References

These references were included in the Cityscapes Magazine article Questions Answered: Five Facts About Municipal Solar Power, appearing in the June/July 2022 edition.

  • 1. Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, US Department of Energy: Solar Energy in the United States

  • 2. Carbonbrief.org: Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history, confirms IEA

  • 3. Teachengineering.com: Photovoltaic Efficiency: The Temperature Effect

  • 4. ScienceLine, University of California, Santa Barbara: Does temperature affect the amount of energy a solar panel receives? 

  • 5. Smithsonian Magazine: A Brief History of Solar Panels

  • 6. Iowa Environmental Council: Iowa Solar Energy Fact Sheet

  • 7. The New York Times, April 26, 1954: Vast Power of the Sun is Tapped By Battery Using Sand Ingredient; NEW BATTERY TAPS SUN’S VAST POWER

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