Energy in remote areas
In remote areas of the solar panels are used every day at home. Solar energy is used for charging, which allows you to use electricity even at night.
Solar cells are reliable. Once installed require no maintenance for many years. In Britain, some uninhabited houses are solar powered. Weather stations also benefit from solar.
The amount of energy derived from solar is not dependent on ambient temperature, and from sunlight. Therefore, it is possible that the lantern with capacity of 360 kW at the landing of aircraft worked on the frozen Alaska.
Solar cells are used in satellite communications from the 60s The latest technology fotowoltanicznych cells to be used in the Space Station Freedom, constructed in the United States. Is to be fitted with eight wings fotowoltanicznych that will generate electricity of 75 kW.
Possible that in the next century, thanks to the project of American engineer Dr Peter Glaser will benefit from the energy delivered from space. This project involves launching into orbit around the earth-set of 40 solar power satellite (SPS - Solar Power Satellites), equipped with giant solar panels. Generated electricity to be converted to microwave radiation, transmitted to receivers on Earth, where he will again replace microwaves into electricity. According to the European Space Agency's SPS-40 that meets a quarter of electricity demand of a United Europe by 2040.
Unfortunately, the microwave energy beam from the satellite solar power plants spaliłyby all encountered by non-metallic objects and living beings. Many scientists believe, however, that in the near future we will use the energy generated in space orbit.