Human’s curiosity leads towards invention, like utilizing energy from sun and generating electricity. This is a renewable form of energy and is an unlimited resource unlike other resources to generate electricity. This discovery further leads to invention of appliances and instruments that uses sun rays to generate electricity and when applied to a large scale it results in creation of solar power plants.
What is a solar power plant?
A solar power plant captures the sun rays and convert photons into electricity. A solar semi-conductor possess electrons and the sun ray contains photons. As a photons enter this semi-conductor, these photons are captured and the electrons are transformed into electricity. This mechanism depends on the nature of material being used as semi-conductor.
A solar power plant contains large number of solar panels, that are connected to each other. Basically these panels are electricity generator and generate electric pulses. The electricity produced is then used domestically or for commercial purposes depending on the demand.One can construct a mini power plant by arranging number of solar panels and connecting them.
Efficiency of solar power plant
Its efficiency depends on the intensity of sun rays touching the panels. If more rays are touching the panel, you need few panels to generate electricity and vice verse. Many countries located near equator, have constructed their own solar power plant. These countries avail maximum sunshine by taking advantage of their location and thus make it more efficient. But this doesn’t mean that you are restricted by your location.
You can also build solar power plant in other parts of the world. Since this technology is in its initial stage, new inventions are in process to make this task easier for other parts of the globe.
Disadvantages of solar power plant
One of the issue related to solar power plant is its space. These solar power plant requires huge space and areas because of their huge size. This size goes on increasing as you are installing more and more panels to enhance its capacity. But, in many countries this issue is resolved by installing mini solar plants. Another issue is its initial development cost. There are huge costs associated with this technology, which makes it unaffordable.
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