What Are Solar Panels and different types of solar panels for home and business

What Are Solar Panels?

When photons from the sun hit the solar panel they knock loose negatively charged electrons from atoms within the structure. Positively charged holes consume electrons.

This movement of negatively and positively charged particles generates a strong electrical field which creates a voltage of around 0.5V.

The voltage pushes the flow of electrons to contacts at the front and back of the cell where it is conducted along wiring that connects the cells together.

The new generated energy then flows into an inverter where it gets converted from DC to AC electricity. Self-generated electricity is then transferred into your home system. Any clean, green solar power you don’t use flows back into the grid for someone else to use – which means your solar PV system is helping cut carbon emissions for everyone.

Do solar panels require direct sunlight?

There are lots of concerns that to gain the greatest benefit from solar systems you need to live in a country that is close to the equator. This is true up to a point. However, solar panels do not need direct sunshine to work. Having daylight is enough, so you can still generate some electricity on gloomy days – important in a country with dull weather.

PV solar panels convert the light into electricity, which you can use to power your home during daylight hours. Any energy you don't use is pumped back to the grid. If you use more than the panels generate, the excess comes off the grid, exactly as it did before the panels were fitted.

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More About Solar Panels

Solar panels for home can be of four different types: Hybrid, Polychrystalline, Monochrystalline and Amorphous.

Efficiency of solar panels fluctuates between 5-20%. Least efficient panesl are Amorphous, most efficient are Hybrid.

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