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What was the name of the inventor who built a solar engine in 1897? | <text>What was the name of the inventor who built a solar engine in 1897?</text><reasoning>In 1897, Frank Shuman, a U.S. inventor, engineer and solar energy pioneer built a small demonstration solar engine that worked by reflecting solar energy onto square boxes filled with ether, which has a lower boiling point than w... |
In what year was the Sun Power Company formed? | <text>In what year was the Sun Power Company formed?</text><reasoning>In 1897, Frank Shuman, a U.S. inventor, engineer and solar energy pioneer built a small demonstration solar engine that worked by reflecting solar energy onto square boxes filled with ether, which has a lower boiling point than water, and were fitted... |
Shuman patented his solar engine system in what year? | <text>Shuman patented his solar engine system in what year?</text><reasoning>In 1897, Frank Shuman, a U.S. inventor, engineer and solar energy pioneer built a small demonstration solar engine that worked by reflecting solar energy onto square boxes filled with ether, which has a lower boiling point than water, and were... |
Who is Frank Shuman? | <text>Who is Frank Shuman?</text><reasoning>In 1897, Frank Shuman, a U.S. inventor, engineer and solar energy pioneer built a small demonstration solar engine that worked by reflecting solar energy onto square boxes filled with ether, which has a lower boiling point than water, and were fitted internally with black pip... |
In what year did solar engine build his solar engine? | <text>In what year did solar engine build his solar engine?</text><reasoning>In 1897, Frank Shuman, a U.S. inventor, engineer and solar energy pioneer built a small demonstration solar engine that worked by reflecting solar energy onto square boxes filled with ether, which has a lower boiling point than water, and were... |
What was the solar engine used to power? | <text>What was the solar engine used to power?</text><reasoning>In 1897, Frank Shuman, a U.S. inventor, engineer and solar energy pioneer built a small demonstration solar engine that worked by reflecting solar energy onto square boxes filled with ether, which has a lower boiling point than water, and were fitted inter... |
In what year was the Sun Power Company established? | <text>In what year was the Sun Power Company established?</text><reasoning>In 1897, Frank Shuman, a U.S. inventor, engineer and solar energy pioneer built a small demonstration solar engine that worked by reflecting solar energy onto square boxes filled with ether, which has a lower boiling point than water, and were f... |
In what year did Frank Shuman patent his solar engine? | <text>In what year did Frank Shuman patent his solar engine?</text><reasoning>In 1897, Frank Shuman, a U.S. inventor, engineer and solar energy pioneer built a small demonstration solar engine that worked by reflecting solar energy onto square boxes filled with ether, which has a lower boiling point than water, and wer... |
Each year the Earth absorbs how much solar energy in exajoules? | <text>Each year the Earth absorbs how much solar energy in exajoules?</text><reasoning>The total solar energy absorbed by Earth's atmosphere, oceans and land masses is approximately 3,850,000 exajoules (EJ) per year. In 2002, this was more energy in one hour than the world used in one year. Photosynthesis captures appr... |
In 2002, the Sun provided more energy in one hour than humans used in what span of time? | <text>In 2002, the Sun provided more energy in one hour than humans used in what span of time?</text><reasoning>The total solar energy absorbed by Earth's atmosphere, oceans and land masses is approximately 3,850,000 exajoules (EJ) per year. In 2002, this was more energy in one hour than the world used in one year. Pho... |
How much energy in exajoules does photosynthesis capture each year? | <text>How much energy in exajoules does photosynthesis capture each year?</text><reasoning>The total solar energy absorbed by Earth's atmosphere, oceans and land masses is approximately 3,850,000 exajoules (EJ) per year. In 2002, this was more energy in one hour than the world used in one year. Photosynthesis captures ... |
Twice the amount of energy obtainable by all the non-renewable sources on Earth can be provided by the Sun in what span of time? | <text>Twice the amount of energy obtainable by all the non-renewable sources on Earth can be provided by the Sun in what span of time?</text><reasoning>The total solar energy absorbed by Earth's atmosphere, oceans and land masses is approximately 3,850,000 exajoules (EJ) per year. In 2002, this was more energy in one ... |
