I am from Kurdistan/Iraq. We still have problems providing electricity in our country. As a support for the environment and getting electricity through sunlight , the temperature reaches 55 C in summer and -5 C in winter. The average sunlight is about 14 hours. I want each family to get 12 amps for 12 hours at night and 16 amps for 12 hours during the day through sunlight. I want to use sunlight for my research. What is the latest research in this area and what is your advice for my research?
That's a commendable project, but the real weakness in solar and wind power is STORAGE! You can always build a system large enough to generate the desired power, but is it orders of magnitude more difficult and costly to install the required battery (or other) storage systems to provide 24-hour power reliably. Reduction of actual power requirements is really the first and most important step in sustainable energy usage. THEN you can locate or produce data on solar radiation incidence and the like.
Hi Shwan Omar Salih
Today, the weakness of solar and wind energy described by Steven Cooke still represents a limitation, but I am confident that in the future we will have more efficient storage capabilities (which deserve a lot of research). However, a mix of fossil and renewable energy will be used for a long time.
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