Solar Power Basics
What is the main component used to convert sunlight into electricity?
What is a photovoltaic (PV) cell?
Wind energy is primarily generated using what type of machine?
What is a wind turbine?
What is the most common form of hydropower?
What is a dam?
What type of light bulb is more energy-efficient, incandescent or LED?
What is LED?
What is the name of Jamaica’s largest solar energy plant?
What is the Content Solar Farm?
Solar power is most efficient in which type of climate?
What is a sunny and dry climate?
Which country produces the most wind energy in the world?
What is China?
What is pumped hydro storage?
What is a system that stores energy by pumping water to a higher elevation?
What is a “smart grid”?
What is a modernized electrical grid that uses digital communication to optimize efficiency?
Which energy source accounts for the largest share of Jamaica’s electricity generation?
What is oil?
What is the typical lifespan of a solar panel?
What is 25 to 30 years?
What is the term for the amount of electricity a wind turbine generates compared to its maximum potential?
What is capacity factor?
What is the largest hydropower plant in the world?
What is the Three Gorges Dam in China?
What household appliance typically consumes the most electricity?
What is the air conditioner?
What percentage of Jamaica’s electricity comes from renewable sources?
What is around 17-20%?
What does the term “solar inverter” refer to?
What is a device that converts DC electricity to AC electricity?
At what wind speed does a typical wind turbine start generating electricity?
What is 6-9 mph (cut-in speed)?
What percentage of global electricity is generated by hydropower?
What is around 16%?
What is the term for the amount of energy used by devices even when they are turned off but plugged in?
What is phantom load or standby power?
Name a renewable energy project supported by the Jamaican government.
What is the Wigton Wind Farm?
Name one advantage of using a monocrystalline solar panel over a polycrystalline one.
What is higher efficiency?
What is the name of the phenomenon where wind speed increases at higher altitudes?
What is wind shear?
In Jamaica, what is the name of one of the main hydroelectric power plants?
What is the Maggotty Hydroelectric Plant?
Name two ways to improve energy efficiency in buildings.
What are better insulation and energy-efficient windows?
What is Jamaica’s target year to reach 50% renewable energy?
What is 2030?