Solar Design Considerations

This paper will discuss the design considerations for solar panel systems and the solar power generation process that occurs within solar modules. It will go in order of how the energy is transferred from the Sun to the solar panels and then to a public interconnection circuit. It will begin with solar irradiation and describe the intricacies of light, then describe how solar panels are positioned to maximize the irradiation captured and describe irradiation design terms, then describe the processes involving material science and heat transfer once the irradiation contacts the solar panels. The last part will present my solar design and simulation I made in the software Helioscope.