What is the amount of solar energy absorbed by the earth? | <text>What is the amount of solar energy absorbed by the earth?</text><reasoning>The total solar energy absorbed by Earth's atmosphere, oceans and land masses is approximately 3,850,000 exajoules (EJ) per year. In 2002, this was more energy in one hour than the world used in one year. Photosynthesis captures approximat... |
How much solar energy is captured by photosynthesis? | <text>How much solar energy is captured by photosynthesis?</text><reasoning>The total solar energy absorbed by Earth's atmosphere, oceans and land masses is approximately 3,850,000 exajoules (EJ) per year. In 2002, this was more energy in one hour than the world used in one year. Photosynthesis captures approximately 3... |
The amount of solar energy per year is twice as much as the energy that will ever be produced from what resources? | <text>The amount of solar energy per year is twice as much as the energy that will ever be produced from what resources?</text><reasoning>The total solar energy absorbed by Earth's atmosphere, oceans and land masses is approximately 3,850,000 exajoules (EJ) per year. In 2002, this was more energy in one hour than the w... |
When was Go Set a Watchman introduced to the public? | <text>When was Go Set a Watchman introduced to the public?</text><reasoning>An earlier draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, titled Go Set a Watchman, was controversially released on July 14, 2015. This draft, which was completed in 1957, is set 20 years after the time period depicted in To Kill a Mockingbird but is not a co... |
Go Set a Watchman was finished in what year? | <text>Go Set a Watchman was finished in what year?</text><reasoning>An earlier draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, titled Go Set a Watchman, was controversially released on July 14, 2015. This draft, which was completed in 1957, is set 20 years after the time period depicted in To Kill a Mockingbird but is not a continuati... |
Who was Harper Lee's lawyer? | <text>Who was Harper Lee's lawyer?</text><reasoning>An earlier draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, titled Go Set a Watchman, was controversially released on July 14, 2015. This draft, which was completed in 1957, is set 20 years after the time period depicted in To Kill a Mockingbird but is not a continuation of the narrat... |
What is the earlier draft of the book titled? | <text>What is the earlier draft of the book titled?</text><reasoning>An earlier draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, titled Go Set a Watchman, was controversially released on July 14, 2015. This draft, which was completed in 1957, is set 20 years after the time period depicted in To Kill a Mockingbird but is not a continuat... |
What year was Watchman completed? | <text>What year was Watchman completed?</text><reasoning>An earlier draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, titled Go Set a Watchman, was controversially released on July 14, 2015. This draft, which was completed in 1957, is set 20 years after the time period depicted in To Kill a Mockingbird but is not a continuation of the n... |
Which character has some critics deemed a variation of a contented slave? | <text>Which character has some critics deemed a variation of a contented slave?</text><reasoning>Furthermore, despite the novel's thematic focus on racial injustice, its black characters are not fully examined. In its use of racial epithets, stereotyped depictions of superstitious blacks, and Calpurnia, who to some cri... |
According to one consultant, which group found the book demoralizing? | <text>According to one consultant, which group found the book demoralizing?</text><reasoning>Furthermore, despite the novel's thematic focus on racial injustice, its black characters are not fully examined. In its use of racial epithets, stereotyped depictions of superstitious blacks, and Calpurnia, who to some critics... |
Michael Lund criticized the novel for demonizing whom? | <text>Michael Lund criticized the novel for demonizing whom?</text><reasoning>Furthermore, despite the novel's thematic focus on racial injustice, its black characters are not fully examined. In its use of racial epithets, stereotyped depictions of superstitious blacks, and Calpurnia, who to some critics is an updated ... |
The largest solar power plant in the world is located in what desert? | <text>The largest solar power plant in the world is located in what desert?</text><reasoning>Commercial CSP plants were first developed in the 1980s. Since 1985 the eventually 354 MW SEGS CSP installation, in the Mojave Desert of California, is the largest solar power plant in the world. Other large CSP plants include ... |
Less than 1% of the world's total grid electricity was generated by solar energy in what year? | <text>Less than 1% of the world's total grid electricity was generated by solar energy in what year?</text><reasoning>Commercial CSP plants were first developed in the 1980s. Since 1985 the eventually 354 MW SEGS CSP installation, in the Mojave Desert of California, is the largest solar power plant in the world. Other ... |
