Name the process responsible for large energy production in the sun?

State whether the following statement is true or false:
Black surfaces are poor absorbers of heat.

Name a non-conventional renewable source of energy which can be harnessed for $24$ hours throughout the year.

Make a list of conventional and non-conventional sources of energy. Give a brief description of harnessing one non-conventional source of energy.

$(a)$ $A$ hydropower plant converts one form of energy into another. Name these two forms of energy.
$(b)$ State two advantages of generating hydroelectricity compared to the generation of electricity in a thermal power plant.

Write any two examples of fossil fuels.