{"id":10898,"date":"2021-03-01T17:38:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T17:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grupo-pages.com\/blog\/?p=10898"},"modified":"2022-03-21T19:15:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T18:15:29","slug":"investing-in-our-future-solar-panels-and-self-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grupo-pages.com\/en\/investing-in-our-future-solar-panels-and-self-consumption\/","title":{"rendered":"Investing in our future, solar panels, and self-consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"

Solar energy has become the best alternative to save on our electricity bill and for the production of hot water. Solar panels are indispensable to enjoy this clean and free energy in a detached or semi-detached home, or business. In this month\u2019s article, we will get to the way it works, the requirements for installations as well as talk about important information related to current permits and regulations.<\/b><\/p>\n

When were solar panels invented?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Our species has always realized the importance of the Sun itself, its light, and the heat it produces. Hence, pinning down the specific moment where solar energy was discovered is rather hard. In both Ancient Egypt and Greece, people used copper or silver sheets to reflect the sunlight. Romans were the first to use glass window panes to ensure that lighting would go through them while heat would stay inside their homes. And just like these, there are many other small advances related to taking advantage of solar energy that continue to our day and will do so into the future.<\/p>\n

The actual development of solar and thermal energy happens after the \u201970s of our previous century.<\/b><\/p>\n

Technological advances mark the history of solar energy being used to generate electricity or hot water, making it grow in a slow but steady manner. In 1838 French physician Alexandre Edmond Becquerel discovered the photovoltaic effect. Despite that, it was Albert Einstein who realized the background physics of the photoelectric effect in 1905. From then on, many other discoveries have pushed the development of this technology forward.<\/p>\n

Charles Fritts developed the predecessors of our current solar panels in 1883. He set the basis for future investigations of the photoelectric effect. Solar cells based on Silicio are relatively new. In 1954, an investigation team from the Bell corporation (founded by Alexander Graham Bell) developed the first solar cell with a  <\/span>6% efficiency.<\/p>\n

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What is solar energy exactly?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Solar irradiation is an unlimited source of energy that comes from the Sun. Solar panels can turn it into electric or thermal energy.<\/b><\/span> This energy is free from pollutant residues,<\/b><\/span> making it one of the best alternative energies to counteract CO2 emissions, greenhouse effect gases, and other pollutants produced by fossil fuels such as gas, oil, and coal.<\/p>\n

The energy produced through solar panels can be used the same way as the one we obtain from the electric network. We can use it for electrical appliances, automated<\/b> aspects of the home, and even heating systems such as boilers <\/b>or air conditioning.<\/b><\/p>\n

There are numerous advantages when it comes to the installation of solar panels against other energy production methods. These are some of the most important ones:<\/p>\n