How Efficiently Do Plants Use Solar Energy When Compared To Solar Panels?
Oct 25, 2009 in
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How does the amount of chemical energy stored in plants compare to the electrical energy stored by solar panel/batteries?
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3 comments
James R on October 25, 2009 at 5:53 am
Most plants are around 1% efficient at turning sunlight into a useful form of energy it can use. Bamboo is probably somewhat privileged. Solar panels are everyplace around 20% efficient now I reckon. Trees are much cheaper to use for collecting solar energy if you have the land area even if.
thor on October 25, 2009 at 6:07 am
i reckon they are nearly the same because photosynthesis in plants occurs when there is only sunlight as well as the solar panels when there is only light. the excellent thing maybe in plants is that they were able to use and use the energy they get into valuable ones, not like solar panels, it is only used when needed. that is just my point of view.
Have a nice day!
pao d historian on October 25, 2009 at 6:35 am
plants yield glucose as their fuel source from photosynthesis. Its a different concept I reckon. They really use the co2 in the air, solar panels collect photons.