The Space staion has solar panels for electricity why don't we all have them?
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Those solar panels are the most efficient in the world (at about 30% efficiency), but they also cost millions of dollars. Yeah, if I had an extra million I might buy enough to power my house.
PS. they are made by Emcore, right here in Albuquerque.
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Number one; they have sunlight all the time. Consider Vermont in January. The cost of installing solar in an average home is $50,000 which is not pocket change. I believe they have 2400 square feet by the way
If you have NASA's budget you can have them.
If used in an environment where they get sun an average of 6 hours a day instead of 24 hours a day and the life is less than 10 years due to weathering, I think you will see the problem.
24 hours of direct sunlight of course! No atmospher, no clouds and rain and even no night time to deal with.
Presently all are encourage to exploit solar energy. Photovoltic cells are available for the purpose of residential use also. But the overall cost of electricity generated by them is higher than that of electricity supplied by grids. The solar cell needs further development to be economic . This is main reason of their rare use in households sofar .
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