How Will Solar Energy Be Used 20 Years From Now?

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How will solar energy be used 20 years from now?

The future is always hard to predict. But by tracing current trends in energy use, the solar energy industry, and scientific research into the future, we can pull back the curtain just a bit to steal a glimpse of what solar power might look like in 2038.

You might not recognize solar panels in 20 years

Solar panels of tomorrow might look very different from the ones we use today. Researchers at Michigan State University have developed transparent solar panels that could be applied to just about anything. The researchers have suggested that their clear solar panels could be affixed to vehicles, buildings, windows, and even mobile phones.

For example solar power accounts for less than two percent of all U.S. electricity generation today, if these transparent solar panels were installed on every glass surface in the country – some five to seven billion square meters – they could produce up to 40 percent of America’s electricity.

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How To Choose A Solar Street Light Manufacturer

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How To Choose A Solar Street Light Manufacturer ?

The industry of solar street lighting manufacturing has advanced immensely from 2008 to today. Many solar companies have emerged as solar lighting experts, but how can you know if the solar street lighting manufacturer is a company that you can rely on? The following five questions will help clients to ask the correct questions when choosing the solar street light manufacture they can count on:

1.What light fixture are you recommending with the solar assembly?

Many manufactures do lighting, but there only a select few that actually are the best in the business. For example：Philip, which Future Lighting uses their street light fixtures with their solar assembly, is one of the biggest in this industry. This is a light fixture you can rely on because it comes from a lighting company with experience. Almost all the Philip fixtures have 50K lifespan, which translates to around 11 years for dusk to dawn operation, longer for other operation schedules.

2.What lighting distributions do you have available?

Street lights would usually use a Type II or Type III distribution, but not all the scenarios are the same. Maybe you want a Type V rectangular distribution as you are putting a single light in a small entrance. Do the other solar street light manufacturing companies have this type of distribution?

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Benefits Of Choosing Solar Lighting

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Benefits Of Choosing Solar Lighting

Solar lighting systems provide security and illumination in needed areas when grid power is unattainable or costly to bring to a site, where a company is looking for a grid alternative to showcase their green initiative, or for companies looking to get LEED points for a new project installation. Solar lights are a great alternative and a cost effective solution for projects like this since there isn’t much for installation costs and zero costs to trench in the grid power.

Complete solar lighting systems range from small one LED fixture, each with its own integrated panel and battery, which run along a home’s driveway, to powerful street and flood lights that can illuminate a 150’ area using a large solar power system mounted on top of a pole. No matter what the application, if power is unavailable or cost prohibitive, solar is definitely the way to go.

There are many other benefits to choosing solar lighting systems over traditional grid  lighting. Read more

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Analysis Of Solar Street Lights

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Analysis Of Solar Street Lights

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Solar street lights are becoming more and more popular as a green alternative is becoming the go to option for sustainability. It provide a better value for cost,optimum lighting,and a renewable source of energy,lower maintenance,and easier installation.With all these factors added up,solar street lights can be the best replacement for most applications.One of the biggest game changing factors happening now is the reduction in the cost of solar panels and the efficiency ratings of batteries are constantly improving.

Street lights powered by solar are grid free and can run reliably under most any condition ,even in the snow covered winters or after a hurricane.The lights can run from dusk to dawn if required,or any other needed operating configuration such as split time or even using adaptive lighting technology.They can even reduce light pollution by using cutoff fixtures and aimed optics through new led technology.

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Incorrect Installation Method Of Integrated Solar LED Street Light

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Incorrect Installation Method Of Integrated Solar LED Street Light

*If there is an obstruction at the installation location（the blocking of the sun’s rays by leaves and buildings etc. will affect the absorption and utilization of light energy）,the solar panel charging rate will be reduced.

*Above the solar panel , there should be no obstructions such as wires and branches, otherwise it will leave a shadow on the solar panel battery. The long-term shadow will cause the battery panel to be unable to fully charge and cause short circuit, the battery of the solar panel is connected in series, so the short circuit will cause the whole solar panel cannot work.

*Install the lamp on the same side or incline face to face

The installers may install the solar panels face-to-face in an inclined symmetry style for aesthetic reasons, but if one side is correct, then the other side is wrong. On the wrong side, the charging efficiency will be reduced because the sun rays cannot directly irradiated on solar panels.

*The tilt angle of the solar panel installation will lead to low charging efficiency of the solar panel.

Principles to adjust panel angle: Maximum charging efficiency- sun rays directly irradiated on solar panels . Adjust the horizontal tilt angle of the solar panel according to the latitude and longitude of different locations.

Hope this can help you.

 

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