22 years old Canadian application creates Suns Simply make solar panels 40% more effective

A young researcher in Canada has created an application for smartphones that helps to know when the solar panels are facing the most effective direction - so that up to 40 percent more effective. Bruce Gao, 22, created the software program when attending Shad Canada for students of exceptional high school, The Star reported on Tuesday. The idea of ​​creating the application came to him after his visit to an orphanage in China, where he saw children huddled in beds to share body heat.

It was monsoon and solar panels for electricity supply were not installed at full capacity which have become inefficient heating system building. Once Gao decided to do something about it, he investigated how solar panels should be positioned to absorb more energy. The SimplySola application, developed together with a partner school, works by using a combination of GPS and built-in compass smartphones.

The user places their phones on top of solar panels, and the application displays them when the panels are facing the most effective direction. Solar panels pointing in the right direction can make up to 40 percent more effective, Gao said. Innovation is being used in 130 countries.