The definitive guide to how solar panels produce electricity The main element of a solar electric (photovoltaic) system is the solar (photovoltaic, PV) cell. Hereinafter the terms ‘solar’ and ‘photovoltaic’ are used interchangeably. We would like once again to remind that term ‘solar’ could be … [Read more...]
Solar Power Systems For Your Home Or Business
Solar electric (photovoltaic) systems generate electricity from solar energy. The solar generated electricity can be used in your home/office and/or exported to the utility grid. Therefore solar power systems are divided in two main types – connected to the grid, or ‘grid-tied’, and … [Read more...]
How Many Solar Panels Do I Need?
How many solar panels do I need is one of the most frequently asked questions by solar enthusiasts. In this post, we offer you a step by step method for calculating the number of solar panels needed for your solar project: solar-powered home or vehicle. We suppose that you have already made … [Read more...]
Size your PWM Charge Controller With Our New Free Solar Charge Controller Calculator!
How to size your PWM charge controller? The main function of a charge controller (sometimes called ‘charge regulator’) is fully to charge the battery in a solar system but also to prevent it both from overcharging in hot sunny days and from deep discharging in days of scarce sunlight. If you … [Read more...]
Free Solar Wire Sizing Calculator Available on Our Site
Hi Guys, We are glad to announce a new calculator on our site: Free Cable Size Calculator By using this calculator you may estimate the copper wire gauge by taking into account: cable length the desired voltage drop the system voltage of your solar panel and solar array wattage cable … [Read more...]
Free Online Solar Calculator Available on Our Site
Hi folks, By this post we would like to announce that we have build a free solar panel and solar power calculator. Click Here to go to solar calculator page By using this calculator you may calculate the size of your solar panel system and the number of solar panels needed. The solar … [Read more...]
Why You Should Start with Energy Efficiency Before Going Solar
Why you should start with energy efficiency before going solar Energy efficiency is a way of using all kinds of energies in order to reduce the energy consumption. Energy efficiency is related to adopting green energy technologies. The goal of energy efficiency is saving costs both in energy … [Read more...]
What is the Cost of Using Solar Energy
A techno-economic assessment will prove the economic feasibility and sense of buying a solar electric system. First, let’s consider grid-tied systems. If you are planning to buy, build yourself or have built a grid-tied system, such an evaluation should by all means take into account expected … [Read more...]
What Are The Disadvantages Of Solar Power?
Along with numerous advantages, solar power has some drawbacks. Let’s list the most important disadvantages of solar power: 1. Solar electricity might not be economically beneficial for everyone Our comment on this disadvantage of solar power: Although prices of photovoltaics / solar … [Read more...]
What Are The Problems With Solar Power
If you are planning to buy a photovoltaic solar power system, you are supposed to start with increasing energy efficiency of your home or office. Achieving energy efficiency means reducing electrical consumption and your monthly electricity bills respectively. Why is energy efficiency so … [Read more...]
Why You Should Be Careful With Free Solar Sizing Software
Why you should be careful with free solar sizing software or tools? Free software for solar power system sizing could be easily found on the Internet, on sites of most solar vendors. It appears attractive since everybody would be excited to get a solar system evaluated for free. At least this … [Read more...]
Where Are Solar Panels Used?
Solar panels are used in solar electric systems to generate electricity from sunlight. Different types of solar panels have different performance due to different conversion efficiency of their solar cells. There are two main types of solar electric (photovoltaic) systems – connected to the … [Read more...]
Do Solar Panels Save You Money?
Solar panels are the main building units of solar electric systems. To find out whether solar panels would save you money means to estimate your investment in a solar electric system. Such a task starts with calculating solar electricity production costs. It is important to calculate … [Read more...]
