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Should any of these articles be merged or excerpted?

I wonder whether any of these articles should be merged or excerpted here or with each other:

Concentrated solar power

Solar energy

Solar thermal energy

Solar thermal collector

Solar thermal enhanced oil recovery

Solar water heating

Solar cell

Theory of solar cells

Solar cell efficiency

Thin-film solar cell

Perovskite solar cell

Organic solar cell

Third-generation photovoltaic cell

Multi-junction solar cell

(there are more articles on types of solar cells - see List of types of solar cells)

Photoelectric effect

Photovoltaic effect

Photovoltaics

Intermediate band photovoltaics

Concentrator photovoltaics

Applications of photovoltaics

List of solar-powered products

Growth of photovoltaics

Financial incentives for photovoltaics

Photovoltaic system

Photovoltaic system performance

Soiling (solar energy)

Photovoltaic power station ("solar farm" redirects here. My attempt to rename this to "Solar power plant" was unsuccessful)

Photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector

Thermophotovoltaic

Solar panel

Solar module quality assurance (whereas "solar module" itself redirects to solar panel)

Three-phase micro-inverter

Intelligent hybrid inverter

Solar cable

Solar tracker

Grid-connected photovoltaic power system

Utility-scale solar

Rooftop solar power

For example maybe:

Solar micro-inverter and Three-phase micro-inverter and Intelligent hybrid inverter merge to Solar inverter

Solar cable merge to Photovoltaic system

Soiling (solar energy) merge to Photovoltaic system performance

Photovoltaic power station merge to Utility-scale solar

Grid-connected photovoltaic power system (which says little about utility scale) merge to Rooftop solar power

Solar module quality assurance and Smart module and AC module merge to solar panel

Applications of photovoltaics merge with List of solar-powered products (not sure how as one is list and other article)

Financial incentives for photovoltaics merge to Growth of photovoltaics

Intermediate band photovoltaics merge to Photovoltaic effect

Chidgk1 (talk) 08:17, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I would avoid using excerpts, especially for a high visibility article such as Solar power. Also most of the listed articles are way too detailed for this general article. --Ita140188 (talk) 09:57, 7 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There are too many proposals here. I have some ideas of merges / drastic shortenings to reduce the overlap among the top-level articles. I think excerpt can work for high-visibility articles, but not excerpts of leads (which are unstable/poorly cited, and written in a style unsuitable for the body of articles). Will get back later with two proposals. Femke (talk) 17:40, 7 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Have proposed the 4 part merges at Talk:Solar_inverter#Merger_proposal and Talk:Solar_panel#Merger_proposal Chidgk1 (talk) 17:22, 16 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done the first one Chidgk1 (talk) 14:11, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

and the other Chidgk1 (talk) 07:29, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Merged solar cable to photovoltaic system Chidgk1 (talk) 17:27, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Content moved from climate change mitigation - useful?

I am moving this content from climate change mitigation. Is any of this useful for this article or is it all already in there? Also, I am still a bit confused what would go here and what would go to solar energy.

Solar energy

Solar photovoltaics (PV) has become the cheapest way to produce electric energy in many regions of the world, with production costs down to 0.015 US$/KWh in desert regions.^[2] The growth of photovoltaics is exponential and has doubled every three years since the 1990s. In the summer, PV power generation follows the daily demand curve.^[3]
A different technology is concentrated solar power (CSP) using mirrors or lenses to concentrate a large area of sunlight onto a receiver. With CSP, the energy can be stored for a few hours, providing supply in the evening. This can outweigh the higher costs compared to PV.
Solar water heating has doubled between 2010 and 2019. Total installed solar water heating systems provide a capacity of 501 GW_th, with 67% of the global share in China.^[4] Photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collectors combine PV and solar heating.
Floating solar^[5]^[6]
Solar panels over canals^[7]^[8]
Agrivoltaics^[9]^[10]^[11]

