| p>A step ahead from the fixed systems, portable | | | | surplus to requirements because the generator is |
| solar power systems are now the new wave of | | | | producing more current than is needed, is automatically |
| noiseless, environmentally friendly power generation | | | | stored in the battery bank for later consumption. The |
| systems. Compared to their forerunners, they use | | | | design of portable solar systems is relatively simple |
| photovoltaic systems to convert solar energy into | | | | and comprises three basic parts. The first part |
| electricity. The innovative point about the systems is | | | | consists of the PV panels to generate electricity from |
| that you can truly take them wherever you want. The | | | | solar radiation. The second part concerns a charge |
| future of renewable energy is in the systems that bring | | | | controller which runs the electricity into a bank of |
| you the freedom and independence from other | | | | batteries. The third part is an inverter to retrieve the |
| conventional power plants. Not only do they avoid the | | | | electrical power from the batteries to deliver a sine |
| use of fossil fuel, but they are also free from pollution, | | | | wave 120 volt A.C. current when required. People are |
| and free from emission gases and greenhouse | | | | often surprised by the simplicity and the effectiveness |
| effects. | | | | of the design. |
| The opportunities for using portable solar power | | | | You don't have to go to the Amazon rain forests to |
| systems are wide and varied. Trekking into the | | | | use a portable power supply. They are also available |
| wilderness or expeditions into the Amazon forests are | | | | for homes, ranches and farms where they can power |
| just two examples of where portable solar systems | | | | anything from blenders to pumps. The smaller portable |
| can be of significant value. In areas like this where no | | | | solar power appliances can be carried in your truck or |
| grid system or electrical supply distribution exists, | | | | car to your holiday home or placed in recreational |
| portable solar power systems bring renewable and | | | | vehicles or boats. In short they can be made available |
| storable energy when and where you need it. | | | | for any site, which has not yet been equipped with |
| Portable solar systems are ecologically friendly at the | | | | access to the national electricity grid. |
| same time as being highly convenient. Mounted on | | | | Portable solar power generators producing solar |
| trailers, they do not require fuel, maintenance, or | | | | electricity use the same principles as their fixed type |
| contribute to any pollution, and they are also completely | | | | counterparts. In the same way, protons striking the |
| silent. | | | | solar cell panels as part of the sunlight become |
| A portable solar power system with accompanying | | | | absorbed by the panels and provide the energy to |
| batteries can supply all the electricity required for | | | | generate electricity. The PV panels for portables act in |
| appliances and portable I. T. This is true as much in | | | | the same way as the fixed versions. |
| African game reserves as in the distant flood disaster | | | | With portable solar power generators quickly replacing |
| zones. | | | | traditional diesel propane generators, it's possible to |
| It is a truly marvelous sign of progress to be able to | | | | predict a future where conventional and polluting |
| noiselessly change solar energy into easily usable 120 | | | | generators are no longer used. Perhaps very soon, the |
| volt A.C. power simply by flicking a switch. The solar | | | | only way to see a fossil-fuel power generator will be |
| panels with their charge controllers and battery | | | | to visit a scrap-yard or a museum. |
| inverters combine both modern technology and design. | | | | There are considerable financial benefits as well as |
| Being maintenance free, they require relatively little or | | | | environmental ones for solar power. Knowing how to |
| even no maintenance in any case. With battery | | | | install and wire such a system can be both easy and |
| backup systems, they bring numerous advantages | | | | safe when you have access to the right information. A |
| including the instantaneous supply of electricity in | | | | good manual will also tell you where to get batteries |
| isolated areas where there is no connection to the | | | | and other parts inexpensively, sometimes even for |
| power grid. | | | | free. All of this will let you put your solar power system |
| Because of the way the portable solar power | | | | into action efficiently and securely, while respecting all |
| generators are designed, any of electricity that is | | | | required safety precautions. |