• Question: how do we get more energy from the sun?

    Asked by Khayla!Xxx:-) to Francesca on 19 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Francesca Paradisi

      Francesca Paradisi answered on 19 Nov 2014:

      Fab question Khayala, I don’t think we cna get more energy from the sun, whatever it gives out is a fix amount, but we can try and harvest the energy and store it. Solar panels are an example, we can convey the energy into an accumulator that then releases it to heat the water. We cannot be 100% efficient but as the energy from the sun is free, whatever we can convert and store is great! I hope this helps!

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  • Photo: Ahmed

    Ahmed commented on :

    Dear Khayala
    Thanks for this genius question 🙂
    We’re in need of a new way to power our planet. Our nearest star offers more than one possible solutions. We’re already started to produce solar power. However the most expensive material in solar energy is Cadmium telluride, so if we develop a new material which is cheap so we can get more energy from the sun by saving this energy as in solar power. I think till now we are wasting this nice renewable power source
    Hope this helps
    Thanks
    Ahmed