Worldwide scale global warming is largely caused by the pollutants and emissions released by the burning of fossil fuels.
This includes all the traditional sources of energy like wood, coal and oil. Each individual person contributes to this effect and is known as your carbon footprint.
Making good use of renewable solar power energy will go a long way towards reducing the size and impact of your carbon footprint and of course the environment benefits from each individual that installs home solar energy in their homes with huge benefits.
Reducing the demand for this electricity will save the home owners money and the initial costs are not that massive if you employ a do it yourself approach.
The costs involved with using solar electricity are the costs of the technology needed to harness this energy in a usable form. After the initial investment, a home solar energy system is relatively maintenance free another bonus for the home owner which means more money is saved.
The sun is pretty much guaranteed to be with us for a long time so solar power energy is going to be a free renewable source of power.
Why You Should Use Solar Energy
The price can run into the thousands if you plan on a professional to install and even the most environmentally friendly individual the costs could be too high and requires good funding.
Consequently, many home owners are benefiting by building do it yourself solar power panels and electrical generating systems for their home. These days, it’s simple to find the information you require to make a small solar panel yourself.
You cannot depend on one small solar panel for powering your entire home, but it will supply enough power for smaller appliances.
To reduce or even eliminate your dependence on the power company you simply make and add more solar panels until your household load demand is meet and there after the excess power is bought back from you by the power company.
The home owners now find themselves in a position whether to engage professionals to install solar power panels [ solar array] or do it yourself method which of course is a massive savings and looks and performs the same as the professional installation.
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It is absolutely amazing how simple it really is to design and build a residential solar power system on your own. Thanks to the production of many solar components by larger electronics companies, it is now cheaper to buy and build your own solar panels, rather than purchasing professionally designed and installed solar panel systems
There are many packages and kits on the market that gives the do it yourself person the required information. Care has to taken when you choosing which solar package to purchase as some dish out rubbish and has no value at all but give you local data that cannot help you to install the solar panels.
The package should give information, blue prints with full illustrated easy to follow step by step instructions on where and how to find the material to make a small solar panel and explain the best places to purchase cheap batteries [deep cycle] for storing the solar electricity.
You are going to be guided in such a manner that you will find things very clear, easy to understand.
Affordable $200 price tag would easy cover the purchase of the solar package and material to make a small solar panel and have change left over for dinner.
Within a couple of weeks you will have create your own renewable energy power system by designing and building you own homemade solar power panels.
REMEMBER Be careful when selecting which package or guides to purchase and make sure which one contains the information you require to Make Your Solar Panels and Build Your Own Wind Powered Generators
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How can I measure solar power/energy?What kind of instrument/tool can I use to measure the amount of energy produced from a solar-powered oven/appliance? And what would the unit of measurement be? Volts? Watts?
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June 21st, 2009 at 7:47 am
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June 21st, 2009 at 9:00 am
Until compact onsite electrical storage becomes practical, it's better to have centralized solar power stations feeding power to the electrical grid, because 1) the wiring to the lamps are already in place and/or are necessary anyway for times of no sun, and 2) greater efficiencies and easier maintenance is possible at large solar power installations than with thousands of small solar collectors. However, independent "off the grid" solar powered devices is the trend. For example, through fuel cell technology, compact solar energy storage may become possible and practical, in which case high efficiency street lamps may go off the grid, thereby reducing wiring needs.
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June 21st, 2009 at 9:10 am
June 21st, 2009 at 9:12 am
what is wrong with nuclear generated electricity? its cheaper to produce than any other form of electricity
June 21st, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Hi there,
Engineering wouldn't be a bad field for something like alternative energy. I know that's kind of general, but maybe there is something else specifically within engineering, that may cater to solar energy, wind energy, wave energy, etc..
I guess it really depends in the school you are in, and what kind of variety with the majors that they offer.
June 21st, 2009 at 1:24 pm
With the way things are at the moment there is a huge problem with having electric cars everywhere, all you are doing is shifting the carbon production elsewhere. The power for them has to be generated somehow and until we are on 100% renewable energy that simply means bigger power stations will be needed. Of course there is the nuclear option of generation but I have a feeling that will not be going down too well……..
June 21st, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Begin with the Wikipedia website.
Then look for specifics:
The energy from the Sun gives us light and heat.
The more energetic light photons can be used to knock off electrons from some atoms; the electrons can then flow through wires for electricity (photovolatic cells).
The heat from the sun evaporates water from oceans, forms clouds, rain on mountain sides: brooks, creeks, rivers… The solar energy is "stored" in the water currents as water flows back to the ocean. We intercept it to make turbines run (hydro-electricity).
