Solar Power: A Primer

Among nanotechnology, aviation, advanced particle physics and genetic engineering, solar power is among the most influential technologies that humankind has seen in the past century. Solar power has the capacity to entirely free the planet from need of carbon waste such as the burning of fossil fuels or other damaging chemicals. Solar powered cells have been proven to be able to carry a car further and faster than today’s modern stock engines. For no reason other than the love of smelling gas fumes, we continue to putt around in dinosaurs when we could be flying jets. Solar power is the wave of the future and has seen some incredible developments in recent years.

There are commercially available solar panels out for under $40 US. Consumer-grade solar-power ‘recharging stations’ are designed to be able to pick up the sun over the course of a few days, store it and then be able to connect to your phone, laptop or other electronics to charge their batteries back up! While purchase on a bulk level may not be as reasonable as a solar power installation through a construction company, these solar powered devices have gone much farther than just powering a home. Now solar energy can charge your electronics, too.

Solar energy initiatives across the country are making it more affordable to get an entire installation of solar paneling up at your house while also earning a significant rebate on your taxes. States like New Jersey and California definitely have programs. Check your state legislators to find out what is being done to implore our congress to take energy initiatives seriously. Global need for energy far surpasses the greed to make money on a hoarding of oil. Solar technology fills the gap and most states are beginning to see that any extra energy produced off of the many, many solar equipped homes can be sold abroad or to Canada or Mexico at a deal. Solar technology also pays for itself over thirty years. Among very few investments that last your entire mortgage, solar technology will leave your kids with zero energy bills when they inherit the house.

The most stunning fact about recent solar power development is that scientists are working on a way to disperse solar charging nanobots through aerosol that will send the electricity to a central point, kind of like our brain’s neurons do, that way the energy can be directed to a battery, a generator or whatever the case may be. This "spray-on solar" technology is not as far ahead as you’d think: scientists have already developed the polymer that will spread the flow of electricity, they are working on perfecting the nanotechnology. Expectations on when such technology may be released to the public range between 2018 – 2025. This kind of application could literally turn most areas in the world entirely self-sufficient on energy demands. Solar spray could be applied to skyscrapers, houses, structures, cars, and pretty much anywhere you own that gets hit with sun. Solar tech isn’t quite there, but it’s coming quickly.



Author is an expert in the area of energy management and recommends using solar power.