James took us to look at our solar panels we found out that our solar panels are east facing. James explained to us why they are slanted and that solar panels have come down in costs and newer solar panels are more effective. We also walked around the school and found that some of houses in the local community use solar energy as well. We went on a hunt around school to find out where the invertor was.
Activity description
Spot solar-suitable roofs
Solar energy is awesome because it's free but we need solar panels to turn that energy into electricity we can use.
Learn about what makes a great solar power site and identify sites that should have solar panels.
Roofs that are perfect for solar power are:
pitched direct east/west or facing south and are not shaded
in good condition/ can bear the weight of solar panels
at least the size of a tennis court (280m ) if pitched or the size of two tennis courts (at least 650 m ) if flat
on buildings where lots of energy is used, especially in summer
on buildings in good condition
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