EMsmile (talk) 22:38, 11 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Cartlidge, Edwin (18 November 2011). "Saving for a rainy day". Science. 334 (6058): 922–24. Bibcode:2011Sci...334..922C. doi:10.1126/science.334.6058.922. PMID 22096185.
^ "KAHRAMAA and Siraj Energy Sign Agreements for Al-Kharsaah Solar PV Power Plant" (Press release). Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation "KAHRAMAA". Retrieved 26 January 2020.
^ "Electricity Production in Germany Week 29/2021". Retrieved 26 July 2021.
^ "Renewables 2021 Global Status Report" (PDF). REN21. pp. 137–138. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ Almeida, Rafael M.; Schmitt, Rafael; Grodsky, Steven M.; Flecker, Alexander S.; Gomes, Carla P.; Zhao, Lu; Liu, Haohui; Barros, Nathan; Kelman, Rafael; McIntyre, Peter B. (June 2022). "Floating solar power could help fight climate change — let's get it right". Nature. 606 (7913): 246–249. doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01525-1. PMID 35672509. S2CID 249465577.
^ Spencer, Robert S.; Macknick, Jordan; Aznar, Alexandra; Warren, Adam; Reese, Matthew O. (11 December 2018). "Floating Photovoltaic Systems: Assessing the Technical Potential of Photovoltaic Systems on Man-Made Water Bodies in the Continental United States". Environmental Science and Technology. 53 (3): 1680–1689. doi:10.1021/acs.est.8b04735. OSTI 1489330. PMID 30532953. S2CID 54471924. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
^ McKuin, Brandi; Zumkehr, Andrew; Ta, Jenny; Bales, Roger; Viers, Joshua H.; Pathak, Tapan; Campbell, J. Elliott (July 2021). "Energy and water co-benefits from covering canals with solar panels". Nature Sustainability. 4 (7): 609–617. doi:10.1038/s41893-021-00693-8. ISSN 2398-9629. S2CID 232273487.
^ Bales, Roger. "First solar canal project is a win for water, energy, air and climate in California". The Conversation. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
^ Adeh, Elnaz H.; Good, Stephen P.; Calaf, M.; Higgins, Chad W. (7 August 2019). "Solar PV Power Potential is Greatest Over Croplands". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 11442. Bibcode:2019NatSR...911442A. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-47803-3. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 6685942. PMID 31391497.
^ Barron-Gafford, Greg A.; Pavao-Zuckerman, Mitchell A.; Minor, Rebecca L.; Sutter, Leland F.; Barnett-Moreno, Isaiah; Blackett, Daniel T.; Thompson, Moses; Dimond, Kirk; Gerlak, Andrea K.; Nabhan, Gary P.; Macknick, Jordan E. (September 2019). "Agrivoltaics provide mutual benefits across the food–energy–water nexus in drylands". Nature Sustainability. 2 (9): 848–855. doi:10.1038/s41893-019-0364-5. ISSN 2398-9629. OSTI 1567040. S2CID 202557709.
^ Weselek, Axel; Ehmann, Andrea; Zikeli, Sabine; Lewandowski, Iris; Schindele, Stephan; Högy, Petra (19 June 2019). "Agrophotovoltaic systems: applications, challenges, and opportunities. A review". Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 39 (4): 35. doi:10.1007/s13593-019-0581-3. ISSN 1773-0155. S2CID 195064177.

EMsmile (talk) 22:38, 11 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Add a category for the potential for solar power in mobile devices

I have over 12 years of experience on this. https://iotmote.substack.com/p/remaking-the-nokia-6110-and-psion Request to cross Link Shortwave radio Wikipedia article, low power SDR-based microcontrollers with Solar power and mobile phones, as an example of Technological Convergence (also cross link). (similar to how camcorders were added to cell phones in the early 00s), under the "Political Issues" of the main Solar Power wikipedia article. Tetraxho (talk) 18:07, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to edit but be sure to cite and don’t be surprised if someone rejects substack as a cite Chidgk1 (talk) 13:05, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Remove concentrated solar power

I think we should remove it from the article. It's a rounding error, less than 1% of the total. With current growth rates photovoltaics are adding twice that much, every single month, and that percentage is only going down over time, and dealing with it is taking up valuable space in the article out of all proportion.

