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Solar Applications The following are some of the current applications of photovoltaics. Solar photovoltaic panels are especially favored when the application is at a remote location where transportation of fuel and diesel is difficult or electric power lines are not present. - Boosting TV and telecommunication signals in telecom repeaters. - Water pumping - Lighting at remote places - Powering parking meters - Powering meteorological buoys and stations - Channel warning lights in waterways - Powering space stations - Powering unmanned aircraft - Powering remote telecommunication systems - Cathodic protection of pipes and pipelines against corrosion. - Transportation (powering solar boats, tricycles, bicycles, cars...) - Solar home systems for self-sufficient homes - Supplemental power for caravans and four wheel drives - Powering small appliances and devices such as flashlights, insect killers, laptop chargers....etc. More and more, the applications of solar photovoltaics extend beyond these into more urban type. The reason solar power is more and more used in cities across the World is due to its long term benefits such as producing your own electric power and reducing utility bills. - Building Integrated Photovoltaic Systems (BIPV): These are specially designed windows, bricks, roof coverings that are architectural and at the same time produce electric power. - Grid Connected Systems: These are solar photovoltaic systems in homes that are grid connected but produce their own electricity and sell their excessive production back to the utility company. When excess power is produced, the electric counter turns backwards crediting the homeowner. More and more municipalities & governments across the globe support this kind of investments and provide incentives such as tax relief and money back to homeowners so they buy these systems. - Solar parks: These are large scale electricity producing areas with many many solar panels that cover entire fields big like a soccer stadium or larger. The operator of such large scale production facilities have license from their local municipality to run such a power plant and to sell the energy to the grid. |
