Uses of Solar Energy

Importance of solar energy has been increasing since people have started caring for nature and started taking it seriously. Mainly since the Indian Government has made sincere efforts to promote it in multiple ways.

Some of the uses of solar energy are as follows-

Solar Electricity. ( The most popular use of solar energy ) with out Battery

A distributed solar PV system is typically installed on the rooftops of homes or businesses. These solar power systems generate electricity to offset the property owner’s usage and send any excess production to the electric grid. RoI is in Less than 5 years. Which is better return on investment than any other safe investment as on today.

Solar Electricity. ( The most popular use of solar energy ) With Battery

A solar battery can connect to your solar power system to enable you to use solar after the sun goes down, power an EV overnight, or provide backup power during emergencies. Some homeowners may choose to go completely off the grid with a solar power and battery system or a solar power and generator system.

RoI is in Less than 10 years. But you get power reliability and high availability. And if it is replacing running a DG, the ROI could again be less than 5 years !!

Solar Water Pumping System

Most popular in Agriculture Sector.?

? Pumping of water for irrigation for drinking water supply in off grid areas.

? Farmer can cultivate multiple crops throughout the year in off grid areas?

? Women can save their time spent in collecting and transporting water.

? Way Lower operating expense compared to diesel pumps?

? Zero emission of green house gases.

? Reduced load on national grid

Solar Water Heater

There are two types of solar systems that can be used to replace traditional water heaters powered by gas or electricity. Active solar hot water systems make use of mechanical circulating pumps that circulate water or another fluid from rooftop heat collection panels down into a storage tank. Passive hot water systems have no mechanical pump components, operating by the simple physics of heat naturally rising.

?

Charging Batteries With Solar Power

Virtually any device that operates on a battery can be charged with solar power via some type of photo-electric panel system. The nature of photo-electric solar panels is to generate DC current, which is the same form used in most batteries. Many basic and inexpensive solar panel kits have connections that allow you to plug in cell phones, pad devices, and laptops for direct charging. And by adding a simple inverter that converts DC current to 120-volt AC current, you can also plug in the chargers for other batteries.

?

On a much larger scale, as we'll soon see, a large bank of solar panels can charge a whole bank of storage batteries that can power nearly any 120-volt AC device—right up to serving your entire house.

Solar Lighting

Stand alone Solar Light poles is also very popular now a days. Though cleaning of Solar PV Modules remains a issue.

These were some of the popular uses of solar energy. Which route would you prefer to take ?

?

?