Kutshanje, oosomajukujuku ababini beNASA uKate Rubins kunye noVictor Glover Jr., Bahamba ngaphandle kweSikhululo seSithuba saMazwe ngaMazwe malunga neeyure ze-7, kwaye bagqiba ukutshintshwa kweepaneli zelanga.
Kuxelwa ukuba ibhetri esetyenziswa ngoku kwiSikhululo samazwe ngamazwe safakwa ngoDisemba 2000 kwaye inobomi benkonzo yoyilo lweminyaka eyi-15.Sele ilixesha lokutshintshwa, kodwa ayizange itshintshwe kude kube ngoku.Emva kolu tshintsho, amandla ewonke emitha yelanga yesikhululo sasemajukujukwini aya kwandiswa ukusuka kwi-160 kilowatts ukuya kuma-215 kilowatts.
Njengogqaliselo lwangoku lophuhliso lwamandla ahlaziyekayo, iiseli zelanga ngokwenene zitekhnoloji ezakhelwe i-aerospace.Emva kokuba isiphekepheke singene emajukujukwini, sisafuna amandla ukuze sisebenze ixesha elide, kodwa akukho oksijini emajukujukwini, ngoko amandla efosili eqhelekileyo awaloncedo, ngoko kufuneka kusetyenziswe amandla ahlaziyiweyo.
Kumandla ahlaziyekayo, amandla omoya kunye nombane wamanzi akanazo izinto ezifunekayo.Kukho ukukhanya kwelanga kuphela esithubeni, ngoko kwabakho iibhetri ezinokuvelisa umbane kumandla elanga.Ziye zaba ngomnye wemithombo yamandla kwiisathelayithi kunye nezitishi zasemkhathini, kwaye zikwanegalelo elikhulu kwishishini le-aerospace.
Emva kwamashumi eminyaka yophuhliso, i-photovoltaics iye yaphuma kwi-teknoloji ye-aerospace engafikelelekiyo ukuya kwi-teknoloji eqhubekayo, ngokuqala ngezinto ze-silicon ezinyukayo, i-backplanes ephakathi kunye neglasi ye-photovoltaic, i-inverters ephantsi kunye nezibiyeli, njl.ibe ngamandla abalulekileyo kumandla ahlaziyekayo.