What is the largest solar power plant in the world? | <text>What is the largest solar power plant in the world?</text><reasoning>Commercial CSP plants were first developed in the 1980s. Since 1985 the eventually 354 MW SEGS CSP installation, in the Mojave Desert of California, is the largest solar power plant in the world. Other large CSP plants include the 150 MW Solnova... |
Where is the largest solar power plant in the world located? | <text>Where is the largest solar power plant in the world located?</text><reasoning>Commercial CSP plants were first developed in the 1980s. Since 1985 the eventually 354 MW SEGS CSP installation, in the Mojave Desert of California, is the largest solar power plant in the world. Other large CSP plants include the 150 M... |
What are the largest photovoltaic solar power plants? | <text>What are the largest photovoltaic solar power plants?</text><reasoning>Commercial CSP plants were first developed in the 1980s. Since 1985 the eventually 354 MW SEGS CSP installation, in the Mojave Desert of California, is the largest solar power plant in the world. Other large CSP plants include the 150 MW Solno... |
Solar water disinfection is recommended by which organization? | <text>Solar water disinfection is recommended by which organization?</text><reasoning>Solar water disinfection (SODIS) involves exposing water-filled plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles to sunlight for several hours. Exposure times vary depending on weather and climate from a minimum of six hours to two da... |
How long should the plastic bottles filled with water be exposed to sunlight during Solar water disinfection? | <text>How long should the plastic bottles filled with water be exposed to sunlight during Solar water disinfection?</text><reasoning>Solar water disinfection (SODIS) involves exposing water-filled plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles to sunlight for several hours. Exposure times vary depending on weather an... |
What does the World Health Organization say about Solar water disinfection? | <text>What does the World Health Organization say about Solar water disinfection?</text><reasoning>Solar water disinfection (SODIS) involves exposing water-filled plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles to sunlight for several hours. Exposure times vary depending on weather and climate from a minimum of six ho... |
How many people use Solar water disinfection to disinfect their drinking water? | <text>How many people use Solar water disinfection to disinfect their drinking water?</text><reasoning>Solar water disinfection (SODIS) involves exposing water-filled plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles to sunlight for several hours. Exposure times vary depending on weather and climate from a minimum of si... |
Horace de Saussure built the first box cooker in what year? | <text>Horace de Saussure built the first box cooker in what year?</text><reasoning>Solar cookers use sunlight for cooking, drying and pasteurization. They can be grouped into three broad categories: box cookers, panel cookers and reflector cookers. The simplest solar cooker is the box cooker first built by Horace de Sa... |
Reflector cookers can reach temperatures in Celsius of up to what? | <text>Reflector cookers can reach temperatures in Celsius of up to what?</text><reasoning>Solar cookers use sunlight for cooking, drying and pasteurization. They can be grouped into three broad categories: box cookers, panel cookers and reflector cookers. The simplest solar cooker is the box cooker first built by Horac... |
What are solar cookers used for? | <text>What are solar cookers used for?</text><reasoning>Solar cookers use sunlight for cooking, drying and pasteurization. They can be grouped into three broad categories: box cookers, panel cookers and reflector cookers. The simplest solar cooker is the box cooker first built by Horace de Saussure in 1767. A basic box... |
What are the 3 main categories of solar cookers? | <text>What are the 3 main categories of solar cookers?</text><reasoning>Solar cookers use sunlight for cooking, drying and pasteurization. They can be grouped into three broad categories: box cookers, panel cookers and reflector cookers. The simplest solar cooker is the box cooker first built by Horace de Saussure in 1... |
Who created the box cooker? | <text>Who created the box cooker?</text><reasoning>Solar cookers use sunlight for cooking, drying and pasteurization. They can be grouped into three broad categories: box cookers, panel cookers and reflector cookers. The simplest solar cooker is the box cooker first built by Horace de Saussure in 1767. A basic box cook... |
