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Solar photovoltaics and Sunlight

Energy flows from sunlight to solar photovoltaics.

Solar photovoltaics (energy) and Sunlight (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Energy flow

Physical flow · 82% of flow · Sunlight → Solar photovoltaics

Photovoltaic cells turn sunlight directly into electricity.

  • 82% of Sunlight's energy goes this way

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