Category — solar technology

Solar technology converts sunlight into electricity or mechanical power. Sun energy can heat your home, power your calculator and even fuel your car. In addition to the economic benefits, this technology is creating some of the cleanest power available. In this article, we’ll show you how to tap into solar power generation to reduce your electricity costs and save the environment.

Some classifications of solar technology are active, passive, direct and indirect. Active solar systems use electrical and mechanical components such as tracking mechanisms, pumps and fans to process sunlight into usable outputs such as heating, lighting or electricity. Passive solar systems use non-mechanical techniques of controlling, converting and distributing sunlight into usable outputs. Direct solar generally refers to technologies or effects that involve a single conversion of sunlight which results in a usable form of energy. Indirect solar generally refers to technologies or effects that involves multiple transformations of sunlight which result in a usable form of energy.

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