Efficient Dual Axis Solar Tracking System

Abstract

This generation is facing problems regarding energy crisis in an enormous way. Also the level of generation of electrical energy is not reaching the demand of this energy. In order to overcome this scarcity renewable energy would be a better answer. Using solar energy which is the most dominant resources of renewable energy could be a major solution to this problem. The performance of the dual axis solar tracker using Arduino is presented in this paper. This research helps to find which one is efficient among solar tracker and static solar panel. The work involves two parts, Software and Hardware. The hardware part resembles Light dependent resistors which detects the source from sun. Servo motors are used to move the solar panel to the place where the light source is maximum indicated by LDR. Software part is carried by using C programming. The result of this tracker is compared with static solar panel and can be found that solar tracker is more efficient capturing maximum light source and also produces more power.