How does solar power create energy?

Before you're able to produce

electricity through solar

energy, there needs to be some

form of solar cell or panel that

will be used to absorb the

sun's energy.

Solar panels are constructed

from a semi-conductive

material with the most

common material of choice

being silicon.

The semi-conductive

material contains electrons

which will naturally just stay

there not doing anything.

When photons (contained

within the suns rays) hit a

solar cell, the electrons

contained in the solar cell

material absorb this solar

energy, which transforms the

electrons into conduction

electrons.

If the energy of these

photons is great enough

then the electrons are able

to become free and carry an

electric charge through a

circuit to the destination

Solar panels can be used

in a variety of different

ways in order to harness

the suns energy.

This is a picture of how solar is

changed into energy

THIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE OF SOLAR IS TURNED INTO ENERGY

THE SOLAR POWER GENERATOR GOES

LIKE THIS… THE SUN FOCUSES ON

WATER, IT TAKES A WHILE TILL IT BOILS

DOWN AND THEN CREATES STEAM THEN

THE STEAM TURNS THE TURBINE TO MAKE

ENERGY AND TRAVELS THROUGH THE

POWER LINES TO THE HOUSES.

Created by: Atti, Sydnie and Celine.

Pictures by:

Atti, Sydnie and

Celine.

Editing by:

Atti, Sydnie and

Celine.

Colours by:

Atti, Sydnie and

Celine.

Words by:

Celine

Power point

by: Atti.

And the rest

by: Sydnie.

CELINE and

SYDNIE

By: ATII,

The end