Moving Shadows – the Enemy of Solar Power
Shadows have become the nemesis of solar power for about as long as it has been around. Called cannibalizing, moving shadows can eat into the generated energy of solar cells, causing a decrease in output. A shadow’s effect on solar energy can be so severe that the shadow casts from a stick alone could reduce a string of solar cell’s generated energy to nothing. This has been one the biggest disadvantages to providing solar power. Unfortunately, many of the solar panels that maintain to be resistant against shading have proven ineffective when it comes to maintaining the production of solar energy at or around full capacity.
However, new technology may have changed the way that we look at shadow’s effect on solar power forever. Australian National University researchers have developed a new design that is able to combat shadows and will even lower the cost of producing solar energy.
Their design features curved, mirror-like solar concentrators that focuses light directly onto photovoltaic cells in order to generate electricity. The truly innovative aspect of this design is that even if shade were to fall across a multitude of solar cells the newly designed more compact solar panels are able to preserve power at full power. Though the technology was initially developed in Australia, it will be manufactured in California and either India or China.
Since the concentrated light coupled with the amplified cell production calls for smaller panels, there will be increased levels of efficiency. This will inevitably reduce the costs of producing solar power. The new design goes a long way towards making solar power more affordable and accessible to the average person. The thinking is eventually to be able to sell the system for under or around $1,000.00 in most countries, however, this new technology has a short while to go before it becomes mainstream. Although as there is a greater push toward renewable energy sources and “green” living, the accessibility of solar energy to the average householder may be just around the corner.
Due to the increased number of governments financing this new technology of around $1.8 million, support for this new revolutionary system is increasing. As more countries are starting to realize the possibilities of green energy there is a good chance that the funding of this technology will increase in the years to follow.
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