Do Solar Generators Work at Night

With the general popularity of solar power generation, more and more people pay attention to solar power generation. Then someone asks, "Does solar power work at night?" The short answer is: No, because solar panels rely on sunlight to generate electricity.

How do solar panels work

In order to know whether the solar generator can work at night, we must first understand the working principle of solar panels.

Solar power generation mainly relies on sunlight, the basic principle of photovoltaic power generation is the use of solar radiation energy, photovoltaic power generation through solar cells directly convert sunlight into electricity. Therefore, at night when there is no sunlight, the solar generator cannot convert energy, so it cannot generate electricity. As we all know, solar panels absorb solar energy in direct sunlight is the most efficient, and cloudy, rainy days will affect the power generation of solar energy, which means that the efficiency of solar panels depends on a variety of factors, including the weather, Angle and the area of the panels receiving sunlight.

How do you use solar energy at night

If we want to ensure a reliable power supply at night, we must use energy storage batteries to store the energy generated by solar generators during the day. During the day, when the solar panels produce more electricity than you need, the excess energy is stored in these batteries. In this way, whether it is at night or when it is cloudy, we can use the electricity generated by solar panels, and the solar energy can be stored in the battery and the use time of electricity can be freely distributed.

Solar power generation is a very effective use of renewable resources of the current method, solar generators use the sun to generate electricity, although the technology has been very mature, but obviously no sunlight, solar panels can not work at night. So energy storage batteries can be a good way to help us convert solar energy absorbed during the day into electricity for use at night.