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January extra curricular activities - Which solar panels are the most efficient?

Read the following blogs: https://greentumble.com/most-efficient-solar-panels-on-the-market/ https://www.civicsolar.com/support/installer/questions/how-do-you-calculate-efficiency-solar-panel and answer the questions: 1. Which solar panels have the purest silicon and how are the solar cells formed? 2. What kind of panels are the best...

Solar panel lifespan (brief)

What we do know today is that a panel will continue to lose about 0.5% efficiency each year over it´s lifetime, and this is what makes solar panels manufactured today, come with a warranty that guarantees an energy production off at least of 80% efficiency, 25 years into the future. If it drops below that during that period or gets broken you can...

Discovering the benefits of going solar

It can’t be denied that there are a lot of benefits people can get when they use home solar panels. First of all, people can save money when using home solar panels because their operating cost is very little. It’s true that the installation cost might be a bit high. However, this is a one off payment that you need to pay and that’s...

Types Of PV systems

The Hybrid System: this system uses PV for a majority of their electric generation, but, when needed, backup generators, such as an internal combustion engine supplies extra power in periods of low (or no) sun conditions. The engine can be run on bio-diesel, diesel gasoline, or propane, depending on the configuration of the machine. Generators...

Monocrystalline Solar Cells | What are they?

Silicon: When constructing new monocrystalline solar cells, companies choose to build the individual photovoltaic cells out of a common element known as silicon, found in large quantities in the earth crust in its mineral form of silicon dioxide or sand. Refined Silicon: This mineral is also used in the computer chip industry and the...