Energy chosen

Energy's name :

🔅SOLAR🔅

Primary or secondary energy : Solar power is primary.

Renewable or not renewable : Solar power is renewable.

Traditional or alternative energy:  Solar power is alternative.

Brief definition:

Solar energy is a renewable energy and, is inexhaustible

 Solar energy is the use of sun energy. This is a type of renewable energy. It's also clean energy.

Solar energy is energy contained in solar radiation, which transforms into thermal or electrical energy. The solar panel is an element in charge of capturing solar radiation and transforming it into energy.

*Solar panel

Solar panels can be: - by solar thermal sensors (solar thermal energy)

                         -by photovoltaic modules (photovoltaic solar energy)

                         - without any external element (passive solar energy)

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Advantages:

> Solar energy is a renewable energy and, therefore, is inexhaustible

>Low pollution and respect for the environment.

>Facilities with a low cost of installation and maintenance.

> It's favorable for isolated places

> It's favorable public opinion.

Problems :

>The economic cost compared to other options

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>The performance is a function of the weather.

>Limitations on solar hours.

>Limitations to store the generated energy

> It contaminate a lot.

>It occupies a lot of space and you will necetiraries a whole farmhouse.

                                              

Solar energy

                                                               
                                                                           

>>Mirrors concentrate solar radiation on a pipe. For this pipeline, 
water is being heated and creates steam that moves a turbine. This 
turbine is coupled to a generator that generates electricity and then
sends it to a transformer that raises the voltage to be distributed 
over the network.

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>>The photovoltaic plate generates electricity, it is stored in batteries. By means of a voltage-inverter, it converts the DC current of the battery in AC (230V), that is the one we use in homes, schools, hospitals ...

>>The solar plate captures sunlight. In the interior of the plate there is a water pipe that is in contact with the deposit. The water that circulates through the interior of this pipe is heated and as a consequence the water of the deposit escalates.

Extra information

Tips of solar energy:

>>Active solar energy: it uses photovoltaic panels and solar thermal collectors to collect energy. >>Passive solar energy: essentially uses bioclimatic architecture, specially designed to capture solar energy and take advantage of it.

                                

>>Photovoltaic solar energy: take advantage of photovoltaic effect to generate an electric current. It can be used to supply electricity in autonomous installations or can be supplied (sold) on the electricity grid.

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>>Thermal solar energy: the way to take advantage is very common and economical. It is about taking advantage of solar radiation to heat water through solar collectors. It can be used to obtain hot water or for the heating of a home.

>>Concentrating solar thermal energy: Concentration solar thermal energy is a type of solar thermal energy that uses mirrors to concentrate sunlight on a small space. Concentrated sunlight is transformed into heat, from which electricity is generated.


>>Hybrid solar energy: Hybrid solar energy is called that conjugates two energy sources to produce electricity from a hybridization. For example, photovoltaic solar energy with fossil fuels.


>>Solar wind energy: As solar wind energy is known that uses the air heated by the Sun to produce electricity.

Derrived energies:

>>Wind power (sun heats the air and generates air currents)

>>Hydraulic energy (it uses the potential energy of water).💧

>>Non-renewable energy (coal or petroleum)🤔