Getting ready for solar panels?
Here’s everything you need to know. You want to install solar panels and have your home or business fuelled by the sun’s glorious rays. First of all, congrats! You’ve made a smart decision for your family or business (or both) that’ll have you reaping the benefits for decades to come. Maybe your most recent eye wateringly expensive electricity bill gave you that final push.
A quick history of solar energy
Using the sun to power our lives is nothing new. Have you ever wondered how humans went from looking at the sun and seeing its power in nature, to actually utilising and controlling it’s rays to fuel our modern society?
How do solar panels actually work?
Solar energy is the heat and light generated by the Sun. The Sun is the original nuclear reactor. In our solar system anyway. It releases energy particles called photons which travel the 150 million kilometres to Earth in about 8 ½ minutes. Did you know, every hour, enough photons arrive on Earth that could theoretically generate enough energy for the entire planet for one year?