After an avalanche of low solar tariffs ending with a super low solar tariff of Rs 4.34/kWh in the latest reverse biddings held in Nov ’15 and Jan ’16, the market suddenly seems to be retracting. The recent lowest discovered tariff…
Solar Cell – The Basic Unit of a Solar Power Plant
Summary: A solar cell is the smallest unit of a solar power system. Many solar cells make a solar panel. A solar cell is the basic electricity generating unit of the solar photovoltaic system. You would have surely heard about Solar…
Solar Cell and Panel Efficiency
Summary: Conventional solar PV cell efficiency are in the range 10-22%, and module efficiency in the range 9-20%. If only we had super high efficient solar cells, the whole world would only be using solar to power everything. So what…
Single Junction Solar Cells – The Plain and Simple Solar Cell Technology
Summary: Single junction solar cells have just one p-n junction, as against multi-junction solar cells, which have more than one p-n junction Solar cells generate electricity owing to the presence of p-n junctions. What is a p-n junction, what are…
Peak Capacity of Solar Cells – The Best the Cell Can Give
Summary: Peak capacity of solar cells refers to the amount of power generated by the solar cells under the best possible solar radiation. You might have read about kWp or Wp, referred to as kil-watt peak or watt-peak. You might have…
