Solar Cells or Solar Panels are layman’s term for “Photovoltaic Cells”. I’m by no means an expert in photovoltaic (PV) systems but the topic interests me so I thought I would delve deeper.

Mitsubishi solar powered

Photovoltaic Cells convert sunlight into energy (photo=light, voltaic=electricity) by forcing energy from the sun into several layers of conductive material.

Iron Mountain Hosting uses photovoltaic cells made by Mitsubishi. Mitsubishi is a world leader in solar cells and has been researching them since 1974.

Although we often think of solar cells as part of tiny calculators, lets not forget that many of the man-made satellites orbiting earth are powered on Solar Cells created in Mitsubishi labs.

…to be continued in the next article Part II.