Describes insight of solar power

1. SOLAR POWER
• Solar power
• Is the conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV), indirectly
using concentrated solar power, or a combination. Concentrated solar power systems
use lenses or mirrors and solar tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small
beam. Photovoltaic cells convert light into an electric current using the photovoltaic effect.

2. What is Photovoltaic cell and how does it work?
A Solar Cell, or Photovoltaic cell, is an electrical device that converts the energy of light directly into
electricity by the photovoltaic effect, which is a physical and chemical phenomenon.

3. Concentrated Solar Power
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technologies use mirrors to concentrate (focus) the sun's light energy and
convert it into heat to create steam to drive a turbine that generates electrical power. CSP technology
utilizes focused sunlight.That heat is then channeled through a conventional generator.

4. Hybrid Solar Systems • Battery Bank: In a hybrid system once solar power
is used by the appliances, any excess power left
will be sent to the battery bank. Once the battery
bank is fully charged, it will stop receiving power
from the solar system. The energy from the
battery can then be discharged and used for
power consumption, usually during the peak
evening period when the cost of electricity is
typically at its highest.
• Meter and Electricity Grid: Depending on how
your hybrid system is set up and whether your
utility allows it, once your batteries are fully
charged, excess solar power not required by your
appliances can be exported to the grid via your
meter. When your solar system is not in use, and if
you have drained the usable power in your
batteries your appliances will then start drawing
power from the grid.