Solar power aids climate change

How does a solar panel create energy? A solar panel is simply a collection of solar cells. They work together to supply electricity for various uses. A single cell does not have the capacity for generating a lot of electricity so multiple cells are connected together to increase the capacity. The lighter available to the solar panels,  the greater the amount of electricity they can supply. Solar panels are designed to convert light into electricity. The process of extracting electricity from light is called Photovoltaic (PV) and the PV process converts solar energy into electricity. A PV cell, also known as a self-generating barrier layer cell is a PV detector that converts radiant flux straight into electrical current.

Solar power plants

A solar panel consists of a thin silver film on a semiconductor layer deposited on an iron substrate. Solar energy dates back more than a century, to the middle of the industrial revolution. There were many groundbreaking solar power plants constructed to produce steam from the heat of the sun, which was used to drive the machinery.  Solar power remained rare for many years since it was very inefficient at turning sunlight into electricity. There are no harmful emissions from solar equipment and its operations are almost noise free, which makes it superior to alternative forms of electricity generation.

Solar can serve remote areas

The use of solar power for remote homes is gaining momentum and becoming more practical in every way. In the recent past, people who wanted to live in remote areas had to pay a high price for power.  It was often very difficult to get power to these remote locations. But houses with solar technology are virtually self-sufficient and as a bonus, they have no worries about blackouts. Even a phone box in the middle of nowhere can be powered by solar power from solar panels eliminating the need for underground cables. RV systems can now be used to power a wide variety of our everyday requirements from watches to hot water. The development of a commercial vehicle that can, at least in part, derive its power from the sun will solve a lot of problems such as pollution emissions from the burning of fossil fuel and the cost of using a finite resource will be greatly reduced. The more solar power we use the greater the relief on current energy generation systems and can help avoid creating more nuclear reactors that create horrific pollution problems related to radiation and safe storage of nuclear waste.

There has never been a better time to install a solar energy system!

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