Solar Panel – method to calculate the no. of panels.

How to calculate the number of solar panel to be installed?

If you have decided to opt for solar panel to fossil fuel, than let me congratulate you for your decision of saving money and natural resources from depleting. GOOD JOB! Now, that you have decided to go green by using solar panel the most important thing to know is how many panels are required to meet the need of your electrical consumption.

To determine the number of panels required we have to follow the steps given below:

1.    Find the average daily consumption of electricity:  To find that you can take your monthly bill and divide it by the number of days in the month.

2.    Find the Peak Sun hours: For this you can take help of websites that provide this information for you. The websites provides maps and locations of the cities in your country. Upon selecting the location where you are put up you get the peak sun hours of that particular place.

3.    Find the number of watts you need per hour (W/H): To find this you just have to divide the no of watts of power you use each day and divide it by the average hours of sunlight per day.

Let’s take a simple example, if you need 500 watts each day and the peak sun hour is 5 hours than the watts per hour is 500/5 = 100 watts per hour.

4.    Find the number of panels required: Now that you know the consumption of electricity is 500 W/H following the above example, you can select the panel you find best to suit your requirement. Panels have different watt ratings for example 100 watts, 200 watts, 500 watts etc. So if you chose 500 watts panel you just need 1 panel and if you select 100 watts panel you will have to go for 5 panels to meet your requirement.

5.    Check the wattage of the solar panel:   “Volts (measurement of voltage) x amps (measurement of current) = wattage (Product of volts and amps)” For example, if the panel is of 6volts and 5 amps then the wattage is 30.

And to convert this wattage in to kilowatts you just divide the wattage by 1000…here in this example the kilowatts is 30/1000=0.03 kilowatts.

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Solar Energy - Pros & Cons

                             

Solar energy is no doubt the best type of energy one can get in abundance from nature. Man has been exploiting the nature from centuries and as a result we have now started facing the ill effect of that exploitation. To overcome these ill-effect one can take a baby step in correcting our mistakes that we have done in the name of progress. Using Solar energy is one such small step that we can take which will not only reduces or nullifies our electricity bill but also helps in keeping the environment clean by not emitting any harmful gases.

            Why use solar energy?

             Listed below are few prominent reasons as to why we should use solar energy.

1.    It saves money since we have to pay less to the electricity department.

2.    No pollution.  It does not emit any gases in the process of producing electricity.

3.    Cost effective for remote location where laying high voltage wires may cost more or can be very difficult too.

4.    Less or No dependency on fossil fuels.

5.    Source is available in abundance and for free.

6. The energy received from the source is in its natural form so no side effects whatsoever.

7.    Long Lasting source of energy.

         Then what is holding us back?

There are some man-made and some natural cons that makes it at times difficult to choose solar energy over conventional fuel energy.

1.    The 1^st con of solar energy is man-made. The cost of making a panel. The Cost is too high which repels a person from using it.

2.    The 2nd con is natural one. The geographic location of the place. If the place is not getting enough sunlight during the daytime the panel may not be able to generate enough electricity as per the required.

3.    Again a man-made side-effect of revolution is pollution. Pollution also acts as a con for solar panel. Pollution affects the overall efficiency of the solar panel, hence generating less amount of electricity than required.

4.    Natural Con. Electricity can be produced only during the day time when the sun is up and not throughout the day as the source which is the sun is only there for 12 hours at a particular part of the earth.

5.    Man-made con. Installation and repairs cost are also too high which discourages a person from installing the panel.

Hope we can find some solution to the man-made cons. The cost of building up a solar panel needs to come down so that it can be within the reach of the masses as a result people will definitely use this energy wherever possible, not just to cut down the electricity bills but also to keep the atmosphere clean. 

Furthermore, we can manufacture more and more vehicles running on solar power and which can store the energy in the batteries when the sunlight is not available. As a result of this less carbon dioxide will be emitted into the atmosphere and that will be bring down the effect of global warming which is the major concern of the world today. We can with this little move make our earth a better place to live in.


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