Santo Domingo electric tricycle solar panels

What is a solar-powered tricycle?

Solar-powered tricycles are three-wheeled motorized vehicles that run on onboard solar panels as a source of power. As opposed to plug-in electric trikes, the latter use photovoltaic (PV) cells to convert solar energy into electricity. The typical configuration includes:

How does solar tricycle work?

Photovoltaic cells contained in solar panels convert the solar energy directly into electric energy. Solar Tricycle uses solar energy which convert into electrical with required voltage to charge the battery. There are two types of solar panels that are generally used that is polycrystalline panels and microcrystalline solar panels.

Why is the Dominican Republic interested in solar energy?

The framework conditions for this are provided by the world's largest energy source, the sun. Global radiation is about double that of Germany. The Dominican Republic's energy supply is largely dependent on crude oil imports at present. The rising import price of this limited energy source is leading to increased interest in solar power.

Is photovoltaic technology right for the Dominican Republic?

Here, too, photovoltaic technology is the method of choice. As the largest solar park in the Caribbean with a total capacity of 116 MW (phase I - 58 MW, phase II - 58 MW), the Montecristi solar park has laid the foundation for a sustainable turnaround in energy policy in the Dominican Republic.