Solar Power on Earth

Short film · 3 min

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Synopsis

In this NASA video segment learn how NASA-inspired technologies produce solar power here on Earth. Go behind the scenes at the “Solar Decathlon," a competition that challenged twenty colleges and universities to design a solar-powered house. Learn how solar power works and benefits to using solar power over other fuel sources.

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Running time

3 minutes

Collection

NASA

Subjects on the Internet Archive

• solar power
• fossil fuel
• environment
• technology
• solar decathlon
• fuel sources

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