PolyU Library
Journal Call no.TD171.5.H6O53
AuthorBarlow, David.
Article TitleLet a hundres solar panels bloom / David Barlow.
Is Part OfOne earth ; no.19, Sum 1993, p.12-13, illus.
AbstractIt is reliable, versatile, and an increasingly cost-effective system of producing electricity. It is photovoltaics (known to those in the trade as PV) - the conversion of sunlight into electricity. The one disadvantage of photovoltaics is that, for large scale projects, it requires a considerable amount of land to erect the photovoltaic modules. This presents a major problem in Hong Kong.