The Future Of Solar Panel Technology

Modern day solar panels have a maximum efficiency of about 33 meaning that much of the sun s solar radiation goes to waste even under the most ideal circumstances.

The future of solar panel technology.

Making inroads in solar cell technology china holds the world s largest market for photovoltaics and solar thermal energy and since 2013 has been the leading installer of solar photovoltaics pv. The future of solar energy the sun blasts our planet s surface with more than enough energy to keep us going forever. It could well be that by 2030 solar will have become the most important source of energy for electricity production in a large part of the world. Building integrated photovoltaics as the name suggests seamlessly blend into building architecture in the form of roofs canopies curtain walls facades and skylight systems unlike traditional solar pv panels bipv can be aesthetically appealing rather than a compromise to a building s design.

This will also have a positive impact on the environment and climate change. This is a major obstacle that solar energy systems must overcome to achieve exponential growth in the energy industry. In the coming years technology improvements will ensure that solar becomes even cheaper. The future of solar energy considers only the two widely recognized classes of technologies for converting solar energy into electricity photovoltaics pv and concentrated solar power csp sometimes called solar thermal in their current and plausible future forms.

Solar storms anti solar panels and the future of clean energy in this episode we discuss what the sun s energy is capable of and how solar power technology can improve on its limitations. Because energy supply facilities typically last several decades technologies in these classes will dominate solar.