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Solar Energy Fact 7

Fact 7: Solar energy can be collected and stored in batteries, absorbed and transmitted.

Solar energy is the most abundant source of energy available to mankind. We will never run out of solar energy unless the sun dies. According to Wikipedia, there will another 7.8 billion years before the sun reach the next phase of evolution. This is the stage in which helium fusion will begin producing carbon and oxygen. By then, human race will either no longer exist or already came up with a solution to scope with the problem.

Beside it availability, it also have many useful characteristics that make it one of the most suitable form of energy. These characteristics are listed below:

Collect & Store:
Like most energy sources, solar energy can be collected and stored in almost any form of storage designed to hold energy. Energy storage like battery is very important if we want to involve solar energy in our modern way of life. We demand energy almost anytime and we expected to be available immediately. This is a problem since solar energy only available during daylight. For this reason, storing energy is a very crucial application. This application is usually integrated into solar photovoltaic system where energy collected and stored almost instantaneously.

In a typical photovoltaic system, sunlight shines upon the photovoltaic modules. Next, solar cells convert light energy into electrical energy producing direct current (DC). This current is stored directly into a battery. Since our home use Alternating Current (AC), an inverter is connected to the battery to convert from DC to AC. With this typical arrangement, solar energy can be effectively used to power our home.

solar energy storage


Absorb:

According to the first law of thermodynamic, energy cannot be created or destroyed. Energy can only be transferred from one system or another. This concept spawns the property in which energy can be absorbed by a system or object. As solar energy shine upon the earth, any objects that are exposing to sunlight will have the potential to absorbed energy. For instance, if you leave your car outside on a sunny day it will become hotter as it slowly absorbing solar energy. With this basic property, we are indirectly obtained energy from the sun to power our everyday activities.

Transmit:
An interesting fact about nature is that there is an opposite of everything. If energy can be absorbed then it should be able to transmit. In fact, if no energy is transmitted then there is no energy to absorb. Therefore, the transmit property of energy is also very important.

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_energy#Energy_storage

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_law_of_thermodynamics

51 Responses to “Solar Energy Fact 7”

  1. kazem says:

    Hi …
    please send me the last information about new photocells .
    thank you in advance,

  2. lyrenzay says:

    solar enerrrrrrrrrrgy is on any website you go to

  3. Jacey M. says:

    hi im in a chat box thingy!!!

  4. alicia says:

    why cant you do it kazem and what kind of name is that kazem

  5. uche says:

    i need to get the instruction book

  6. Yomi Adamson says:

    Please if possible could you mail me the brochure if any on how to instal solar energy in my home.
    Thanks
    Yomi

  7. sam says:

    i wan to know how i can calculate the energy in kva needed for an average home.thanks

  8. maphy says:

    pls send me the diagram and matterias
    needed for installation of solar energy
    in my house.

  9. chrissy says:

    hey ppl! i need to know y solar energy is available all the time…..
    thanks in advance!!

  10. ALFY says:

    Soler energy is doing ok to me.

  11. Anil says:

    pls send me the diagram and matterias
    needed for installation of solar energy
    in my house.

  12. jasvir says:

    pls send me the diagram and matterias
    needed for installation of solar energy
    in my house

  13. jasvir says:

    Iwant to know how i can calculate the energy in kva needed for an average home.thanks

  14. IMTIAZ GHUMMAN says:

    Seems promising future of solar energy, if any body can send me practical information to set up solar energy system in my home.
    thanks

  15. Bvas says:

    how i can make a solar cell…if possible pls send me da procedure….

  16. Katrina Sunia says:

    Awsome,I can’t wait to have my Solar Panel installed. I think it should be mandatory. It’s great that Our Governments have allocated funds to assist people with the installation costs. I also think that education on this should be a mandatory part of school’s curriculum. We need to take an active role in the preservation of our Home, being our Planet as Our Earth is the only planet that can sustain life for us. Solar Energy will significantly reduce our need for coal therefore less carbon emmisions, followed by much needed reduction of the expansion of the hole in the ozone layer. God Bless Xoxo :)

  17. prashanth rodrigues says:

    For usage of 1kv power to my house by solar how much panels and batterys should i connect.please tell me the calculation and also connection diagram.thank you.

  18. Codrut says:

    kazem
    Hi …
    please send me the last information about new photocells .
    thank you in advance

  19. krushna says:

    I need some web sites, which are related to our solar swystem.
    send me please……………

  20. william says:

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  21. Salisu says:

    pls send me the diagram and matterias
    needed for installation of solar energy
    in my house.

  22. salisu says:

    send to me how to make a solar panel

  23. zahoor says:

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  24. John Robert says:

    Solar Energy is essential to control environment. If it possible please advise me how to install at my home to drive 3 horse power motor.

  25. Salvador says:

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  26. Maximilien says:

    How can you convert you energy into ac form

  27. Attic Fans says:

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  28. rajiv says:

    i can calculate the energy in kva needed for average house. please send me

  29. HARLEEN says:

    hi,
    i m harleen.we want a solar system for our house from a best shop located in punjab.please can u tell me that from where do we get this solar system.if there is any discount on solar system so kindly tell to me.

  30. Fascinating, I have not discovered this…

  31. deena says:

    hi plz send me what are the materials to be used and procedures to install solar energy in my home

  32. rakesh c pawar says:

    pls send me digram of solar home prduction informetion i want to set up business at mumbai

  33. is d solar energy more effective like d electricity

  34. Really like reading your post. Maybe solar power source could help you reduce energy payments.

  35. sup says:

    Wats the cycle about??????

  36. Roni says:

    I would like to know the different prices and the different types of solar panels

  37. بهزاد says:

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  38. thavaselvam says:

    i want make arrangement my home full solar power this is possible to arrange how much it will come cost,and what are ites need

  39. mani says:

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  40. raviteja says:

    how a material like module is prepared

  41. malik kashif says:

    I would like to know the different prices and the different types of solar panels.please send me diagram of solar home produce please send me diagram of solar home product installation

  42. ali says:

    please send me the last information about new photocells

  43. Asif Ghaffar says:

    1) how to install?
    2) how worked during winter & cloudy
    seasons?
    3)

  44. semaj says:

    hi pls sent me a diagram of solar power and how to set up a solar system in my house…

  45. Alyssa says:

    then how would solar energy produce energy to light your home?

  46. abdullahi says:

    i would like to know more about the solar energy. because iwould like to learn and work there .

  47. YUNUSU says:

    Waw Solar energy has changed my life as a Ugandan Physicist

  48. Gowtham says:

    hi solar energy explanation is very superb and amazing … i have one doubt only how to use solar energy in my motor bike

  49. Dennis Baxter says:

    I would like to know how to set up solar energy at my house,information from start to finish.

  50. idris oluwa says:

    i will u to give me a diagram and details on how to install a solar panel at home. And also how to make a cheap solar cell

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