Solar Power Panels
The country is finally starting to move in the right
direction! Solar power panels and the wide range of now
available renewable energy resources is causing a wide
acceptance and awareness on the many benefits these
changes can bring in terms of cost saving and for our
environment. What a relief it is to read the news about all the new renewable energy resources being developed thanks to government funding. The western hemisphere is catching up to the clean energy savvy Europeans. Now you can do something positive as well. In Europe, no one would even raise and eyebrow if you commented that you were going to build a solar power panel. It’s not that they are all gear heads, I think they have just gotten over the fear of the unusual or unknown and embraced the realization that electrical power generation needs to get out of the hands of the elite few and into the hands of the people who need it. Home solar power panels are easily the quickest and most cost effective way for you to include yourself in the green energy revolution. Build Your Own Solar Power System Today-Click Here A typical solar power installation is not that complicated. Some very basic skills is all you need and a free weekend. A solar panel is made up of two (or more) sheets of elements that have different electrical characteristics. When energy (in this case photons from the sun) hits these ‘sandwiches’, electrons are released and carried out of the ‘sandwich by tiny little conductive wires. The bigger the ‘sandwich’ the more electrons it can send out. These electrons flow along the conducting wires in only one direction. This is called DC (direct current). This direct flow of electrons can be stored for future use (like when it’s dark) in specially designed deep cell batteries. These batteries are designed to allow complete discharge of their electrical capacity without becoming permanently damaged. They can then be completely recharged and used over again. When the current comes back out of these batteries, it is still in the steady stream form (DC), and must be transformed into an acceptable form, for use in your household appliances. The apparatus that accomplishes, this takes the current and reverses it back and forth many times a second. This produces what is known as alternating current (AC). Alternating current (AC) is what comes into your home from your utility company. So you see, once it’s in your home, it is exactly the same as what you already have. The electricity can be used to operate all your usual appliances, but ideally you’ll want to invest in the most energy efficient ones you can find. This way when you begin to add more panels to your solar power system, you can do so with the intent of eventually supplying all of your own electricity. The only real difference is that it was produced using solar power panels without destroying our precious Earth, and equally as important, you didn’t have to pay the electrical utility company to get it. |
