Direct sunlight

Glossary lexicon

payback period

Degree of self-sufficiency

Balcony power plant

Reference counter

Lightning protection

Federal Network Agency

CO2

Roof alignment

Roof hook

Degradation

Diffuse sunlight

Direct sunlight

Thin film solar module

EEG feed-in tariff

ownconsumption

Power socket

feed-in tariff

Energy return time

Renewable energy

Fossil energy sources

Direct current

Global radiation

Base load

Island network

Inverters

Kilowatt peak (kWp)

Kilowatt hour (kWh)

Communication gateway

Power density

Tenant electricity

Microinverter

Mini PV

Mini solar system

Module string

Module efficiency

Monitoring

Monocrystalline solar module

Angle of inclination

Off grid

Photovoltaics

Photovoltaic module

Plug-in solar system

Polycrystalline solar module

Low light behavior

silicon

Solar module

Solar module for the socket

Solar power storage

Solar inverter

Solar cells

Solar energy

Electricity mix

Shading

watt

Wattpeak

Inverter

Alternating current

Wieland power socket

Efficiency

Bidirectional counter

Direct solar radiation describes sunlight that hits the earth's surface or a solar module directly and without detours. Detours are caused by weather, for example, due to clouds that reflect some of the sunlight and only allow diffuse light to penetrate the earth's surface.