What is the typical temperature range for a box cooker? | <text>What is the typical temperature range for a box cooker?</text><reasoning>Solar cookers use sunlight for cooking, drying and pasteurization. They can be grouped into three broad categories: box cookers, panel cookers and reflector cookers. The simplest solar cooker is the box cooker first built by Horace de Saussu... |
What do reflector cookers require to function? | <text>What do reflector cookers require to function?</text><reasoning>Solar cookers use sunlight for cooking, drying and pasteurization. They can be grouped into three broad categories: box cookers, panel cookers and reflector cookers. The simplest solar cooker is the box cooker first built by Horace de Saussure in 176... |
The first practical solar boat was constructed in what year? | <text>The first practical solar boat was constructed in what year?</text><reasoning>In 1975, the first practical solar boat was constructed in England. By 1995, passenger boats incorporating PV panels began appearing and are now used extensively. In 1996, Kenichi Horie made the first solar powered crossing of the Pacif... |
When was the first solar powered boat made? | <text>When was the first solar powered boat made?</text><reasoning>In 1975, the first practical solar boat was constructed in England. By 1995, passenger boats incorporating PV panels began appearing and are now used extensively. In 1996, Kenichi Horie made the first solar powered crossing of the Pacific Ocean, and the... |
Who first crossed the Pacific ocean using a solar powered boat? | <text>Who first crossed the Pacific ocean using a solar powered boat?</text><reasoning>In 1975, the first practical solar boat was constructed in England. By 1995, passenger boats incorporating PV panels began appearing and are now used extensively. In 1996, Kenichi Horie made the first solar powered crossing of the Pa... |
What was the name of the first solar powered boat that crossed the Atlantic ocean? | <text>What was the name of the first solar powered boat that crossed the Atlantic ocean?</text><reasoning>In 1975, the first practical solar boat was constructed in England. By 1995, passenger boats incorporating PV panels began appearing and are now used extensively. In 1996, Kenichi Horie made the first solar powered... |
Who is the main example of an innocent destroyed in the novel? | <text>Who is the main example of an innocent destroyed in the novel?</text><reasoning>Tom Robinson is the chief example among several innocents destroyed carelessly or deliberately throughout the novel. However, scholar Christopher Metress connects the mockingbird to Boo Radley: "Instead of wanting to exploit Boo for h... |
What does Scout see symbollically as a mockingbird? | <text>What does Scout see symbollically as a mockingbird?</text><reasoning>Tom Robinson is the chief example among several innocents destroyed carelessly or deliberately throughout the novel. However, scholar Christopher Metress connects the mockingbird to Boo Radley: "Instead of wanting to exploit Boo for her own fun... |
According to Atticus, most people are how when you truly view them? | <text>According to Atticus, most people are how when you truly view them?</text><reasoning>Tom Robinson is the chief example among several innocents destroyed carelessly or deliberately throughout the novel. However, scholar Christopher Metress connects the mockingbird to Boo Radley: "Instead of wanting to exploit Boo ... |
Materials that can be used to store heat are known as what kind of mass? | <text>Materials that can be used to store heat are known as what kind of mass?</text><reasoning>Thermal mass is any material that can be used to store heat—heat from the Sun in the case of solar energy. Common thermal mass materials include stone, cement and water. Historically they have been used in arid climates or w... |
What is thermal mass? | <text>What is thermal mass?</text><reasoning>Thermal mass is any material that can be used to store heat—heat from the Sun in the case of solar energy. Common thermal mass materials include stone, cement and water. Historically they have been used in arid climates or warm temperate regions to keep buildings cool by abs... |
What are typical thermal mass material? | <text>What are typical thermal mass material?</text><reasoning>Thermal mass is any material that can be used to store heat—heat from the Sun in the case of solar energy. Common thermal mass materials include stone, cement and water. Historically they have been used in arid climates or warm temperate regions to keep bui... |
How is thermal mass used to keep buildings cool? | <text>How is thermal mass used to keep buildings cool?</text><reasoning>Thermal mass is any material that can be used to store heat—heat from the Sun in the case of solar energy. Common thermal mass materials include stone, cement and water. Historically they have been used in arid climates or warm temperate regions to... |
