USING SOLAR ENERGY AS NON-CONVENTIONAL ALTERNATIVE ENERGY IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED FARMS

Solar energy represents a future solution for clean, sustainable energy, because the sun generates much more energy every day than it is necessary for daily consumption, unlike fossil fuels. The only limitation related to this renewable resource is the ability to transform this energy into electricity. The paper presents a functional model of equipment that allows the capture of solar energy using special panels, which can rotate according to the sun, so that the incidence of rays with the radiating surface of the panels is maximum, and the yields obtained at different angles of inclination (in the vertical plane: 30 and 45, and in the horizontal plane: 0 to be maximum.