SOLAR PANEL
Solar panels installed on your roof or ground will harness the energy from the sun and it starts producing clean DC power. Your solar inverter then converts the generated DC power into AC power that you can use to power your home. Excess solar energy is sent to the utility grid and a net meter (if applicable) installed in your home calculates how much energy you are drawn from and send to the grid. You will get energy credits for the excess solar energy you sent, and those credits will be deducted from your electricity bill.
Note: – The energy credits you will get from the Electricity board will be less than the cost you’re paying for the used energy.
Simultaneously, you can even store the generated solar energy to your installed battery to use it later, when there is a power outage or grid failure due to natural disaster.
SOLAR PANEL
Types of Solar Panel
MONOCRYSTALLINE SOLAR PANELS
Monocrystalline solar panels are generally thought of as a premium solar product. The main advantages of monocrystalline panels are higher efficiencies and sleeker aesthetics.
To make solar cells for monocrystalline solar panels, silicon is formed into bars and cut into wafers. These types of panels are called “monocrystalline” to indicate that the silicon used is single-crystal silicon. Because the cell is composed of a single crystal, the electrons that generate a flow of electricity have more room to move. As a result, monocrystalline panels are more efficient than their polycrystalline solar panels.
POLYCRYSTALLINE SOLAR PANELS
Polycrystalline solar panels generally have lower efficiencies than monocrystalline Solar Panels, but their advantage is a lower price point. In addition, polycrystalline solar panels tend to have a blue hue instead of the black hue of monocrystalline panels.
Polycrystalline solar panels are also made from silicon. However, instead of using a single crystal of silicon, manufacturers melt many fragments of silicon together to form the wafers for the panel. Polycrystalline solar panels are also referred to as “multi-crystalline,” or many-crystal silicon. Because there are many crystals in each cell, there is to less freedom for the electrons to move. As a result, polycrystalline solar panels have lower efficiency ratings than monocrystalline panels.
