Cadmium telluride photovoltaics
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Cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaics is a photovoltaic (PV) technology based on the use of cadmium telluride in a thin semiconductor layer designed to absorb and convert sunlight into electricity. Cadmium telluride PV is the only thin film technology with lower costs than conventional solar cells made of crystalline silicon in multi-kilowatt systems.
PV array made of cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar panels
The utility-scale Waldpolenz Solar Park in Germany uses CdTe PV modules
A small PV array used as part of Energy Systems Integration research ongoing at the National Wind Technology Center (NWTC)
The Topaz Solar Farm employs 9 million CdTe-modules. It was the world's largest PV power station in 2014.
Photovoltaics
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Photovoltaics (PV) is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon studied in physics, photochemistry, and electrochemistry. The photovoltaic effect is commercially used for electricity generation and as photosensors.
The Solar Settlement, a sustainable housing community project in Freiburg, Germany
Charging station in France that provides energy for electric cars using solar energy
Solar panels on the International Space Station
This chart illustrates the effect of clouds on solar energy production.