Hi-TECH Foldable/Compact Solar Panels for Military

[umairahmad]

We would like to introduce ourselves as a leading supplier in Pakistan for alternate power generation resources and are core competence is based on high-tech solar powered equipment and related accessories. We are currently offering a wide range of products in Pakistan to help people in remote locations, with no normal electricity grid supply, to power their homes with our solar technology. You can have detailed information about our products from our web site www . alternatepowers . com

With reference to Armed Forces, we have exclusively developed supply possibilities of Compact / Folded Solar Panels which can provide sufficient DC electric power to run military equipments in the remote locations / battle field and thus drastically reducing transportation of battery supplies and carried weight. I would request you to please take out few minutes of your precious time and kindly have a look at our following web page http: //alternatepowers . net/Folded.aspx to see the range of our foldable solar panels for military applications. These panels are currently being manufactured in USA and are being widely used by US Army in combat exercises. According to military analysts in USA, the electric battery supplies are equally important as ammunition and guns while our solar panels eliminate the need to have back-up battery supplies to run their equipment.

 

[PakistaniPatriot]

WAH... Thats nice news. There should be a KESC Solar Power division and providing solar power energy should be started on a large scale not just in remote locations but even in busy and important places like Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, and industrial hubs like Sialkot and etc.

 

[Awesome]

We would like to introduce ourselves as a leading supplier in Pakistan for alternate power generation resources and are core competence is based on high-tech solar powered equipment and related accessories. We are currently offering a wide range of products in Pakistan to help people in remote locations, with no normal electricity grid supply, to power their homes with our solar technology. You can have detailed information about our products from our web site www . alternatepowers . com

With reference to Armed Forces, we have exclusively developed supply possibilities of Compact / Folded Solar Panels which can provide sufficient DC electric power to run military equipments in the remote locations / battle field and thus drastically reducing transportation of battery supplies and carried weight. I would request you to please take out few minutes of your precious time and kindly have a look at our following web page http: //alternatepowers . net/Folded.aspx to see the range of our foldable solar panels for military applications. These panels are currently being manufactured in USA and are being widely used by US Army in combat exercises. According to military analysts in USA, the electric battery supplies are equally important as ammunition and guns while our solar panels eliminate the need to have back-up battery supplies to run their equipment.

What sort of high end solutions you got for homes?

I have been considering an elaborate Solar panel roof in my Pakistan home that would take care of a bulk of my energy needs. I hear it's virtually impractical to keep the air conditioner going on solar panels...

But I like to think there must be that one breakthrough advancement in photo-voltaic cells that can harness enough energy to pull it off.

We are used to a 24/7 AC environment here in Dubai. And pulling it off with Pakistan electricity bills is just not possible.

 

[JK!]

One thing to remember about solar panels.

THEY ARE NOT 100% EFFICIENT.

The most efficiency you could get is around 25% maybe.

 

[BATMAN]

And when you don't use solar energy than u waste all of it.

Asim, it is possible to add cells and achieve required power but it will get very expensive to reach your target power.
Photo voltaic cells are just one part of solar power generation system.
In simple words, it involves battery banks and at the end of the chain is inverter which regulates and converts DC from batteries to usable AC. Which generally required for motor operated loads such as fans, compressors and fluorescent lights?
In whole chain inverter is the most immediate contact with your appliances.
Due to various electrical phenomena’s and depending on manufacturing technique and quality it may fail. This Inverter, is basically a fast switching machine, its output is not purely sinusoidal hence it has a tendency to heat up loads like Air conditions because they are not designed considering inverter supply. Heating of motors reduce there life time dramatically.
There might be an element of electromagnatic noise which may disturb neighboring electronic circuitries depending upon there immunity.
You would also need to maintain a huge battery bank and provide space for all this stuff, because it is unhealthy and dangerous to keep batteries in side residential buildings.
With inclusions of batteries the whole system may also not be very echo friendly as compare to many other power generation systems. i.e. gas turbines or hydal power from WAPDA.

At the end it has to be calculated in terms of savings and payback time, don't forget to consider all the maintenance cost of equipment over the time.

It is really good for remote areas and isolated operations of equipments as right fully indicated defense applications.

I definitely recommend all, to use solar water heaters as they does not involve any complex electric systems and are very echo friendly, alternate and save lots of energy cost.

There are various other new heating and cooling techniques, such as GEO Thermal Energy. but unfortunately not yet familiar in Pakistan.
Still you can be the first one to have those systems installed. If you are willing to buy and import no one can stop you.

If I had to design a house in Pakistan with cheap and efficient energy.
I suggest every housing society put together some gas turbine (power plant) and share the cost.

 

[Cheetah786]

One thing to remember about solar panels.

THEY ARE NOT 100% EFFICIENT.

The most efficiency you could get is around 25% maybe.

How many solar panels do I need to produce enough electricity to run my house?
The array size you need depends on your average electrical usage, climate, roof angle, shading problems and many other factors. To approximate the array size you need, multiply your average daily electrical demand in kilowatt-hours by 0.25. The result is the approximate size of solar array, in kilowatts, needed to meet your electrical demand.

Will a system produce enough energy to cover all my electricity needs?
It is important to understand that a solar electric system does not need to provide all of the electricity you need to be of great value. A small system that displaces an average of one-quarter to one-half of your average demand reduces your electric bill. With battery backup, it can deliver uninterrupted power to critical loads during utility outages for days or weeks. We are happy to provide you with a system that supplies 100 percent of your energy needs, but cutting your electricity by 40 to 50 percent is typically the most cost-efficient approach for home solar power.

GE Energy - FAQs About Solar Residential Systems

 

[JK!]

Cheetah,

Even when tested in laboratory conditions the highest possible efficiency is roughly 60%.

I must agree with Batman that solar thermal energy is a better choice.

Furthermore to cover the roof of your average house in the UK with PV panels will set you back at least £5000.

Pakistan does have a fantastic opportunity to exploit solar enrgy and for that matter other alternative or renewable energy sources.

Something like the PS10 solar power tower from Spain would be good.

The course textbook for my degree is Renewable Energy by Godfrey Boyle which maybe of interest to some of you and it features most renewable energy sources such as wind, biomass/biofuel, tidal , solar, geothermal and wave energies.