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Solar Power 101: The Basics on an Energy Source that's Far from Basic
1. Solar Power 101: The Basics on an Energy Source that's Far from Basic
Solar power is not only playing a new and important role for many businesses, but
it's also taking its place as an affective and forward-thinking way to power daily
functions in the domestic realm as more and more homeowners see its benefits.
To describe it in the simplest of ways, solar power systems convert solar energy into
voltage. With this being the case, solar power not only reduces utility bills for
homeowners but it also has significant and important benefits for the environment
as it doesn't produce any pollutants.
To generate solar power for homes we line up the solar panel on the roof of the
building where there's direct daylight. This power is often used for varied electrical
appliances at home, for farms, industries and even to heat water for domestic
functions. With this function of solar power, a traditional boiler is used to heat the
water in the absence of daylight or when there's high demand.
The photo voltaic cells are the panels that you will be attached to your roof(s) or, in
the event that optimal sunlight attraction cannot be met from the roof, sometimes a
separate installation will be made and a free-standing structure will hold the panels.
When the daylight falls on these cells electricity is created. The scale of the panel is
chosen based on the amount of electricity that one wants to generate. You can then
store the surplus electricity that is created in batteries to be used when it is dark or
when the sky is cloudy. The roof on which the solar panels are being mounted must
be sturdy and the panels should ideally face the south.
Finding companies who perform solar panel installations is quite easy; however, you
want to look into the work history of the company and their customers' rates of
satisfaction. Solar panels have come down in price over the last few years, but they
are still a significant investment that should be thought and planned out carefully.
Domestic solar panels provide numerous benefits for their owners and, overtime,
also provide an excellent return on investment in terms of money saved and, even,
money made. More and more homeowners are seeing the merits in this cutting-edge
technology that's planet and wallet friendly. For many years, the solar technology
was accessible solely to the rich who could afford to pay the huge amounts of cash
needed to power their homes and offices using solar energy; times are changing.