Mpansu Tunkara
ENG 202
Prof. Pamela Stemberg
December 18, 2022
Solar Energy Power System
When energy is mentioned the most one thing that people know is the grid power system which is the powerful energy system that supplies the whole united states. There’s another power system called the solar power energy system which is something that takes its energy from the sun and turns it into electrical energy system.
“What is a solar energy system!!??” is what people asked when they hear about it. Solar energy or solar power is radiant light and heat from the sun that is harnessed using a range of technologies which one of them is solar power generate electricity. This means that the sun would face a solar panel which is made of silicone and give it light and heat to generate energy that would become electricity this electricity would then be transmitted through an inverter where then it would then be used for home lights and other things that a regular tool that is used in electricity. Solar electric power doesn’t have limited power it could generate more volts depending on the amount of panel. The size of the panel would tell the amount of power it could supply a household, the more panels the better.
When it comes to solar energy it would help homeowners and people into poultry, gardening, and agriculture to be able to have a stable power system which would not cost them a lot during the year. The only things that are needed to get solar power is to install a panel facing the sun and batteries that save enough power for it to function at night. The reason for the batteries is to store the electric power energy that would be supplied during the night, this is because when the sun sets there Is no power from the sun that could be able to give the heat and light that it needs. With the batteries it could supply the energy by getting charged during the day by an inverter which takes the energy from the sun and supplies it through the areas that needs power.
The solar energy could help homeowners from spending a lot of money on electric bills, this would benefit people who live in areas that have 70 to 85% of sunlight during the calendar year. The only maintenance that a solar system would need is cleaning the panel for better absorption of light and heat and batteries for better stored energy. The maintenance for it would be once every two years which ever panel lasts from 25 to 30 years for replacement.
with this diagram it shows the details about the amount it will cost to install a solar panel. The cost of the installation is in watts meaning that it will charge depending on the amount of power it supplies from the panel to the specific area you would like power to be installed to. Solar panel comes in different sizes with the sizes it estimates the amount of power it could supply on your property. Although it calculates by sizes it would still help with the spences on power supply.
The infographic below is given information about how solar energy could be supplied from the sun the sun is the power source that give heat and the energy. With the details on the infographic, it shows the speed of the sun and the about of energy it could burn every second That heat that is burned off from the sun could be used instead of been wasted.
Solar energy system is basic thing to spend into, the best benefit about it is that the power source is the sun which burns out a lot of energy every hour. With that energy it could be used for clean energy power that could be supplied in an economy way. This energy is good for private homeowners and people that are doing agriculture. The solar energy is also a solution to the climate change where we can avoid a lot of pollution in our environment.
References:
By: Xu, Min; Cui, Yan; Wang, Tao; Zhang, Yaozhong; Guo, Yan; Zhang, Xiaoying. Energies (19961073). Nov2022, Vol. 15 Issue 21, p8215. 18p. DOI: 10.3390/en15218215.
By: Zhang, Yaxin; Hu, Tao. Energies (19961073). Oct2022, Vol. 15 Issue 19, p7193. 30p. DOI: 10.3390/en15197193.
Subjects: PHOTOVOLTAIC power generation; SOLAR energy; POWER resources; AUSTRALIA; Solar Electric Power Generation
