Simple solar basics

Sun and earth basics and how solar power is perfect for the position of our planet in relation to the sun.  The sun is everyone's life. The sun is life and that is why solar panels love it.

Without the sun's energy, our past, present, and future would not be, and something cannot be if it isn't. Think about that. If solar power is here, then it will always be here.

In brief retrospect, our primordial star is theorized to have been formed from a cosmic cloud of individual particles in which matter was concentrated under the action of gravitational energy. This large mass of gas condensed, and as the gravitational and kinetic energy of the particles increased, the interior of the cloud heated to extremely high temperatures.

Finally, increased temperatures and pressures in the interior of this dense mass reached proportions capable of sustaining the nuclear reaction knows as fusion. It is this energy that has sustained human existence.
 

The Earth, the sun, and solar power

For nearly 2,000 years, virtually everyone thought our planet was the center of the universe and that the sun, and all the other heavenly bodies, revolved about our planet.

We now know that the apparent motion of the sun across the sky is actually the result of the Earth's own rotation. The Earth spins on its axis at a rate of approximately 360.99 degrees in 24 hours, and, therefore, the sun appears to move across the sky at a rate of about 15.04 degrees per hour. This is why solar panels are perfect for the sun's rotation. If you face the residential solar panels toward the sun. Every hour, they will get its energy as it moves the 15 degrees across the sky.
 

The Earth about the sun in a circular path

The Earth revolves around the sun in an approximately circular path, with the sun positioned slightly off-center along the axis of its ellipsis. The offset is such that the earth is closest to the sun around July 1. Anyone who has dealt with July heat can attest to that. If you have solar panels on the home in July, you can run the air conditioning.

To find out what panels are right for you, go to HahaSmart.com and try our price checker tool. You can see how much a system will cost, and how much you can save over the next 20 years.

For more information relating to going solar, don't forget to visit our solar blog section for more handy guides and articles.