What is a something that determines the size of thermal mass? | <text>What is a something that determines the size of thermal mass?</text><reasoning>Thermal mass is any material that can be used to store heat—heat from the Sun in the case of solar energy. Common thermal mass materials include stone, cement and water. Historically they have been used in arid climates or warm tempera... |
What does thermal mass reduce the need for? | <text>What does thermal mass reduce the need for?</text><reasoning>Thermal mass is any material that can be used to store heat—heat from the Sun in the case of solar energy. Common thermal mass materials include stone, cement and water. Historically they have been used in arid climates or warm temperate regions to keep... |
What altitude did the Solar Riser reach in feet? | <text>What altitude did the Solar Riser reach in feet?</text><reasoning>In 1974, the unmanned AstroFlight Sunrise plane made the first solar flight. On 29 April 1979, the Solar Riser made the first flight in a solar-powered, fully controlled, man carrying flying machine, reaching an altitude of 40 feet (12 m). In 1980,... |
What is the name of the aircraft circling the globe in 2015 via solar power? | <text>What is the name of the aircraft circling the globe in 2015 via solar power?</text><reasoning>In 1974, the unmanned AstroFlight Sunrise plane made the first solar flight. On 29 April 1979, the Solar Riser made the first flight in a solar-powered, fully controlled, man carrying flying machine, reaching an altitude... |
When was the first unmanned flight by a solar powered plane made? | <text>When was the first unmanned flight by a solar powered plane made?</text><reasoning>In 1974, the unmanned AstroFlight Sunrise plane made the first solar flight. On 29 April 1979, the Solar Riser made the first flight in a solar-powered, fully controlled, man carrying flying machine, reaching an altitude of 40 feet... |
When was the first solar powered manned flight made? | <text>When was the first solar powered manned flight made?</text><reasoning>In 1974, the unmanned AstroFlight Sunrise plane made the first solar flight. On 29 April 1979, the Solar Riser made the first flight in a solar-powered, fully controlled, man carrying flying machine, reaching an altitude of 40 feet (12 m). In 1... |
When did the Solar Challenger cross the English Channel? | <text>When did the Solar Challenger cross the English Channel?</text><reasoning>In 1974, the unmanned AstroFlight Sunrise plane made the first solar flight. On 29 April 1979, the Solar Riser made the first flight in a solar-powered, fully controlled, man carrying flying machine, reaching an altitude of 40 feet (12 m). ... |
Where did Eric Scott Raymond fly using a solar powered plane in 1990? | <text>Where did Eric Scott Raymond fly using a solar powered plane in 1990?</text><reasoning>In 1974, the unmanned AstroFlight Sunrise plane made the first solar flight. On 29 April 1979, the Solar Riser made the first flight in a solar-powered, fully controlled, man carrying flying machine, reaching an altitude of 40 ... |
How long is the solar powered plane Solar Impulse able to remain in the air? | <text>How long is the solar powered plane Solar Impulse able to remain in the air?</text><reasoning>In 1974, the unmanned AstroFlight Sunrise plane made the first solar flight. On 29 April 1979, the Solar Riser made the first flight in a solar-powered, fully controlled, man carrying flying machine, reaching an altitude... |
Who was stationed along the boarder? | <text>Who was stationed along the boarder?</text><reasoning>Russian border troops were stationed along the Tajik–Afghan border until summer 2005. Since the September 11, 2001 attacks, French troops have been stationed at the Dushanbe Airport in support of air operations of NATO's International Security Assistance Force... |
Where have French Troops been stationed since September 11, 2001? | <text>Where have French Troops been stationed since September 11, 2001?</text><reasoning>Russian border troops were stationed along the Tajik–Afghan border until summer 2005. Since the September 11, 2001 attacks, French troops have been stationed at the Dushanbe Airport in support of air operations of NATO's Internatio... |
Why do US troops visit Tajikistan every so often? | <text>Why do US troops visit Tajikistan every so often?</text><reasoning>Russian border troops were stationed along the Tajik–Afghan border until summer 2005. Since the September 11, 2001 attacks, French troops have been stationed at the Dushanbe Airport in support of air operations of NATO's International Security Ass... |
