Planning on getting a gift for you dad or friend or loved ones for the loves. Well, if he or she is a solar enthusiast or has interests in green energy you might have your work cut out for you. While it would be impossible to gift out an entire solar systems, you can gift … Read more
Outdoor Christmas lights are a very common choice when it comes to outdoor Christmas decorations. Many outdoor decorations such as Christmas inflatables are visible during the day when many people are on their everyday activities. The outdoor Christmas lights keep a party or a festival feel going long after the darkness that comes during the … Read more
Solar is among the fastest-growing renewable energy sources globally, with nations starting a race to assert this growing industry supremacy. Recent improvements in Solar Technology has increased efficiency and Capacity. Solar power capacity has risen by about 60% over the last five years, increasing to more than 485.82GW. The energy profiles the largest operating solar … Read more
Installing solar panels on your home or business premises is a great way to generate your own electricity, saving you money and helping the environment. While you may be tempted to think that fitting solar panels is a complex and difficult process, if you work with the right people it’s really fairly straightforward. In most … Read more
The end product is the primary difference between these two technologies. Photovoltaic creates electricity while thermal solar power produces heat. Both require panels to collect energy from the sun. One form of panel converts that energy to voltage and the other to thermal units. Thermal panels are larger than PV and tend to produce more … Read more
The general rule is that countries in the northern hemisphere should place their solar panels facing true south and in the southern hemisphere true north. This is because the earth rotates on its axis at a slight tilt. This is called the ‘projection effect’ is the main reason why the polar regions are much colder … Read more
Solar insolation is a measure of solar radiation energy received on a given surface area in a given time. It is commonly expressed as average irradiance in watts per square meter (W/m2) or kilowatt-hours per square meter per day (kW•h/(m2•day)) (or hours/day). In the case of photovoltaics it is commonly measured as kWh/(kWp•y) (kilowatt hours … Read more
On cloudy cover days, with rain, humidity, air pollution, or dust in the atmosphere, much of the solar radiation is all scattered, meaning the energy that comes from the sun go in different directions. We call this diffuse radiation, solar energy but its rate is smaller. On days like these a rooftop of a home … Read more
Solar energy is as simple as getting warmed up in the sun and it is as complex as installing and using solar panels for generating electricity. Photovoltaic cells are the components in solar panels that transform the sun’s energy into electricity. Basically, moving photons are used in creating electric current inside the solar panels. Solar … Read more
Solar energy offers with it the potential to eliminate an over-reliance on carbon burning sources of fuel. Within the United States, such a shift in energy production would represent a great deal of change as countless energy interests fight for a place of relevance in a future energy market. Putting politics and special interests aside, … Read more