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Renewable energy from solar, wind and water are green, clean, sustainable, environmentally- and people-friendly and available in unlimited quantities. Profit from renewable energies, it is good for you and the world.
Solar energy - photovoltaic and thermal
Here the term Solar Energy is used for those parts, bands, ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum of the sun that we exploit in technical ways.
From the vast wide solar radiation spectrum we use infrared (wavelength more than 780 nanometers nm) for heating purposes from smaller home size up to commercial power plants of real big size.
For electric power generation by photovoltaic cells the range of about 400 - 780 nanometers, that is what we see as light, is most efficient.
Photovoltaic cells convert sunlight to electric power
Photovoltaic solar power
The photovoltaic or photoelectric properties of certain materials, most common today is Silicon (chemical Si) give us a great gift. They convert sunlight to electric power without any noise and absolut no emission of greenhouse gases or other hazardous anything.
The photovoltaic or photoelectric effect means the separation of elementary electrical loads (plus - minus) in a semiconductor boundary layer by incoming light (photons). The smallest technical unit using the photo- voltaic effect is a solar cell. A certain number of solar cells assemled both mechanicaly and electricaly form a solar panel.
Solar energy powers heating and drinking water systems
The incoming solar infrared radiation can be used to power heating and drinking water systems in a very economic way. Basically it is a simple thing. A hose pipe in the sun in your garden collects solar heat. Modern state of the art solar heat collectors are technically optimized to a high grade of efficiency. In the island of Mallorca solar heat collecting is able to contribute about 80% of your yearly energy need for heating and drinking water purposes if the installation quality meets the latest efficiency standards.
Advantages and benefits of solar energy
Generating electric power and heat from solar energy is absolutely charming
- it is right where you want it, no hassle with energy monopolists
- no expenses for coal, oil, natural gas or the incredible stupid nuclear power
- no emission of toxics and uncalculable hazardous stuff to our breathing atmosphere
There are two major arguments to invest in solar energy now:
Solar energy cost. Once your own photovoltaic electrical power plant and your solar heating installation, a combination is a reasonable and very recommendable option, is set up the right way using high quality components it will serve during its entire lifetime, depending on the manufacturers warranty, for at least 20 years, at no fuel cost and at zero toxic emission.
Get rid of the Mr. Evils of crude oil and natural gas
Due to rapidly rising crude oil and natural gas prices the amortisation time of a solar energy installation is shrinking. Building your own solar installation now you free yourself from uncalculabely rallying energy expenses once and for ever and in the long run save a serious lot of money.
Facing a dramatic rise of environmental problems caused by the unchecked, unrestrained use of fossile energy, some keywords: carbon dioxide, greenhouse gas, toxics like soot, ash, micro dust, global warming, climate change, along with all implications and consequences, each and every solar installation is a valuable part in protecting our climate and wealth.
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