electricity for my project...

I had been having some serious thoughts about how I am going to generate electricity for my design proposal. I had already identified that the energy source had to from a renewable resource, so I decided that using solar panels would be the preferred option.

I experimented with many different options for the positioning of the solar panels, these all revolved around the panels being attached to the roof of the project. This was until I was researching different types of solar panels to determine the specification for mine. I was reading about photovoltaic array systems when some art created by Thomas Lindsey inspired me.
I really liked the use of a cone as a power source for my project, and it was also identified within a recent tutorial that perhaps I needed a fourth component to my design. I decided to implement this design component into my design, and I feel it has really changed the dynamic of the installation, and has provided a new discussion point for the scheme.

Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems take energy from the sun and convert it to zero carbon electricity. The majority of Ecofirst solar PV systems consist of two main components:
Solar PV Panels - also know as PV modules, these are the principle building blocks of a solar PV system. Panels contain a series of photovoltaic cells made from a semi-conductor material (usually silicon) and these convert light into electricity. To give a desired electrical power output (measured in Watts) a number of panels are connected together to form a PV array. Normally, as the electricity created is DC it needs to be converted to AC, however the technological devices using this electricity use DC there is no need for DC/AC Inverter.

I really feel that my design project can be finalised now, as the issue of electricity was beginning to worry me.