Solar Mango’s Solar Dictionary is a comprehensive, layman-friendly guide to solar energy terms. The Dictionary provides definitions for the key and most common terms used in the solar energy sector in a simple and easy-to-understand manner.
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| Earthing |
| Energy Audit |
| Energy Payback Period |
| Energy Payback Time |
| EPC Company (Engineering Procurement and Construction) |
| Equalization |
| Equinox |
| EVA (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate) |
| Facade Installation |
| Feed In Tariff |
| Fill Factor |
| Fixed Tilt Array |
| Flat-plate Photovoltaics |
| Float Charge |
| Full Sun |
| Gallium Arsenide |
| Gel Battery |
| Gigawatt |
| Gigawatt-hour (GWh) |
| Glass/Glass Laminate |
| Grid |
| Grid-tied Solar Power System |
| Grid Parity |
| Heterojunction |
| High Voltage Disconnect |
| Hot spot |
| Hybrid System |
| Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon |
| I Type Semiconductor |
| IGBT |
| Infrared radiation |
| Ingots |
| Interconnection |
| Inverter Efficiency |
| Inverter/PCU |
| Irradiance |
| Irradiation |
| Islanding |
| I-V Curve |
| Junction Box |
| Kerf |
| Kilo watt |
| kW Peak |
| KWh |
| LT panel |
| Lamination |
| LCOE (Levelised Cost of Energy) |
| Lead Acid Battery |
| Life-cycle Cost |
| Light Induced Defects |
| Light trapping |
| Load |
| Load Forecast |
| Micro Inverters |
| Module |
| Module Derate Factor |
| Mono-crystalline Cells |
| Mounting Structures |
| MPPT |
| Multi-crystalline/ m-Si |
| Multi-junction Solar Cells |
| MWh |
| Net metering |
| Nickel Cadmium Battery |
| Nominal Power |
| Nominal/Normal Operating Cell Temperature(NOCT) |
| N-type Semiconductor |
| Off-grid |
| One Axis Tracking |
| On-grid |
| Open Circuit Voltage (Voc) |
| Orientation |
| Output . |
| Overcharging |
| Qualification Tests |
| Quartz Sand |
| Rated Output |
| Reactive Power |
| Reflection Losses |
| Reverse Current Protection |
| Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) |
| Resistive voltage drop |
| Ribbon PV Cells |
| Rooftop Grid-tied |
| Rooftop Solar |
| Ultraviolet |
| Unit |
| Upgraded metallurgical-grade Silicon (UMG-Si) |
| Utility |
| Utility Interactive Inverter |
| Vacuum Evaporation |
| Valence Band |
| Vertical Multi-Junction Cell |
| Vmp (Voltage at Max Power Point) |
| VRLA (Valve Regulated Lead Acid) Battery |
| Voltage |
| Wafer |
| Watt-hour |
| Watt Peak (Wp) |
| Wet Cell Batteries |
| Wheeling Charges |
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| Zenith Angle |
