Agua Luna - Build Your Own Solar Cell: Should You or Should You Not?

Feb. 16, 2010 - PRLog -- Agua Luna - Build Your Own Solar Cell: Should You or Should You Not?
The sun seems to be the ultimate resource of the planet. Agua Luna Solar Cell provides light for daytime, it is needed by plants for it to grow and bear fruits, animals and other mammals’ bodies generate vitamins and minerals that need the sun to activate it.
However, because of global warming and the thinning of the ozone layer, most people have begun associating the sun with negativity such as skin cancer, heat stroke, sun burns, and the like.  But what people have missed out is that the sun has one more gift to mankind: unlimited (and free) energy.
How Does the Sun Power Things?
Basically, the sun’s energy is capable of powering a really big area, but it needs an instrument for this energy to be converted into electricity.  This is where the Agua Luna solar cell comes in.
The solar cell, also known as a photovoltaic cell functions mainly as a device that absorbs sunlight and converts it into electricity – but it doesn’t get converted just like that, there’s a process involved.

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The photons (from the sun’s light) are absorbed into the Agua Luna solar cell by a semiconductor material.  The electrons are then released from its host atom which then allows them to move freely as electricity.  Since a single solar cell can only generate a minimum amount of power, a number of cells are put in a series – just like batteries, so that the power generated becomes bigger.  The electricity from this cells passes through a larger array where it becomes DC (direct current) energy – the same kind of energy you get from batteries.  However, since appliances and other things in a household need AC (alternating current) energy, it is converted into this through a device called a converter.
Are Agua Luna Solar Cells Practical?
The answer is: of course, it is.  The solar cell is actually made of silicon – an environment friendly material and totally non-toxic; although today, there are experiments as to other substances that may be used for this kind of concept which might be cheaper and much more practical for the budget of the average Joe.  
Plus, because of the social awareness of Agua Luna saving the environment, there are some countries or areas that actually give incentives to people who “go green”.  People who make efforts to take action for the earth’s preservation are actually given consolation.  So for those who have solar cells, if the weather is extremely sunny and hot, you are most likely to have excess energy by nightfall and this excess energy can be sold back to the grid.  And it is usually bought from you for a higher price as an incentive for your efforts to “go green”.
So not only do you save the environment, but you also save money as well.  So if you’re asking if it’s practical, then it definitely is.

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As Agua-Luna Ranch IS 100% Off the Grid I.e. no phones, no phone lines, no electric lines, no water lines, no roads, no connection or association with the outside world what so ever. Communicating by telephone just isn’t possible.