HOW IT WORKS
Solar power cuts out the middle man! Wind power is created by sun, biomass uses organisms that got their energy from the sun, coal is the fossilized remains of plants and animals that died eons ago, these same organism=ms got their energy from the sun.
Consider This !
The most efficient mass-produced solar modules have energy density values of up to (175 W/m2). The most efficient is 44.7% efficient but yet they can still creates enough energy to power a home. Image how much energy that will be produced as efficacy improves.
Consider this ...
"A solar panel with 20% efficiency and an area of 1 m² will produce 200 watts of power at Standard test conditions, but it can produce more when the sun is high in the sky and will produce less in cloudy conditions and when the sun is low in the sky. In central Colorado, which receives daily insulation of 2200 Wh/m², such a panel can be expected to produce 440 kWh of energy per year. At more northerly European latitudes, yields are significantly lower: 175kWh annual energy yield in southern England."
That was for only one panel!
To put it into perspective a heater rated at 1000 watts is equal to 1kW. When this heater is operating for a hour it has used 1 kWh.
Panels are becoming increasingly efficient due to new studies involving splitting up rays by intensity. Its not that solar panels are inefficient because they loose energy or its wasted. Solar panels simply miss, don't catch, all of the different wavelengths that come from the sun. Visible light is absorbed strongly but the more intense rays aren't absorbed by the panels.... Yet! Its currently being tested and researched in the utilization of the more intense wavelengths that would in turn give more energy.
Consider this ...
"A solar panel with 20% efficiency and an area of 1 m² will produce 200 watts of power at Standard test conditions, but it can produce more when the sun is high in the sky and will produce less in cloudy conditions and when the sun is low in the sky. In central Colorado, which receives daily insulation of 2200 Wh/m², such a panel can be expected to produce 440 kWh of energy per year. At more northerly European latitudes, yields are significantly lower: 175kWh annual energy yield in southern England."
That was for only one panel!
To put it into perspective a heater rated at 1000 watts is equal to 1kW. When this heater is operating for a hour it has used 1 kWh.
Panels are becoming increasingly efficient due to new studies involving splitting up rays by intensity. Its not that solar panels are inefficient because they loose energy or its wasted. Solar panels simply miss, don't catch, all of the different wavelengths that come from the sun. Visible light is absorbed strongly but the more intense rays aren't absorbed by the panels.... Yet! Its currently being tested and researched in the utilization of the more intense wavelengths that would in turn give more energy.