Experimental and Fabrication of Solar Panel Tracking using the Real Time Clock

The growth or energy demand in response to industrialization, urbanization and social affluence has led to an extremely uneven global distribution of primary energy consumption. The Sun, Wind, Waves and geothermal heat are renewable energy sources that will never run out. They are self- renewal. The rate of consumption does not exceed rate of renewability. The cost of generating electricity from wind and solar power has decreased by 90% over the past 20 years. Maximizing power output from a solar system is desirable to increase the efficiency of a solar tracing system. To maximize the power output from solar panels, we need to keep the panels aligned with the sun. In this project, the design of an efficient solar tracking system based on Real Time Clock (RTC) using microcontroller. The proposed tracking system is a low cost, high accurate, more efficient with low power consumption. The IC RTC is able to regulate the movement of solar panel about 15 degree per hour. The updating position of solar panel is constantly changed, but the approach is enough for capturing sunlight energy for generation of power by the solar panel.