What movement in the '60s did the novel help spark? | <text>What movement in the '60s did the novel help spark?</text><reasoning>The novel is cited as a factor in the success of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, however, in that it "arrived at the right moment to help the South and the nation grapple with the racial tensions (of) the accelerating civil rights moveme... |
Which book was credited with sparking the US Civil War? | <text>Which book was credited with sparking the US Civil War?</text><reasoning>The novel is cited as a factor in the success of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, however, in that it "arrived at the right moment to help the South and the nation grapple with the racial tensions (of) the accelerating civil rights mo... |
What other book did Mark Childress compare it to? | <text>What other book did Mark Childress compare it to?</text><reasoning>The novel is cited as a factor in the success of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, however, in that it "arrived at the right moment to help the South and the nation grapple with the racial tensions (of) the accelerating civil rights movement... |
In all the different CSP systems, concentrated sunlight is used to heat what? | <text>In all the different CSP systems, concentrated sunlight is used to heat what?</text><reasoning>Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems use lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam. The concentrated heat is then used as a heat source for a conventional power plant.... |
What do Concentrating Solar Power systems use? | <text>What do Concentrating Solar Power systems use?</text><reasoning>Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems use lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam. The concentrated heat is then used as a heat source for a conventional power plant. A wide range of concentrating ... |
What is the heat generated from a Concentrating Solar Power system used for? | <text>What is the heat generated from a Concentrating Solar Power system used for?</text><reasoning>Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems use lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam. The concentrated heat is then used as a heat source for a conventional power plant. ... |
What is one of the most developed Concentrating Solar Power technologies? | <text>What is one of the most developed Concentrating Solar Power technologies?</text><reasoning>Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems use lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam. The concentrated heat is then used as a heat source for a conventional power plant. A w... |
What do Concentrating Solar Power technologies have in common? | <text>What do Concentrating Solar Power technologies have in common?</text><reasoning>Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems use lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam. The concentrated heat is then used as a heat source for a conventional power plant. A wide range o... |
When water is released due to high demand, the pump become swhat? | <text>When water is released due to high demand, the pump become swhat?</text><reasoning>Pumped-storage hydroelectricity stores energy in the form of water pumped when energy is available from a lower elevation reservoir to a higher elevation one. The energy is recovered when demand is high by releasing the water, with... |
Pumped-storage hydroelectricity stores energy in what form? | <text>Pumped-storage hydroelectricity stores energy in what form?</text><reasoning>Pumped-storage hydroelectricity stores energy in the form of water pumped when energy is available from a lower elevation reservoir to a higher elevation one. The energy is recovered when demand is high by releasing the water, with the p... |
How is the energy stored by pumped-storage hydroelectricity recovered? | <text>How is the energy stored by pumped-storage hydroelectricity recovered?</text><reasoning>Pumped-storage hydroelectricity stores energy in the form of water pumped when energy is available from a lower elevation reservoir to a higher elevation one. The energy is recovered when demand is high by releasing the water,... |
In what year was a large scale solar distillation project constructed in Las Salinas? | <text>In what year was a large scale solar distillation project constructed in Las Salinas?</text><reasoning>Solar distillation can be used to make saline or brackish water potable. The first recorded instance of this was by 16th-century Arab alchemists. A large-scale solar distillation project was first constructed in... |
What is used to make saline or brackish water drinkable? | <text>What is used to make saline or brackish water drinkable?</text><reasoning>Solar distillation can be used to make saline or brackish water potable. The first recorded instance of this was by 16th-century Arab alchemists. A large-scale solar distillation project was first constructed in 1872 in the Chilean mining t... |
