Comments on: Panasonic Expanding Solar Cell Production http://www.solarpowerninja.com/solar-power-technology/panasonic-expanding-solar-cell-production-51369/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:11:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hugh boileau http://www.solarpowerninja.com/solar-power-technology/panasonic-expanding-solar-cell-production-51369/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 hugh boileau Sun, 10 Oct 2010 08:13:37 +0000 http://www.solarpowerninja.com/?p=500#comment-1249 Hello, I am a UK based designer and have very little knowledge about solar energy but wish to understand much more about solar cells and how they work as I have an idea for their wider use as I think genuinely renewable energy is going to become very important. 1. What does a photovoltaic cell looks like in isolation? What are its dimensions? 2. More crucially it is possible to build/mould PV's into my own designed products or do they have to be made only in your modules? (Surely if a product is 'modular' it can be configured in differing ways as long as they come together as one module before the collection point of the power they are producing? 3. Are they very fragile and have to be encased in glass or polycarbonate sheets? 4. Is it relatively easy to get efficient results from PV's? 5. What is the price of each PV cell? 6. What is the amount of electricity a typical family house needs to generate for self sufficiency? Is it 4KW/day? And is self sufficiency achievable with PV's in Europe? How many cells would you have to install to get this? Can they then be built into a mesh/grid of cables which collects the power each cell generates and gathered to a power collection point such as batteries? 7. Is the difficult part of PV energy the storage of the electricity generated? Sorry to ask so many questions but It isn't easy to find useful information to help me in my project. Many thanks and I look forward to hearing from you. Hugh Hello,
I am a UK based designer and have very little knowledge about solar energy but wish to understand much more about solar cells and how they work as I have an idea for their wider use as I think genuinely renewable energy is going to become very important.
1. What does a photovoltaic cell looks like in isolation? What are its dimensions?
2. More crucially it is possible to build/mould PV’s into my own designed products or do they have to be made only in your modules? (Surely if a product is ‘modular’ it can be configured in differing ways as long as they come together as one module before the collection point of the power they are producing?
3. Are they very fragile and have to be encased in glass or polycarbonate sheets?
4. Is it relatively easy to get efficient results from PV’s?
5. What is the price of each PV cell?
6. What is the amount of electricity a typical family house needs to generate for self sufficiency? Is it 4KW/day? And is self sufficiency achievable with PV’s in Europe? How many cells would you have to install to get this?
Can they then be built into a mesh/grid of cables which collects the power each cell generates and gathered to a power collection point such as batteries?
7. Is the difficult part of PV energy the storage of the electricity generated?

Sorry to ask so many questions but It isn’t easy to find useful information to help me in my project.
Many thanks and I look forward to hearing from you.
Hugh

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