Solar energy…..????
need some simple information about solar energy and power. Do solar panels absorb the suns rays? what are the benefits of solar energy? and other basic information
The panels absorb light from the sun, and convert directly into electricity. They are used in outer space, and remote locations on earth to generate power over long periods of time without maintenance. Anyplace else they are used, they are not cost effective.
To supply a small house with 3600 watts (when the weather is good and the sun shines) costs over $30,000. This isn’t enough power to air condition a home or do much of anything else. (It will power 36 100 watt incandescent light bulbs … when the sun is shining and the weather good.)
If you lived up north where no a/c was needed, used propane to heat and run a refrigerator (yes you can refrigerate just using propane as the energy source), used LED lighting, had some deep discharge storage batteries, a back-up propane generator, notebook computer, etc. you might possibly be able to sort of get by with solar cells.
But cost effective? No. And being an engineering to tie it all together and keep running would be helpful.
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Solar panels absorb the suns rays and store the energy. The benefit is that your power bill will drop. When I lived in