Influence of the angle of fall of light on the photovoltaic panel and its optimization - literature review

Scarce energy sources in today’s world are the cause of meeting energy needs in everyday life through renewable energy sources. Concerns about climate change, rising oil prices and increased government subsidies lead to enlarged investments in renewable energy sources. Today, research focuses on optimizing and improving efficiency of these sources. Renewable energy is derived from natural processes that are constantly renewed. In most of its forms it is delivered directly from the sun or from the heat accumulated in the earth. The purpose of this publication is to present a realistic approach to enhancing efficiency in cases where green energy is extracted from sun through photovoltaic panels. This would lead to a higher power supply for artificial lighting.There are significant energy losses when installing a solar panel on a static structure in the morning and late afternoon due to the fact that the panel is not sun-oriented in east-west direction (daily sun motion). There are losses also when the solar panel is not perpendicular to sun rays (in north-south direction). This publication presents the influence of the sunlight angle falling on photovoltaics and its optimization.