SOLAR ENERGY

-BY Naveen Kumar.S

RENEWABLE ENERGY
Renewable

energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable.

International Space Station solar panel array with the horizon of the Earth in the background

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Some of the Renewable Energy are

Wind Energy

Modern wind turbines range from around 600 kW to 5 MW of rated power, although turbines with rated output of 1.53 MW have become the most common for commercial use.
Hydropower

Wind Turbines located outside of Palm Springs, California

Energy in water can be harnessed and used. Since water is about 800 times denser than air, even a slow flowing stream of water, or moderate sea swell, can yield considerable amounts of energy.
Grand Coulee Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Geothermal

energy

Geothermal energy is energy obtained by tapping the heat of the earth itself, both from kilometers deep into the Earth's crust in volcanically active locations of the globe or from shallow depths. Three types of power plants are used to generate power from geothermal energy: dry steam, flash, and binary.

Krafla Geothermal Station in northeast Iceland

Solar

Energy

INTRODUCTION
Solar

energy- radiant light and heat from

Sun. Renewable energy on earth. Solar powered electrical generation relies on heat engines and photovoltaics.

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Nellis Solar Power Plant in the United States, one of the largest photovoltaic power plants in North America

ENERGY FROM SUN

The

Earth receives 174 petawatts of incoming solar radiation at the upper atmosphere. The total solar energy absorbed by Earth's atmosphere, oceans and land masses is approximately 3,850,000 exajoules per year. geographical location the closer to the equator the more "potential" solar energy is available.

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SOLAR PANEL
A solar panel is a packaged, interconnected assembly of solar cells, also known as photovoltaic cells.

An installation of solar panels in rural Mongolia

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APPLICATION

Solar lighting

Daylighting systems collect and distribute sunlight to provide interior illumination.

oculus at the top of the Pantheon, in Rome, Italy have been in use since antiquity

Water heating
use

Solar hot water systems sunlight to heat water

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Water treatment

Solar distillation can be used to make saline or brackish water potable. Solar water disinfection involves exposing water-filled plastic polyethylene terephthalate bottles to sunlight for several hours.

Solar water disinfection in Indonesia

Cooking

Solar cookers use sunlight for cooking, drying and pasteurization

The Solar Bowl in Auroville, India, concentrates sunlight on a movable receiver to produce steam for cooking

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Solar Vehicle

Development of a solar powered car has been an engineering goal since the 1980s. Some vehicles use solar panels for auxiliary power, such as for air conditioning, to keep the interior cool, thus reducing fuel consumption.
Australia hosts the World Solar Challenge where solar cars like the Nuna3 race through a 3,021 km (1,877 mi) course from Darwin to Adelaide

SOLAR ENERGY ADVANTAGES AND

DISADVANTAGES
Advantages
Saves you money. Environmentally friendly. Low/ no maintenance. Independent/ semi-independent. Can be used for remote application.

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Disadvantages
Large areas of land are required for large-scale commercial solar energy projects. Up front costs associated with installing a solar system. Efficiency of the system also relies on the location of the sun. Production of solar energy is influenced by the presence of clouds or pollution in the air.