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Solar excites us. The applications of solar energy are only held in custody by the ingenuity of man. India has abundant Solar resources, as it receives about 3000 hours of sunshine every year, equivalent to over 5,000 trillion kWh. We at Orion, are at the threshold of entering this electrifying domain of PV technology. If this interests you too, talk to us.
Photovoltaics are best known as a method for generating electric power by using solar cells to convert energy from the sun into a flow of electrons. Photovoltaic production has been increasing by an average of more than 20 percent each year since 2002, making it the world’s fastest-growing energy technology. At the end of 2009, the cumulative global PV installations surpassed 21 GW. Installations may be terrestrial or may be built into the roof or walls of a building.
Conventional use of low-temperature solar thermal heaters is used to raise water temperature for residential & commercial use, swimming pools, etc. However solar thermal energy is also used to produce electricity by the use of a technology called Concentrated Solar Power(CSP) with the aid of convex lens and mirrors. The practical effect of high efficiencies is to reduce the plant's collector size and total land use per unit power generated, reducing the environmental impacts of a power plant as well as its expense.
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