =====
 First, learn as much as you can. Here’s our free [online course](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/solar-electricity-course/) on all aspects of solar electricity. The tutor is Andy Reynolds of [theInfoWorks](https://www.youtube.com/@TheInfoworks). Note that the course is slowly slipping out of date, but there's lots of free information on there that you might find useful.
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-## Further resources
+===== Forum =====
+This topic belongs to the section [[gt:power|Power & heating]]. You can ask questions or add information on the corresponding [Forum section](https://forum.growingthecommons.org/t/power).
+===== Further resources =====
 - free [online course](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/solar-electricity-course/) on all aspects of solar electricity. The tutor is Andy Reynolds of [theInfoWorks](https://www.youtube.com/@TheInfoworks). Note that the course is slowly slipping out of date, but there's lots of free information on there that you might find useful.
+- [Energy Saving Trust](https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/advice/solar-panels/) - advice on installing solar panels
+- [Dwellow](https://www.dwellow.co.uk/blog/solar-panel-payback-period?utm_content=&utm_term=&gad_campaignid=22643419581) - average payback time for solar panels
+- [International Solar Energy Society](https://www.ises.org/) - promoting solar energy
+- [Microgeneration Certification Scheme](https://mcscertified.com/) - standards
+- [Solar Energy UK](https://solarenergyuk.org/) - trade association
+- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photovoltaics) - photovoltaics
+===== Related topics =====
+- [[wind:Wind generators]]
+- [[sail:Sail boats]]
+- [[nrbo:Narrowboats]]
+- [[solr:Solar cookers]]
+- [[sohw:Solar hot water]]
+- [[lien:energy|Low-impact energy]]
+- [[batt:Batteries]]
+- [[roof:Roofing]]
+- [[grel:Green electricity]]
+- [[coen:Community energy]]
-## Specialist curators of this topic
+===== Specialist curators of this topic =====