Seizing Up the Luminous Energy

by: Darwin P. Paming        
            BS Environmental Science 1-1

The photo above shows the solar panel installed beside the OSA or Student Union Building. It shows the eco-friendly way to generate sustainable electricity for our fellow CvSUeños.

Solar panels are capable of producing electricity by using one of the renewable resources in our environment, no other than the solar energy. The energy provided by the luminous glow of the Sun. This is in the form of solar radiation, which makes the production of ecological electricity comes into reality.

Solar panels or the photovoltaic (PV) cells are made from equipments and raw materials which exhibit the “photovoltaic effect”. For instance, when a sunbeam hits the PV cell, the photons of light excite the electrons in the cell and cause them to flow, thus generating electricity.

They are also considered as the silencer in producing solar electricity. There is completely no clamorous sounds made from these solar photovoltaic panels as they harness and convert sunlight to efficient electricity.

Photovoltaic cells are truly commendable in preserving our natural ecosystem since their power plants produce zero emissions in the environment. It is not only considered as an eco-friendly way in producing electricity, it is also hailed as an effective approach in coping with our constantly changing society.