Solar Energy - An Alternative Energy Source

A Bright Future for Solar Energy - An Alternative Energy Source

I was first presented to solar energy in the film, Race the Sun with James Belushi and Halley Berry in the lead. It was a story about low- income and under achieving Hawaiian students motivated by their teacher to sign up with the Solar Car race. In the motion picture, an automobile shaped like a cockroach and covered with solar panels used the sun's rays as an alternative energy source to run the vehicle.

Solar power is the light and the heat from the sun. Solar power is complimentary and its products are unrestricted. There are n air and water pollution triggered about by using solar energy. There is still some effects on the environment although indirect.

Solar batteries utilized to transform sunlight into electrical energy utilizes silicon and also produce some waste products. There are also large solar thermal farms and these farms can also be hazardous to the environment and desert ecosystems if not correctly managed.

Solar energy can be utilized on various elements. Solar energy can be utilized in farming.

Daylight systems are likewise being utilized to make the most of the energy launched by the sun. Daytime systems when they are correctly executed can decrease lighting-related energy intake by 25 percent.

Solar power can also be developed into solar thermal innovations which can be used for water heating, space heating, area cooling and process heat generation. Solar energy can likewise be used to distil water and make saline or brackish water drinkable or drinkable.

The solar water disinfection or SODIS involves exposing water-filled plastic polyethylene terephthalate or PET bottles. Presently, there are two million people in establishing centuries use SODIS for their everyday drinking water requirements.

Sunlight can be converted into electricity using photovoltaics or PV. PV has been mainly used to power medium-sized and small things like a calculator powered by a single solar battery. There are houses powered by photovoltaics. Utilizing solar power for water and area heating is the most extensively utilize application of solar power. While ventilation and solar air heating is also growing in popularity.

There are 3 main methods in using solar energy. The primary way of using and transforming solar energy is by using the solar cells.

Meanwhile, solar heaters utilize a huge range of mirrors to concentrate on the Sun's energy into a small area and produced very high temperatures. Solar heating systems are likewise called "solar cookers". A solar cooker can be utilized in hot nations to prepare food.

With all the benefits if utilizing solar energy, there is still a drawback for this alternative energy source. It does not work during night time. The expense of setting up solar stations is costly, but the benefit of utilizing solar energy when built up is a lot more.