Are You A Solar Pv Genius?
10 Questions
| Total Attempts: 64
Take our short quiz to determine whether you are a Solar Genius or a Solar Wannabe!
Questions and Answers
- 1.Does solar PV generate electricity when the weather is cloudy?
- A.
No - the sun needs to be shining in order for the system to generate energy
- B.
Nobody knows the answer - it's a solar mystery...
- C.
Yes - the PV system operates with sunlight rather than sunshine
- D.
Answer option 4
- 2.If you installed a 2kW PV system onto a Domestic house - how many panels would you require should you wish to use 250w modules?
- A.
10
- B.
8
- C.
13
- D.
4
- 3.What is the current installation target for Solar PV the Government has set the UK to reach by 2020?
- A.
10GW
- B.
15MW
- C.
20GW
- D.
22GW
- 4.Which country has been in a recent battle with the EU over panel prices?
- A.
Columbia
- B.
China
- C.
America
- D.
Canada
- 5.When did the feed-in tariff first come into effect in the UK?
- A.
2009
- B.
2010
- C.
2011
- D.
2012
- 6.What is the current Feed-In Tariff rate for a standard 50kW PV system using the high rate?
- A.
14.90
- B.
13.50
- C.
12.57
- D.
11.10
- 7.Which of these companies is not a PV panel manufacturer?
- A.
Yingli
- B.
Trina
- C.
Aurora
- D.
Conergy
- 8.If all the energy of the sun shining on the Earth's land mass could be harnessed, it would be enough to meet the world's power needs how many times over?
- A.
6 times
- B.
60 times
- C.
600 times
- D.
6,000 times
- 9.Who was the first person to discover phtovoltaics?
- A.
Charles Fritts
- B.
Edward Weston
- C.
Alexandre Edmond Becquerel
- D.
Nikola Tesla
- 10.Lark Energy have put a bid in for the UK's largest solar farm. How big will this proposed solar farm be?
- A.
20MW
- B.
30MW
- C.
40MW
- D.
50MW
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