SOLAR ENERGY

Outline
●Ice Breaker
●Science or Myth?
●Definition of Solar Energy
●Process of Converting Energy
●Locations of Solar Energy
●Advantages and Disadvantages
●Science in the Bible
Ice Breaker
Let’s Play Hangman!

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Let’s Play Hangman!

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Science or
Myth
Science or Myth
You can NOT generate Solar Energy on a
cloudy day.
Science or Myth
You can NOT generate Solar Energy on a
cloudy day.

MYTH
Science or Myth
Using solar power means you can’t use
modern conveniences.
Science or Myth
Using solar power means you can’t use
modern conveniences.

MYTH
“Your home will always remain
connected to your energy supplier, you
can use modern home conveniences at
will, no matter how extreme their power
consumption.”
SolarSystemsMA
https://www.solarsystemsma.com/solar-power-misconceptions.php
Science or Myth

China is the biggest producer of

Solar Energy
Science or Myth

China is the biggest producer of

Solar Energy

SCIENCE
Science or Myth

Little Places Offer Solar

Incentives or Services
Science or Myth

Little Places Offer Solar

Incentives or Services

MYTH
Solar Energy Providers
Science or Myth

Solar Energy is expensive.

Science or Myth

Solar Energy is expensive.

MYTH
Installing it yourself saves you
thousands of dollars.
It’s a small price for the good of our
planet.
SOLAR ENERGY
What is Solar Energy?
A Renewable Source of Energy that uses
Silicon (photovoltaic cells) to convert
photons from sunlight into usable energy.
What is Solar Energy?
How does it work?
How does it work?

Solar-Thermal
Method
Solar-Thermal
Sun heats water flowing in a circuit through the collector (the panel on your roof).

The water leaving the collector is hotter than the water entering it and carries its heat
toward your hot water tank.

It flows into a pipe on one side of the tank and out of another pipe on the other side,
passing through a coil of copper pipes inside the tank and giving up its heat on the
way through.

The cold water from the heat exchanger returns to the panel to pick up more heat.

An electric pump (powered by your ordinary electricity supply or by a solar-electric

(photovoltaic) cell on the roof keeps the water moving through the circuit between the
collector and the water tank.
How does it work?
Locations
Cadiz Solar Power Plant, Negros Occidental

As of 2017, it was the biggest Solar

Power Plant in all of Asia
CALATAGAN SOLAR FARM, BATANGAS
CALATAGAN SOLAR FARM, BATANGAS
Locations
Solar Energy
Providers in the
Philippine Setting
Statistics/Other Locations
1. China (130 gigawatts)
2. United States (solar power plant)
3. Japan (15% to 22–24% in 2018)
4. Germany (total renewables share of 39%)
5. India (fastest growing solar industries…
28.18 GW in March 2019)
Statistics

The World Added

Nearly 30
Percent More
Solar Energy
Capacity in 2017
Advantages
● Renewable Energy Source
● Reduces Electric bills
● Diverse applications
● Low maintenance cost
● Eco-friendly
Disadvantages

● Cost $40K (Php2,000,000)

● Weather Dependent
● Associated with pollution from
production
● The Duck Curve (Curtailment)
Disadvantages
Sources
https://www.wholesalesolar.com/blog/17-solar-power-misconceptions/

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1582-solar-power

https://www.greenmatch.co.uk/blog/2014/08/5-advantages-and-5-disadvantages-of-solar-ener
gy

https://business.inquirer.net/243407/ph-5th-worldwide-top-asia-solar-power

https://www.solarphilippines.ph/

http://solenergy.com.ph/

https://solaric.com.ph/