DNI – Direct Normal Irradiance
Summary: DNI is a measure of sunlight availability at a location.
Did you know that Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) is one of the most important factors for successful solar power generation? What is DNI, and why […]
Silicon Wafer – The Chip that is Healthy and Gives You Power
Summary: Silicon cells are made from silicon wafers. Silicon wafers are in turn formed from polysilicon ingots.
You surely would have heard about solar cells. But did you know that the crystalline solar cells come from […]
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 […]
Multi-junction Solar Cells – More Junctions, More Power
Read Solar Mango Innovation Blog Post on Multi-junction solar cells HERE
Summary: Some solar cells have more than one p-n junction. Multi-junction cells with more than one […]
Concentrating Photovoltaics – Getting More Power from the Same Area
Summary: Concentrating PV technology concentrates more sunlight onto a unit area of solar cells, resulting in much higher efficiency of sunlight conversion to electricity.
An interesting way to significantly increase the efficiency of solar cells is to […]
Area Required for Solar PV Power Plants
You might have heard that solar power plants require significant amounts of land to generate power. How much area indeed is required for solar power plants?
