Photovoltaic module

In a speech to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Australian Minister for the Environment, Moss Cass said, “We have not inherited this earth from our parents to do with it what we will. We have borrowed it from our children and we must be careful to use it in their interests as well as our own.” The United Nations has predicted that, by 2050, the world’s population will be 9.6 billion and reach 10.9 billion by 2100 (“Don’t Panic” 1). Problems facing these future…

Solar energy is one of the oldest forms of energy use as our early ancestors used heat from the sun to start fires to cook food are heated rocks to provide warmth through the night. These two scenarios are both examples of solar renewable energy. You may have noticed some of your neighbors with shinny panels on top of their roof. Well your neighbors are going green and trying to get away from non-renewable energy which hurts the environment by the pollution that comes from using oil or nuclear…

Imagine walking threw a big city like New York in the middle of the afternoon. You look up and see midnight black smog that is covering the city. How would you feel not being able to see any rays of sunlight? Well, the fact that global warming has been happening for decades isn’t something new. In fact, in some cities around the word air pollution is so bad that most people are unable to walk around without an air pollution mask. Yet with the public focus in the modern world on pollution, ways…

Phase Three is centered on becoming more energy efficiency and increasing the use of solar energy so that the increasing population will have adequate energy supplies should non-renewable energy sources become depleted. Energy efficiency can be improved by setting stricter guidelines for energy use for corporations and local businesses. These guidelines should be well enforced. Being energy efficient saves money spent on energy costs, and reduces pollution emissions. Additionally, solar panels…

Solar energy is a resource that produces electricity by emitting energy from the sun in form of solar radiation. Moreover, solar energy is not only considered as a type of renewable energy, but also sustainable energy, which means that it does not harm the environment, and there are no limits for using it. Further, devices that are used to produce solar energy are solar panels and solar cell. However, everything has both negative and positive sides, and solar energy also has its advantages and…

4. RECOMMENDATIONS “We have this handy fusion reactor in the sky called the sun, you don’t have to do anything, it just works. It shows up every day.” – Elon Musk, CEO Tesla Motors Unfortunately for SolarCity, the punctuality of the sun is not going to be enough to assure the success of the company. The evolving industry of solar energy requires a fast responsive approach. For this reason at the end of the analysis it is possible propose some possible suggestions for the future developments of…

With the growing population in the past years comes an increase in urbanization and industrialization, thus increasing the number of buildings in urban areas and consequently this means an overall rise in energy usage by the people. The increase in population and amount of people moving into urban areas is occurring at an alarming rate, but this doesn’t come as a surprise. Ever since 1950 this has been occurring. From 1950 to 1986 there was an increase from 600 million to 2 billion people…

space that the buildings supply. The panels for solar energy can be mounted on a roof structure or on a pole depending on location (Shere 2012). In order for the energy from the panels to be utilized the direct current that is concentrated in the photovoltaic cells needs to be converted into alternating current (Shere 2012). If the facility is not connected to an electrical grid, the alternating current energy can be stored in batteries for future use (Shere 2012). Another thing that needs to be…

My first issue to be addressed is climate change. You can argue this from two sides, one side believing humans are causing/the main reason for this happening, and are the ones in charge of solving the issue at hand. The opposing argument being that “climate change” is a reoccurring event and has happen in the past and will continue to happen in the future. It’s the cause of heated argument and strong personal discussion. I’m choosing to address that climate change is real and is right in front…

People have been finding, and using sources of energy since the beginning of mankind. Whether it is fire to cook, use streams and rivers to ride a canoe, to help grind corn, or coal to power trains across the world, humans have always relied on the valuable riches that the earth produces to survive However, most of the energy that is currently being used is nonrenewable, which means that it will not replenish as quickly as it is being consumed. An example of a nonrenewable resource currently…