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What is Solar powered Web hosting?


Solar Cell technology originates from an American Russell Ohl who invented the first silicon solar cell which was later advanced into the solar panels now seen on rooftops throughout the world.

Solar powered web hosting combines the ethic use of reusable energy to power the servers operating the web hosting. Energy from the sun is captured by the solar panels and stored within its battery banks which are then transformed into electricity to be passed through to the servers and other electrical equipment.


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Why is Solar powered web hosting being used?

As Information Communication Technology advances the need for more environmentally friendly solutions for operating the ever growing electrical equipment becomes inevitable along with the rise of the environmental activists like Green Peace.

Due to this companies have become more aware of the impact possibly being caused by their companies on the environment. The sheer amount of carbon being emitted on a daily basis is having devastating effects on the environment, solar energy eliminates the problem of carbon being emitted into the atmosphere and as the sun’s energy is not becoming a rare commodity as with fossil fuels, it is proving to be the best long-term solution, although not the cheapest.


How is Solar powered web hosting being implemented by organisations?

Many companies are implementing Green computing in a various number of ways, some companies for example http://www.ecologicalhosting.com/ use ecological hosting by using renewable energy sources to supply their equipment with electricity by means of solar powered energy with can generate up to sixty kilowatt-hours of electricity each do day. Another good example of a solar powered web hosting company is http://www.ecowebdesign.co.uk/ - who also guarantee 99.9% uptime on web hosting which shows even solar powered energy can be used as a reliable energy source


Interesting facts and knowledge:

  • The amount of solar energy captured by the earth every minute is vastly greater than the amount of fossil fuels used by the entire world in one year.
  • Tropical oceans absorb the equivalence of 1600 times the worlds annual energy usage
  • Plants on average capture 0.1% of solar energy reaching the earth, image this relates to the millions of plants on earth!
  • How do I make a solar panel?*

The following websites are only a few of the ones available on the internet that show how you can do your bit to help protect the earth:

http://www.thesolarplan.com/articles/your-own-solar-panel-collector.html

http://www.rain.org/~philfear/how2solar.html

http://www.bigginhill.co.uk/solar.htm

  • Please be advised that StudentWiki doesn’t endorse any material or content mentioned on the above linked websites.


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