Using solar energy: How solar panels generate electricity with the photovoltaic effect

Created: 04/10/2022 17:19

By: Anika Zuschke

How do solar panels work - and what is the electricity generated good for?

The video provides answers to the most important questions about the photovoltaic effect.

With the beginning of the Ukraine war, an energy crisis set in in Germany, which once again made it clear that there was an urgent need to switch to renewable energy.

Because in addition to the positive effect on the climate crisis, own energy sources also promote independence from Russian energy.

But how does the sun actually work as a source of energy?

What can solar energy be used for?

Solar panels generate renewable energy with photovoltaic effect

The video explains how solar panels generate electricity from sunlight and how the so-called photovoltaic effect works.

Solar energy can therefore be generated even when the sky is cloudy.

In addition, it is clearly explained for which sources the stored electricity can then be used and what the amount of electricity from a solar system depends on.

At present, only two percent of the world's electricity requirements are generated from solar systems.