Solar Tracking Using Reflecting Mirrors Capstone Project

Abstract Solar Energy is the fastest growing renewable energy source in the world. The soaring production and the significant technological breakthrough of solar energy in certain countries like China and India has brought about a drastic reduction in the cost of its exploitation. Today, the price of solar PV panels in China has declined by as much as 50%. Despite this immense progress in the solar energy industry, the question of how solar energy has evolved in Ghana and Africa at large, remains unanswered. Solar tracking; a technology that was introduced in 1991 to serve as a proponent of po…