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How Solar Works

How Solar Works Overview

In a nutshell, sunshine hits your solar PV panels, the solar energy is converted to electrical energy, and this is converted into usable energy by an inverter.

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Finally you end up using this solar energy the same way you use conventional electricity in your home or business. Unlike utility-supplied electricity, this power is free and clean! For more technical descriptions of how solar works and how the components of a solar system work, visit the pages below or read on.

How Do Solar Panels Work?- Detailed Explanation

A Leo Sunergy solar system consists of several Photovoltaic (PV) panels, a racking system, wiring and inverters. PV panels are composed of many rows of solar cells. Depending on the panel design, solar cells are either made of silicon crystals or thin films of other semiconductor materials.

Free Energy from the Sun

When the sun's rays strike a solar panel, the scientific phenomenon called the photovoltaic effect is started, as photons of light knock electrons loose from impurities in the silicon crystal. The electrons are picked up by adjacent atoms, creating a flow of electrons commonly known as an electrical current. In this state, the current is DC, like a battery produces, so it travels to the inverter to be changed to the AC power required to power your lights and appliances. There are no moving parts, no noise and no friction; just pure, clean and quiet energy.

Ability to Meet Any Energy Requirement

The basic photovoltaic or solar cell typically produces only a small amount of power. To produce more power, cells can be interconnected to form modules, which can in turn be connected into arrays to produce yet more power. Because of this modularity, PV systems can be designed to meet any electrical requirement, no matter how large or how small.

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