| Solar power is the generation of electricity from | | | | concentrate the solar energy. 46MW power plants |
| sunlight reaching the earth's surface. The minute | | | | are already built in Portugal and Germany and several |
| energy from the sunrays reaching the earth is | | | | proposals have been put forward to build 100MW |
| concentrated with the help of solar cells. The | | | | power plants. |
| photovoltaic cells use the concentrated sun's rays by | | | | The residential solar power plants are very economic |
| focusing it on the water to boil it and use the | | | | once they are established initially. They can be used |
| resulting steam to generate electricity. The solar | | | | to empower water heaters, refrigerators, |
| energy is a renewable source of energy and it has | | | | air-conditioners, fans, coolers, etc. Indoor and outdoor |
| the added benefit of being pollution free. The only | | | | lighting can also be supported by the power. It is |
| disadvantage is that the cost of initially setting up a | | | | very beneficial to use residential solar power to heat |
| residential solar energy generating power plant is high. | | | | outdoor swimming pools and houses which require |
| But if the setting-up costs are borne one can stop | | | | heavy amounts of electricity. The solar energy can |
| throwing the money out of the window unnecessarily | | | | be trapped best if solar trackers are employed to |
| to bear the heavy electricity bills. | | | | constantly track the sun's rays continuously |
| Setting up a residential solar power plant greatly | | | | throughout the day. Solar energy is also an |
| increases the real estate value of one's home. If the | | | | intermittent source of energy that can be blocked by |
| energy produced from the plant is more than the | | | | clouds, rain and at nights. Therefore proper storage |
| requirements of the home, the extra power can be | | | | appliances like batteries and inverters should also be |
| sold back to suppliers of home energy for credit. The | | | | employed to enable a continuous supply of energy |
| largest solar plants are multi-watt power plants that | | | | for one's home. |