How to Use photovoltaic in a Sentence

photovoltaic

adjective
  • If that weren’t enough, there’s a photovoltaic panel above the outdoor deck.
    — oregonlive, 24 Sep. 2019
  • The cold analogue is a photovoltaic cell on Earth facing the void of space.
    — Sid Assawaworrarit, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Nov. 2023
  • An item to choose the vendor for a district solar photovoltaic project was tabled.
    — Laura Groch, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 May 2018
  • Despite this, only some of the glass tiles (around 35 %) are photovoltaic.
    — Laurie Winkless, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The supply chains for photovoltaic panels, wind turbines, and lithium-ion cells stretch around the world.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Key to this longevity is a tight seal of the photovoltaic materials.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 9 May 2024
  • The first was the plunging cost and efficiency gains of photovoltaic cells.
    — Wired Staff, Wired, 31 Dec. 2019
  • Dozens of photovoltaic cells are embedded in the Sion’s roof, hood, doors, and fenders.
    — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2022
  • As a result, photovoltaic panels have cropped up like dandelions across fields and rooftops at a stunning pace.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The building would have five floors of apartments, plus a rooftop deck with solar panels, or photovoltaic panels, on top.
    — Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Instead, the robot has a tiny photovoltaic cell—a mini solar panel—that takes in power from a laser.
    — Ellen Airhart, WIRED, 15 May 2018
  • Every state in the country now has installed photovoltaic solar to some degree.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 2 May 2018
  • Some folks have generators and photovoltaic electric systems to tide us over should the power go out.
    — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Rather than put solar panels on top of your roof, the shingles themselves contain photovoltaic cells to harness the sun's rays.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 2 Feb. 2018
  • China is now the leading purveyor of photovoltaic cells and wind turbines.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 June 2017
  • During the dark months, the batteries must be charged via a generator rather than photovoltaic cells.
    — Author: Jack McClure, Alaska Dispatch News, 5 Aug. 2017
  • To that end, the bonnet is outfitted with both operable air vents and photovoltaic cells.
    — Julie V. Iovine, WSJ, 25 July 2018
  • The solar tiles contain photovoltaic cells that are invisible from the street.
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, courant.com, 11 May 2017
  • The small island is able to generate enough electricity thanks to one wind turbine and a small photovoltaic park.
    — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 15 June 2017
  • One of those unique features is a photovoltaic power station on the roof, which generates power for the building.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 24 June 2022
  • The photovoltaic panels will go atop the public works building, the water and sewer building and seven schools.
    — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 15 Dec. 2020
  • The company has grown to become one of the world’s largest solar photovoltaic products and energy systems provider.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
  • The fact that is powered by a SolarBeat photovoltaic movement.
    — Roberta Naas, Forbes, 5 May 2021
  • The solar farms will each feature hundreds of photovoltaic panels that gather the sun’s rays and pool them into electricity on the power grid.
    — Steve Jagler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Three years ago, the French government paved a one-kilometer stretch of highway in Normandy with photovoltaic cells.
    — Nr Editors, National Review, 22 Aug. 2019
  • China currently makes about 97% of the world’s supply of photovoltaic wafers, which are building blocks of solar panels.
    — Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 23 May 2025
  • The Magistralis wanted to add photovoltaic panels to the compound, a request rejected three times.
    — J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2018
  • The setup makes use of geothermal, biomass, photovoltaic and solar systems to create heat, which is then stored in a thermal reservoir beneath the lagoon.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2022
  • China now produces over two-thirds of the world’s solar photovoltaic panels and lithium-ion batteries, and 45% of all wind turbines.
    — Gernot Wagner, Bloomberg.com, 25 Sep. 2020
  • While much of the other half used to be from nuclear sources, in the past decade, the share of renewable energy sources, such as photovoltaic solar and wind, has substantially grown.
    — Yoohyun Jung, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 July 2022

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