By who was the first record of solar distillation done by? | <text>By who was the first record of solar distillation done by?</text><reasoning>Solar distillation can be used to make saline or brackish water potable. The first recorded instance of this was by 16th-century Arab alchemists. A large-scale solar distillation project was first constructed in 1872 in the Chilean mining... |
When was the first large solar distillation plant created? | <text>When was the first large solar distillation plant created?</text><reasoning>Solar distillation can be used to make saline or brackish water potable. The first recorded instance of this was by 16th-century Arab alchemists. A large-scale solar distillation project was first constructed in 1872 in the Chilean mining... |
How much water was produced by the plant? | <text>How much water was produced by the plant?</text><reasoning>Solar distillation can be used to make saline or brackish water potable. The first recorded instance of this was by 16th-century Arab alchemists. A large-scale solar distillation project was first constructed in 1872 in the Chilean mining town of Las Sali... |
What is an example of a solar distillation design? | <text>What is an example of a solar distillation design?</text><reasoning>Solar distillation can be used to make saline or brackish water potable. The first recorded instance of this was by 16th-century Arab alchemists. A large-scale solar distillation project was first constructed in 1872 in the Chilean mining town of... |
Where did Shuman build the world's first solar thermal power station? | <text>Where did Shuman build the world's first solar thermal power station?</text><reasoning>Shuman built the world’s first solar thermal power station in Maadi, Egypt, between 1912 and 1913. Shuman’s plant used parabolic troughs to power a 45–52 kilowatts (60–70 hp) engine that pumped more than 22,000 litres (4,800 im... |
How many liters of water per minute did Shuman's engine pump in litres? | <text>How many liters of water per minute did Shuman's engine pump in litres?</text><reasoning>Shuman built the world’s first solar thermal power station in Maadi, Egypt, between 1912 and 1913. Shuman’s plant used parabolic troughs to power a 45–52 kilowatts (60–70 hp) engine that pumped more than 22,000 litres (4,800 ... |
In what decade were Shuman's ideas about solar energy revived? | <text>In what decade were Shuman's ideas about solar energy revived?</text><reasoning>Shuman built the world’s first solar thermal power station in Maadi, Egypt, between 1912 and 1913. Shuman’s plant used parabolic troughs to power a 45–52 kilowatts (60–70 hp) engine that pumped more than 22,000 litres (4,800 imp gal; ... |
Where was the first solar thermal power plant built? | <text>Where was the first solar thermal power plant built?</text><reasoning>Shuman built the world’s first solar thermal power station in Maadi, Egypt, between 1912 and 1913. Shuman’s plant used parabolic troughs to power a 45–52 kilowatts (60–70 hp) engine that pumped more than 22,000 litres (4,800 imp gal; 5,800 US g... |
What was used to power the plants engine? | <text>What was used to power the plants engine?</text><reasoning>Shuman built the world’s first solar thermal power station in Maadi, Egypt, between 1912 and 1913. Shuman’s plant used parabolic troughs to power a 45–52 kilowatts (60–70 hp) engine that pumped more than 22,000 litres (4,800 imp gal; 5,800 US gal) of wate... |
From what river did the engine pump water? | <text>From what river did the engine pump water?</text><reasoning>Shuman built the world’s first solar thermal power station in Maadi, Egypt, between 1912 and 1913. Shuman’s plant used parabolic troughs to power a 45–52 kilowatts (60–70 hp) engine that pumped more than 22,000 litres (4,800 imp gal; 5,800 US gal) of wat... |
What slowed down the growth of solar energy? | <text>What slowed down the growth of solar energy?</text><reasoning>Shuman built the world’s first solar thermal power station in Maadi, Egypt, between 1912 and 1913. Shuman’s plant used parabolic troughs to power a 45–52 kilowatts (60–70 hp) engine that pumped more than 22,000 litres (4,800 imp gal; 5,800 US gal) of w... |
When was the interest in solar energy restored? | <text>When was the interest in solar energy restored?</text><reasoning>Shuman built the world’s first solar thermal power station in Maadi, Egypt, between 1912 and 1913. Shuman’s plant used parabolic troughs to power a 45–52 kilowatts (60–70 hp) engine that pumped more than 22,000 litres (4,800 imp gal; 5,800 US gal) o... |
What was the total worldwide energy consumption in 2012? | <text>What was the total worldwide energy consumption in 2012?</text><reasoning>The large magnitude of solar energy available makes it a highly appealing source of electricity. The United Nations Development Programme in its 2000 World Energy Assessment found that the annual potential of solar energy was 1,575–49,837 e... |
