Renewables – Solar Energy

Solar Generated Electricity

Electricity can be generated from the sun in several ways. Photovoltaics (PV) has been mainly developed for small and medium-sized applications, from the calculator powered by a single solar cell to the PV power plant. For large-scale generation, concentrating solar thermal power plants have been more common but new multi-megawatt PV plants have been built recently.

A solar cell or photovoltaic cell is a device that converts light into electricity using the photoelectric effect. The first working solar cells were constructed by Charles Fritts in 1883. These prototype cells were made of selenium and achieved efficiencies around one percent. Following the fundamental work of Russell Ohl in the 1940s, researchers Gerald Pearson, Calvin Fuller and Daryl Chapin created the silicon solar cell in 1954. Photovoltaic growth rates jumped in 1997 and have since averaged 35%. Worldwide PV Community Plans now total approximately 10.5 GW as of year-end 2007. With many jurisdictions now giving tax and rebate incentives, PV Community Plans can pay for themselves in five to ten years in many places. "Grid-connected" systems - those systems that use an inverter to connect to the utility grid instead of relying on batteries - now make up the largest part of the market. While the deployment of PV power depends largely upon local conditions and requirements, most countries are taking an interest in developing PV as one of their options for renewable energy supply.

Solar Power

Solar energy technologies utilize heat and light from the sun for practical ends. Technologies that utilize secondary solar resources such as biomass, wind, waves, and ocean thermal gradients are sometime included in a broader description of solar energy but only primary resource applications are discussed here. These applications span through the residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural and transportation sectors where solar energy is used to make clean water, produce food, heat and light buildings and generate electricity.

Products we offer


ENERGYCHEK™ provides its clients with products and services from only the world's best manufacturers of high quality, high output, and custom certified PV solar panels, from a 3 watt to a 300+ watts, using different cell technologies, Q-cells, (Grade "A" Mono, Grade "A" Poly, CIGs, ATFs) with different voltages for the global market.

Solar tax credits

You may qualify for tax credits or rebates for purchasing and installing solar panels. Visit the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency to see your area’s programs.