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Solar power as sources of electrical energy

Автор: Bubenchikov A. A., Nurakhmet Y. Y., Molodikh V. O., Rudenok A. I.
Источник: Omsk State Technical University, 2008г.

Foreword to the Third English Edition

The article is devoted to the issue date, the use of solar energy as the main source of consumer power. The author gives a generalized description of methods of converting solar energy into other forms of energy. And also consider the state of the solar energy development plans in various countries around the world and were considered favorable conditions of installation of solar panels in the world. In the article the problem of lack of competitiveness of solar energy relative to a given time and how this can be combated.

Every year, residents rely more and more on technology; they cannot even imagine a day without them. At the same time, the development of technologies is not standing still, becoming compact and very demanding on the quality of electrical energy. Consequently, the power consumption has increased, and will grow every time. And because of the instability of the economy in the country, prices for consumed energy are increasing. For example, today in Russia there has been a jump in the cost of electricity consumed by the population. In addition to the annual “calendar” increase in its price by 10–15%, the charge for the power consumption of all-house appliances (Internet providers, intercoms and cable networks, legal entities) was added. If this continues further, then soon the tenants will pay for energy losses in quarterly transformers, in power lines, etc. And this applies to settlements and rural industries, located remotely from large cities.

The main possible solution to this problem is alternative energy sources. Namely solar energy. Each country has a number of scientific councils that are responsible for the use of solar energy such as the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences on non-traditional renewable energy sources, the Committee on the use of renewable energy sources of the Russian Union of Scientific and Engineering Public Organizations, American Council On Renewable Energy: ACORE, The European Renewable Energy Council (EREC), etc.

Each of these scientific councils for its state establishes a plan, which refers to an increase in the share of solar energy in the total energy system. So for Russia, the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation appointed a plan, by 2020, to raise the share of solar energy in the total energy system of the Russian Federation to 0.9% (at the moment it is 0.001%). To implement the plan, charitable conditions are needed in order for the economic costs spent to pay off in a short period of time. If you look at Figure 1 and 2, then we can say that not every country will have effective solar installations.