Electricity, from solar panels

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So what is a solar panel

So what is a solar panel anyway? It is basically a box that holds an array of solar cells. Solar cells are the things that do the actual work of turning sunlight into electricity. However, it takes a lot of cells to make a meaningful amount of power, and they are very fragile, so the individual cells are assembled into panels. The panels hold enough cells to make a useful amount of power and protect the cells from the elements. It doesn't sound too complicated. I was convinced I could do it myself.I started out the way I start every project, by Googling for information on home-built solar panels. I was shocked at how few I found. The fact that very few people were building their own panels led me to think it must be harder to do than I thought. The project got shelved for a while, but I never stopped thinking about it.

Posted by flintoffander on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 05:32
Electricity, from solar panels

Everyday huge amount of solar energy is wasted but it can be utilized in such a way to produce electricity from it. The phenomena is very simple lights sources in which one is sun that is sufficient, emit light and solar cells absorb and light energy is converted into electrical energy. They may help life time by investing one time money.

Posted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/20/2009 - 06:31
Yeah, but it is not

Yeah, but it is not sustainable as for now. There is simply not enough resources (silver, in particular, see the http://envimpact.org/node/71/bottomline ) to make enough solar panels to supply all, or even most, of the world demand for electricity!

Posted by zlata on Thu, 08/20/2009 - 10:59