SOLAR AND PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS

In energy engineering, a photovoltaic module (also called a photovoltaic panel) is an optoelectronic device, composed of photovoltaic cells, capable of converting incident solar energy into electrical energy by means of a photovoltaic effect, typically used as a current generator in a photovoltaic system. It can be mechanically pre-assembled to form a photovoltaic panel, a practical fall into disuse with the progressive increase in the size of the modules, which have in fact incorporated the purposes. It can be aesthetically similar to the solar thermal panel, but, although both have solar energy (solar radiation) as a primary energy source, have different purposes and operation. Both are sometimes referred to simply by the generic name of "solar panel".