Build Solar Power

OK so I'm in scince class right now and were doing a project on "Solar Power Plants"and we can't find anything on them...so would anybody know on how much it would cost to build one?

This is a very open ended question.

It could be as little as $10. But this solar power plant would only produce enough energy to light a very small light bulb!!

It all depends on the power output of the power station....

2008-11-19 12:39:01 by Rimma K

www.greenpowerscience.com This is the basics of tabbing cells together. Tabbing solar cells with tab wire and a flux pen. Evergreen Solar Cells ...

Can someone point me in the right direction to build a solar power system that can power my air conditioner for the summer? I live in a 700 square foot apartment. Any idea on the cost to build something like this? Any info would be appreciated....

You can find sizing calculators for solar electric off and on grid at http://howto.altestore.com/Calculators/c 5/

First use the load calculator to find out how much energy in terms of wattage your AC unit consumes per day. Then you...

2009-05-12 09:49:26 by Mike R

Kindly guide me how to build a solar power tower in Sri Lanka? what are the equipments are needed? what type of chemicals to be used? even a small scale solar power tower is quite enough. Thx. Ranjan.

A solar power tower uses many heliostats (mirrors on movable tracts) to concentrate solar energy to one location where it typically is used to heat water or an intermediate fluid to eventually run a steam turbine. This is thought to be a...

2009-06-20 20:41:49 by DJ Prin-Z

I dont know exactly what its called but i have aprox 30 acres where I would like to install solar panels and sell back the energy to the grid systems. Is there anything out there in the form of grants that helps to pay for these solar panels?

For that much area, I think solar-thermal would be more cost effective. Hopefully, you could get the same grants or low-interest loans either way.

Solar-thermal makers:
http://www.stirlingenergy.com/
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2008-09-27 09:56:38 by twism

I read somewhere that if you cover the inside of a VW bug's roof with CDs, you'll have a reflector focusing enough solar energy to boil water in a reasonably sunny climate. I'm curious: How far can this be scaled up, with racks of CD mounted on...

Yes you can, but then the fact that the CD's are circular will waste reflecting area unless you cut square each CD and arrange them in the VW roof. By the way, the use of the VW's roof is because its shape is almost a perfect parabola and you can...

2008-12-22 20:13:10 by Cheng

What are the equipment or materials i basically need for building this one? Where can I buy them? How much?
I want my all my C. O. to produce 220-240AC, 24hrs a day.

Solar energy is horribly inefficient, it only converts appx 3-4% of the energy available it, it costs a fortune to. i would suggest using a different form of renewable source. use solar energy to heat you water (very simple non-electrical system -...

2006-04-04 20:23:08 by riktik93