https://ca.renogy.com/products/solar-panels/ only better place i’ve found is alibaba under 50 cents per watt but unsure of quality. Only $1 per watt for a renogy panel will probably last you atleast 10 20 years.
lifepo4 battery’s for climate controlled setting. LTO lithium titanate for colder climates ? nickle hydride from ford escape seem to hold up good, was thinking about powering my house from the 300 volt drive pack somehow. https://www.magnum-dimensions.com/product-inverter/1000w-300vdc-modified-sine-inverter
supposedly the new 2020 hybrid highlander suv has a 1500 watt inverter that can run off the drive pack ?
battleborn battery’s are also great prices for a 24 volt system around 100 dollars per kwh comparable with automobile batterys.
Stanford Increases Solar Cell Production Rates by Four Times and Up to Ten Times Lower Cost
https://www.altestore.com/store/deep-cycle-batteries/lithium-batteries/kilovault-lithium-solar-battery-p41011/?afmc=1y#KLV1800CHLX has built in heater to prevent cold charging.
paper mache and cement might work better than fiberglass (always protect your eyes when working with this much power)
Solar Energy
for calculating power of sunlight its said to have roughly 1000 watts per m2 of available power for solar applications.
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/82014726.pdf solar hot water heator
http://www.kylesconverter.com/energy,-work,-and-heat/celsius-heat-units-to-joules
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/benefits-solar-power-infographic/
www.alibaba.com << good prices on solar and thin film solar products
solar paint is also a new emerging technology. should be used in hybrid or electric vehicles same with transparent solar cells in windows.
also reflecting solar paint for rooftops can help increase albedo and reflect unwanted energy away some use aluminum particles in white paint.
Refridgeration
https://matterandenergy.com/ solar powered airconditioning and power generation, very unique patents and worth the understanding! 🙂
ammonia and black pipe can make solar fridges, a little bit dangerous though.
there is also other solar materials like zeolite that can refridgerate too.
Water
hot water tanks installed in/on the roof with black tubing or painted black garden hose on the roof can easily collect the rays of the sun. could use a heat exchanger and cover with clear plastic on a steep slope with solar pump if you plan on using it during winter on sunny days for underfloor heating or for driveway.
solar collectors can be built from aluminum flashing for foundations easily.
aluminum can solar collectors can be made easily too even without a glass top for non winter applications, have thought about using an old car before too. great for hot water / air in summer winter depending on the build.
solar waterer system for cattle
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/401436481978 took a month to ship, eventually did come but i was unable to leave feedback for it on ebay. puts out about 3.5v and 0.6 amps – 2 watts on a overcast day not sure it would see a full 10 watts of power unless a concentrator was used. (if you get one of these wash it off good(mostly the sides of it where the plastic layers meet), not sure if it was something i did but i had chemical taste in my mouth afterwards)
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/floating-solar-panels/ if they were to use peltier coolers as heat converters to make more power it could get up to around 35% efficiency
25% efficient 75% heat waste
2% gain per 10 deg cooling
5%-10% TEC peltier conversion
also submersing in water would clean/cool and protect the solar cells during hails. aswell as increase solar cell efficiency by running them cooler also would lessen the thermal energy emitted by providing cooling through evaporation and humidity with it to cool it down even more after.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lith-ion-Chevy-Volt-48v-50ah-w-BMS-Assembly-NEW-battery-RV-Golf-Cart-Solar-EV/183102673400
can find 2 of these for 1000 dollars on some listings
ultrafast laser pulses on silicone create super efficient solar cell, just needs some kinda coating.
https://phys.org/news/2020-08-black-silicon-photodetector-efficiency-limit.html
