Ways to Build Solar Panels and Create a Home Solar Power Plant In Three Easy Stages
With today's climbing fuel costs it is becoming more and more realistic for you to say goodbye to the grid, and start generating your own electricity from renewable sources. One of the methods you can use is to generate energy from the sun. This is achieved by using a solar panel, which converts sunlight to electrical energy, and then routing this through a battery bank, so that the surplus is stored for use when the sun isn't shining.
Unfortunately solar panels can be expensive, and if you want to be totally self sufficient you are going to need a lot of them. Luckily you can build solar panels for a lot less than commercially finished ones cost.. Listed here are my best three ideas to help you to succeed in making your solar power dream a reality.
1. The Solar Panel. - As previously mentioned commercially built panels cost a fortune. To make your own you simply need to buy photo voltaic cells. This type of cell reacts to sunlight by producing an electrical current. You simply need to connect these cells together in series, and lay this matrix into a wooden frame with a glass cover. The cells are available on-line, and the timber and glass for the frame you can get from a hardware store. Don't worry basic wiring instructions will be supplied with your cells.
Frequently Asked Questions
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QUESTION:
Would you want a solar power plant near your home?
List some good reasons you would/wouldn't want a solar power plant near your home. This is for a school project so please list some good answers.-
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I would like a solar power plant FOR my home. I have no problem with such things nor would I complain about a 'wind farm'.
The current coal-fired plant (about 5 miles from me) pollutes every day. It is a "clean burn" plant but the operators seem to have found a way to conceal their pollution. I can see the yellow haze being emitted in the steam plume from the cooling towers (where nothing but steam is supposed to be) on sunny days.
I've told the local EPA about that but nothing has been done. Grift and bribery I would guess.
Anyway, the solar and wind plants are clean and efficient when operating and fueling them does not require deforestation or mining.
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QUESTION:
How much space and time is required to build A single Nuclear reactor versus a solar power Plant?
So I would like you to give me the cost, the time to build the KW/h it produces and the space a nuclear reactor requires. As well as the same for any single solar power plant.
(All the stats of each have to be from a any, but all have to be from the same one)It's self-directed homework that's due in today, but I just wanted to know the answer in the end.
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ANSWER:
This is a loaded question with many right answers. I'll take a stab at it though.The largest proposed photovoltaic power station in the world is in Victoria, Australia and is estimated to produce 154 megawatts. It will utilize 2,000 acres of land.
Conversely, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear station in Japan is the largest nuclear power station in the world. It produces a little over 8,000 megawatts and utilizes 1,037 acres of land.
Using these two extreme examples, nuclear power produces roughly 100 times more energy per acre than solar energy. Arguably, nuclear power stations are still cheaper to construct than solar energy stations. The cost of photovoltaic cells is still high as technology hasn't improved enough to reduce their cost.
There are many other factors that come into play that complicate the decision between which is ultimately the cheaper solution for energy production. There are factors like cost of land, environmental impact of land use, longevity of the facilities, long-term environment effects, and so on.
I can't answer how much each costs to build and the time for construction. Let us know what you came up with.
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QUESTION:
How to solicit the services of a professional to orchestrate the design & construction of a solar power plant?
Product and international investors are in place and ready to commence feasibility study. The professional will need to orchestrate the feasibility study, design, construction, final intergration, energy marketing, energy distribution, energy efficiency, and ongoing maintenace of the solar power plant(s).-
ANSWER:
Place a free ad @ http://www.buildersstaff.com. There are professionals of every trade looking for opportunities. You will probably get many responses and excellent pricing.
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QUESTION:
What would be income/profit on a 1 MW solar power plant( on an average)?
I wish to set up a small scale solar power plant in India. With current subsidies given by govt, what would be the monthly/annual income on say 1 MW solar power plant.-
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I don't know India, but your best bet may be to find someone else who has already set up such a plant, and inquire. If there are no others, there's probably a good reason.1 MW is not exactly small, by the way. That's on the order of the size Google has installed on their headquarters.
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