The amount of sunlight that strikes the earth's surface in an hour and a half is enough to handle the entire world's energy consumption for a full year. Solar technologies convert sunlight into electrical energy either through photovoltaic (PV) panels or through mirrors that concentrate solar radiation. This energy can be used to generate electricity or be stored in batteries or thermal storage.
When the sun shines onto a solar panel, energy from the sunlight is absorbed by the PV cells in the panel. This energy creates electrical charges that move in response to an internal electrical field in the cell, causing electricity to flow.
Cloud Energy solar panels are made up of silicon photovoltaic (PV) cells. When sunlight hits your solar panels, the sun based PV cells retain the sunlight’s beams and power is delivered by means of the Photovoltaic Impact. The power created by your panels is called Direct Current (DC) power, now the DC power is coordinated to your central inverter (or small scale inverter, depending on the system set up. Your inverter is able to change over the DC power into Alternating Current (AC) power, which can be utilized in your home. From here, the AC power is coordinated to other parts of the house.