SOLAR ENERGY

Solar energy is sunlight that has been transformed into thermal or electrical energy. The most abundant and pure renewable energy source is solar energy.

Solar technology can capture this energy for a range of purposes, such as electricity generation, interior lighting, and water heating for household, commercial, and industrial use.

SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES

Here are three major strategies for utilizing solar power:

• photovoltaics
• solar heating & cooling
• concentrating solar power

To power anything from small gadgets like calculators and traffic signs up to homes and huge commercial enterprises, photovoltaics directly convert sunshine into electricity via an electrical process. Both solar heating and cooling (SHC) and concentrating solar power (CSP) applications employ the heat produced by the sun to run conventional electricity-generating turbines in the case of CSP power plants or to offer space or water heating in the case of SHC systems.

HOW SOLAR IS USED

Solar energy is a very adaptable energy source that may be used to create utility-scale solar power plants or distributed production systems that are placed at or close to the point of use (similar to traditional power plants). Using cutting-edge solar + storage technologies, both of these approaches can also store the energy they generate for distribution when the sun goes down.

Solar in Industry

There are numerous types and sizes of solar energy systems. In addition to residential systems, commercial installations of solar panels are becoming more common in the industry. Large solar power plants are being built by utilities as well in order to supply energy to all grid-connected customers.

Solar energy in Europe

In the move to renewable energy, solar energy is crucial. It will assist in achieving the goals of the REPowerEU strategy and lessen the reliance of the EU on fossil fuels.

Three projects are suggested by the EU solar energy strategy:

European Solar Rooftops Initiative

The effort intends to increase rooftop energy production to its large and untapped potential. It includes a plan to gradually impose a requirement for solar energy installation in various building types over the ensuing years, commencing with new public and commercial structures but also residential structures.

EU large-scale skills partnership

The skills gap in the EU will be addressed by this partnership, which will also support the growth of a competent workforce in the solar energy industry. In the shift to sustainable energy, existing labor shortages will present opportunities for new green jobs.

EU Solar PV Industry Alliance

This alliance intends to serve as a forum for industry participants, assist in supply chain diversification, preserve more value in Europe, and provide effective and sustainable PV products to assist in reducing supply risks for the essential large-scale deployment of solar energy in the EU.