There is building some kind of international cooperation today that will see that the solar panel becomes a household appliance globally. In simple terms, we cannot afford to continue providing the kind of energy that will kill this earth – combustion, and all the poisonous gasses that are released by it. Something has got to give, and that something is the solar panel.
If you already have solar panels at home, and keep it that way. As a matter of fact, add more to them if you can. The world around you is about to change; and you will need them big time to help power the home that you live in, the factories that you work in, and all those wonderful places that you go to when you need to chill out for a bit.
You want to have a solar panel with high collector efficiency. I don’t suppose a hundred percent is feasible, but you might want to settle something in the regions of 80%. It says a lot for well you have been able to substitute the power from the grid.
There are a lot of flat plate alternative solar energy panels with collectors that are used for water and space heating. The prototypes continue to be reviewed and revisited from time to time in attempts to make them better. Needless to say, there is much progress, but it is hardly enough. In the face of a dying world, better results are needed in shorter time.
It is possible already to use a solar panel for year-round applications like providing hot water. The objective of today is to expand that use to many other applications. When that happens, we would finally be able to leave petroleum behind and embrace a future that is full of the promise that the solar panel has made real enough to reach out and touch.