Solar Power Homes Blog » sun http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog Generate Renewable Residential Solar and Wind Energy Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:50:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Can normal light power solar panels? http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/can-normal-light-power-solar-panels/ http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/can-normal-light-power-solar-panels/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:11:26 +0000 Admin Or does it have to be from the sun? I’m talking about photovoltaic cells. The ones in calculators, solar panels, etc.


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]]> http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/can-normal-light-power-solar-panels/feed/ 5 A question about solar power and using change in temp for renewable energy.? http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/a-question-about-solar-power-and-using-change-in-temp-for-renewable-energy/ http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/a-question-about-solar-power-and-using-change-in-temp-for-renewable-energy/#comments Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:01:15 +0000 Admin I need to come up with a way of producing energy in outback Australia where it is usually very hot and dry during the day but can get quite cold during the night. Is there some way of harnessing the energy not just of the sun like solar, but of the great change in temperature over the whole 24 hours?

Surely there is some potential to generate energy using the difference in temperature?


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]]> http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/a-question-about-solar-power-and-using-change-in-temp-for-renewable-energy/feed/ 2 Do solar panels use the light from the sun, the heat from the sun or both? http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/do-solar-panels-use-the-light-from-the-sun-the-heat-from-the-sun-or-both/ http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/do-solar-panels-use-the-light-from-the-sun-the-heat-from-the-sun-or-both/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 21:26:57 +0000 Admin I was wondering if photovoltaic panels (solar panels) harness the light or the heat from the sun (or both). Also I was wondering if solar power would work in areas of the world that are sunny but not necesarily hot?


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]]> http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/do-solar-panels-use-the-light-from-the-sun-the-heat-from-the-sun-or-both/feed/ 11 How to set up solar power for your home? http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/how-to-set-up-solar-power-for-your-home/ http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/how-to-set-up-solar-power-for-your-home/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 09:33:47 +0000 Admin I saw an ad to the following items

Chicago Electric Power systems
45 Watt Solar Panel Kit
400 Watt/800 Watt power inverter
Power Inverters 2000W Cont./4000W Surge

What else is needed to get electricity from the solar panels into a home?? How does this work?

I get a lot of sun and would be great to lower my HUGE summer electric bill. Lots of Sun = Lots of Heat = A/C all of the time = $$$$.


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]]> http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/how-to-set-up-solar-power-for-your-home/feed/ 4 Could Solar Power work more effectively if the solar rays were magnified? http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/could-solar-power-work-more-effectively-if-the-solar-rays-were-magnified/ http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/could-solar-power-work-more-effectively-if-the-solar-rays-were-magnified/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:47:18 +0000 Admin If we focused the sun’s energy like a magnifying glass does into the solar panels, would this generate more power at all?


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