Plants absorb the energy of Sunlight (chlorophyl). In trees, this becomes fibrous materials which, when buried for thousands of years, become coal. When we burn coal, we "release" the stored solar energy.
Animals eat plants (which, themselves, represent stored solar energy) and, when they are buried for thousands of year, turn to petroleum.
June 21st, 2009 at 7:28 pm
Look video MrTitan1976
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:32 am
Okay, I don't think anyone's taken this seriously yet, so…
How about, hydro-electric, geothermal steam, wind turbines, augmentative passive solar, such as water heating and daylighting (somwhat different then solar lighting, or skylighting, although skylights count.) Also let's not forget rain harvesting, and gray-water usage.these save water, and energy from a treatment, billing, delivery standpoint.
Now that I asnwered the name other part: challenges, what happens when there is no sun/wind/water-flowing, if you have all of these, it won't happen that often, but when it does, are batteries a practical solution? Won't they eventually wind up in land-fill off-gasing? If you only use one or two of the 3 majors, what about when any of those aren't available? Availability is still a big concern, hopefully that will be the next stock-market bubble and drive a massive influx of green-products.
The common challenges with non-renewables, rather than starting from an environmental standpoint, how about we start with what they're called. NON-RENEWABLE, eventually we will run out. It's theorized that we've found all oil on earth, and will start a downward turn on production by somtime in 2008 or 2009. Aside from that, there's the obvious global warming issues.
O hope this helps some.
June 22nd, 2009 at 6:52 am
I would like to say yes but at this point I would have to say no. I worked at an ethanol pilot plant and anyone in the industry can tell you to break down starch in the corn you need what they call a jet cooker. This uses high pressure steam at appx 400-600F. There is no way in hell solar panels could heat water to this temperature effeciently and consistently. Plus a lot of ethanol plants run 24 hours a day and that right there pretty much shoots that plan in the ass. A good thought though. Ethanol will become more effecient once the enzyme industry catches up and can CHEAPLY use switchgrass as a fuel source.
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Ok, i will give that a look, but keep in mind. in all forms there is a point where something reacts, something needs energy, it always does, this is the limits of the laws of physics we know, the best we can do is use a renewable resource such as the sun or water. ill give the car a search. i been looking into popetual motion devices, and some claim there real, and many people can spot the flaws, give it a look, an interesting topic.
June 22nd, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Coal based electricity is still a bit “cleaner” than gasoline because electric cars are 75 to 85% efficient compared to like 20% for today’s engines. Thus we need to promote advanced battery research.
Eventually, oil will run dry and we will have to convert 2% of the deserts into concentrated solar power and even greenhouses that grow sugarcane. Water will be piped in from the oceans and distilled by more mirrors or by simple evaporation!
June 22nd, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Your solar appliance is not producing energy. You can calculate the amount of energy you need to add to a liter of water to raise it one degree C. But a solar oven is not linear. That one degree of temperature rise is much easier to accomplish at 25C than at 80C. To do a project on energy, you need to learn at least the basics of energy.
June 22nd, 2009 at 9:13 pm
the fact is that i just wish to live a planet where everything is clean and smart… I just wish that cars like -Tesla Roadster- could be everywhere in the world, so definately the health of the earth would say to us: Thank you very much indeed!
I belive that electric engine is the future, because it doesn’t foul up.. I belive that as we move trains with that , we can even move airplanes… just lets do it… why not?
June 22nd, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Maybe if everyone will start thinking in that way… definately we’ll get the solution.
i belive that!!!… just because we went to the moon… =)
anyway someone says that… the global warming its even something else, not just Co2… who knows?
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:25 pm
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June 24th, 2009 at 1:20 am
There are various ways to convert the energy of the sun but I will address only solar cells.
Good things:
–No CO2 emissions or other chemicals
–Renewable
–Once the installation is built, it is "free"
–It generates electricity which is a flexible form of energy but …
Bad things:
– The installation must be in a sunny place
– No energy at night
– Under the solar panels, nothing grows and the space cannot be used for something else.
– Difficult to store the energy in large quantities
(example you store In July, August and you use the energy in December)
Future developments and research:
– very efficient solar panels ( currently at beat 20%)
see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cell#...
– very efficient batteries
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June 24th, 2009 at 1:49 am
Many universities offer solar engineering classes for mechanical engineers. The design of hot water and wind power systems deal with the sciences that they have studied.
Photovoltaic systems lean more towards the electrical engineering side of engineering.