Category: PV
How much can rooftop solar panels contribute to my building’s energy consumption?
Category: Lifestyle, Moderate, Profession, PVAuthor : Admin September 2, 2016
Having solar panels on your rooftop enables you to generate power in a distributed manner, right from your residential of factory premises! With the world seeing a significant acceleration in the use...Read more
How best can I power my house with renewable energy?
Category: Basic, Green Buildings, Lifestyle, PV, Renewable, WindAuthor : Admin August 31, 2016
Having renewable energy generated right at your home is all the rage today. Well, while you might be reading some fancy ideas about some exotic renewable energy sources you can use to power your home,...Read more
What is concentrating solar power? Why is it not as popular as solar photovoltaic (PV)?
Category: Advanced, CPV, Profession, PV, ThermalAuthor : Admin August 28, 2016
We all have heard about solar power. And now comes concentrating solar power. What exactly is concentrating solar power? Concentrating solar power is just that – it concentrates sunlight onto a...Read more
How did the cost of solar power decrease so rapidly?
Category: Basic, PVAuthor : Admin August 27, 2016
From a high of about $30/W in the early 1980s, solar power plants (ground mounted solar farms) in most parts of the world cost much less than $2/W in 2016! Even as recent as 2010, a similar solar P...Read more
Is it possible to have solar panels on the sides and walls of a building?
Category: Advanced, Lifestyle, PVAuthor : Admin August 22, 2016
Image Source: US Dept of Energy The whole world seems to be going solar! While having solar panels on rooftops is becoming less strange every passing year, some folks are keen to have solar panels co...Read more
Can concentrating solar PV be combined with solar thermal?
Category: Advanced, Profession, PV, Solar, ThermalAuthor : Admin August 20, 2016
For those new to solar, here’s what concentrating solar PV means: It refers to a way of generating solar power in which, through the use of lenses, concentrated sunlight falls on the solar pa...Read more
Is it true concentrating solar PV can reach 40% efficiency?
Category: Advanced, Profession, PVAuthor : Admin August 14, 2016
In concentrating solar PV, much higher efficiencies than those for conventional PV are achieved by concentrating sunlight on solar panels. In this technology, sunlight is concentrated on solar panels...Read more
Thin Film Solar Panels
Category: PVAuthor : Admin August 9, 2016
What are thin film solar panels?...Read more