What is solar energy's yearly potential? | <text>What is solar energy's yearly potential?</text><reasoning>The large magnitude of solar energy available makes it a highly appealing source of electricity. The United Nations Development Programme in its 2000 World Energy Assessment found that the annual potential of solar energy was 1,575–49,837 exajoules (EJ). T... |
What makes solar energy an appealing source of electricity> | <text>What makes solar energy an appealing source of electricity></text><reasoning>The large magnitude of solar energy available makes it a highly appealing source of electricity. The United Nations Development Programme in its 2000 World Energy Assessment found that the annual potential of solar energy was 1,575–49,83... |
Who estimated the annual potential of solar energy in 2000? | <text>Who estimated the annual potential of solar energy in 2000?</text><reasoning>The large magnitude of solar energy available makes it a highly appealing source of electricity. The United Nations Development Programme in its 2000 World Energy Assessment found that the annual potential of solar energy was 1,575–49,83... |
Which organization believes that solar energy can solve some of our most pressing issues? | <text>Which organization believes that solar energy can solve some of our most pressing issues?</text><reasoning>The International Energy Agency has said that solar energy can make considerable contributions to solving some of the most urgent problems the world now faces:</reasoning><output>The International Energy Age... |
Who said that solar energy can help solve some of the most urgent problems in the world? | <text>Who said that solar energy can help solve some of the most urgent problems in the world?</text><reasoning>The International Energy Agency has said that solar energy can make considerable contributions to solving some of the most urgent problems the world now faces:</reasoning><output>The International Energy Agen... |
Where do off-grid PV systems store excess electricity? | <text>Where do off-grid PV systems store excess electricity?</text><reasoning>Off-grid PV systems have traditionally used rechargeable batteries to store excess electricity. With grid-tied systems, excess electricity can be sent to the transmission grid, while standard grid electricity can be used to meet shortfalls. N... |
What do off-grid PV systems use to store excess electricity? | <text>What do off-grid PV systems use to store excess electricity?</text><reasoning>Off-grid PV systems have traditionally used rechargeable batteries to store excess electricity. With grid-tied systems, excess electricity can be sent to the transmission grid, while standard grid electricity can be used to meet shortfa... |
What are the programs that gives credit to households for delivering electricity to the grid called? | <text>What are the programs that gives credit to households for delivering electricity to the grid called?</text><reasoning>Off-grid PV systems have traditionally used rechargeable batteries to store excess electricity. With grid-tied systems, excess electricity can be sent to the transmission grid, while standard grid... |
How is the credit to households accomplished? | <text>How is the credit to households accomplished?</text><reasoning>Off-grid PV systems have traditionally used rechargeable batteries to store excess electricity. With grid-tied systems, excess electricity can be sent to the transmission grid, while standard grid electricity can be used to meet shortfalls. Net meteri... |
Why is a second meter usually unnecessary to monitor electricity use? | <text>Why is a second meter usually unnecessary to monitor electricity use?</text><reasoning>Off-grid PV systems have traditionally used rechargeable batteries to store excess electricity. With grid-tied systems, excess electricity can be sent to the transmission grid, while standard grid electricity can be used to mee... |
Socrate's what is a classic example of passive solar design? | <text>Socrate's what is a classic example of passive solar design?</text><reasoning>The common features of passive solar architecture are orientation relative to the Sun, compact proportion (a low surface area to volume ratio), selective shading (overhangs) and thermal mass. When these features are tailored to the loca... |
What is a common feature of passive solar architecture? | <text>What is a common feature of passive solar architecture?</text><reasoning>The common features of passive solar architecture are orientation relative to the Sun, compact proportion (a low surface area to volume ratio), selective shading (overhangs) and thermal mass. When these features are tailored to the local cli... |
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