If it's only producing 1% of the power, as a starting point for discussion, I think it should only take up 1% of the article, at most.

While I think it's a neat technology, I think we just need to be realistic and relegate it to a top note that directs us to concentrated solar power. GliderMaven (talk) 20:14, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Cost

Solar power is not free. Solar power has to be captured; capture has a cost. Oil and gas power is not free. Oil and gas power has to be captured; capture is the cost. 98.181.50.194 (talk) 16:48, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Huh? Chidgk1 (talk) 17:29, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Let me explain further... Costs can be tangible or intangible but not both. 98.181.50.194 (talk) 11:07, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Cartlidge, Edwin (18 November 2011). "Saving for a rainy day". Science. 334 (6058): 922–24. Bibcode:2011Sci...334..922C. doi:10.1126/science.334.6058.922. PMID 22096185.

[2] "KAHRAMAA and Siraj Energy Sign Agreements for Al-Kharsaah Solar PV Power Plant" (Press release). Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation "KAHRAMAA". Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[3] "Electricity Production in Germany Week 29/2021". Retrieved 26 July 2021.

[4] "Renewables 2021 Global Status Report" (PDF). REN21. pp. 137–138. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

[5] Almeida, Rafael M.; Schmitt, Rafael; Grodsky, Steven M.; Flecker, Alexander S.; Gomes, Carla P.; Zhao, Lu; Liu, Haohui; Barros, Nathan; Kelman, Rafael; McIntyre, Peter B. (June 2022). "Floating solar power could help fight climate change — let's get it right". Nature. 606 (7913): 246–249. doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01525-1. PMID 35672509. S2CID 249465577.

[6] Spencer, Robert S.; Macknick, Jordan; Aznar, Alexandra; Warren, Adam; Reese, Matthew O. (11 December 2018). "Floating Photovoltaic Systems: Assessing the Technical Potential of Photovoltaic Systems on Man-Made Water Bodies in the Continental United States". Environmental Science and Technology. 53 (3): 1680–1689. doi:10.1021/acs.est.8b04735. OSTI 1489330. PMID 30532953. S2CID 54471924. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

[7] McKuin, Brandi; Zumkehr, Andrew; Ta, Jenny; Bales, Roger; Viers, Joshua H.; Pathak, Tapan; Campbell, J. Elliott (July 2021). "Energy and water co-benefits from covering canals with solar panels". Nature Sustainability. 4 (7): 609–617. doi:10.1038/s41893-021-00693-8. ISSN 2398-9629. S2CID 232273487.

[8] Bales, Roger. "First solar canal project is a win for water, energy, air and climate in California". The Conversation. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

[9] Adeh, Elnaz H.; Good, Stephen P.; Calaf, M.; Higgins, Chad W. (7 August 2019). "Solar PV Power Potential is Greatest Over Croplands". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 11442. Bibcode:2019NatSR...911442A. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-47803-3. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 6685942. PMID 31391497.

[10] Barron-Gafford, Greg A.; Pavao-Zuckerman, Mitchell A.; Minor, Rebecca L.; Sutter, Leland F.; Barnett-Moreno, Isaiah; Blackett, Daniel T.; Thompson, Moses; Dimond, Kirk; Gerlak, Andrea K.; Nabhan, Gary P.; Macknick, Jordan E. (September 2019). "Agrivoltaics provide mutual benefits across the food–energy–water nexus in drylands". Nature Sustainability. 2 (9): 848–855. doi:10.1038/s41893-019-0364-5. ISSN 2398-9629. OSTI 1567040. S2CID 202557709.

[11] Weselek, Axel; Ehmann, Andrea; Zikeli, Sabine; Lewandowski, Iris; Schindele, Stephan; Högy, Petra (19 June 2019). "Agrophotovoltaic systems: applications, challenges, and opportunities. A review". Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 39 (4): 35. doi:10.1007/s13593-019-0581-3. ISSN 1773-0155. S2CID 195064177.

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