Facts about Solar Energy

Solar Energy :Important to Know now adays
Solar Energy is freely available all the time.No need to pay for it.This is renewable energy and mostly available environmental friendly firm of energy available to us.The main environmetal burden remains in the production of converting device. environmental burdens concerns with Solar Collector Panel,inverter ,battery with controller including connecting wire in case of solar electricity and may be another type of environmental concerns may arise in solar thermal.
There are several application of solar energy in our daily life which are free of cost.we need to increase the application of solar energy in every aspect of life as far as possible to minimize use of fossile fuel based energy as far convcerns.
It is better to use solar energy in combination withother form of energy.In this way we can optimize overal energy system in any industry in huge basis.
Application of solar energy system are:
(1)Heating Water in our daily use in household(we can use this in combination with electric heater or gas heater).We can use 50-100Liter Solar Water heater in single house hold.
(2)Solar electricity(small scale to bigger one):we can save huge amount of kerosene in rural areas by small solar home system.we can use 5W peak panel and 2 solar tuki light for small rural home.Combinatino of 10W peak panel with support structure,controller and 20Wh batter with 2*5W CFL light for light small house and bigger ones depends on the how much light are necessary.Rural people in Nepal are using solar electricity specially for lighting.
(3)Solar energy can even be used for cooking in many places in Africa.
(4)These can be used in heating swimming pools and power hybrid car on industrial basis too.
Some facts and Why solar Energy is important?
(1)A home solar system is typically made up of solar panels, an inverter, a battery, a charge controller, wiring and support structure
(2)A 1-kilowatt home solar system consists of about 10-12 solar panels and requires about 100 square feet of installation area.
(3)A 1 kilowatt home solar system will generate approximately 1,600 kilowatt hours per year in a sunny climate (receiving 5.5 hours of sunshine per day) and approximately 750 kilowatt hours per year in a cloudy climate (receiving 2.5 hours of sunshine per day).
(4)The system usually comes with a 5-year warranty, although the solar panels are warranted for 20.Only battery needs to be replaced.
(5)Relying on the battery back up, a solar energy system can provide electricity 24x7, even on cloudy days and at night.
(6)A 1-kilowatt home solar system will prevent approximately 170 lbs. of coal from being burned, 300 lbs of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere and 105 gallons of water from being consumed each month!
(7)The sun is also the main source of non-renewable fossil fuels (coal, gas and petroleum), which began life as plants or animals whose energy came from the sun millions of year ago.
(8)Solar energy is responsible for weather patterns and ocean currents.
(9)In one hour more sunlight falls on the earth than what is used by the entire population in one year.
(10)Electric ovens consume the most amount of electricity, followed by microwaves and central air conditioning.
(11)Third world countries with an abundance of sunlight and a population currently without electricity, represents the fastest growing market for solar energy, with the largest domestic market being the utilities sector.
(12)Shell Oil predicts that 50% of the world's energy will come from renewable sources by 2040.