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Solar Power

Solar Power. Katie Carton, Macey McGuire, and Cord Pennell. Index. Example Environmental Advantages Environmental Problems Social/Political Problems Can Energy be Enhanced How Solar be used in Less Sunny Area Is it Growing? Are the Problems Real or Exaggerated? Works Cited. Example.

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Solar Power

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  1. Solar Power Katie Carton, Macey McGuire, and Cord Pennell

  2. Index • Example • Environmental Advantages • Environmental Problems • Social/Political Problems • Can Energy be Enhanced • How Solar be used in Less Sunny Area • Is it Growing? • Are the Problems Real or Exaggerated? • Works Cited

  3. Example • We use solar power! • We have 32 panels on our roof. • Have saved over $2,000 this year alone • BUT, it cost us over $61,000 to install and maintain • Overall, we would install them again if we had the change

  4. Environmental Advantages • Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and waste • Assess sustainability issues, develop standards practices, and pursue solutions to ensure practices • Ensure that panels (PV) are responsibly recycled. • It is one of the cleanest methods of energy production known.

  5. Solar Energy in Areas Having High Sunlight and Low Cloud Cover • In tropical or dessert areas. • The sun hits the earth in these places more directly than those who have more cloud cover. • In the United States: • Nevada • California • Arizona • Utah • Colorado • New Mexico • Texas

  6. Can energy production from Solar Energy be enhanced in those areas? Yes California Public Utility on Solar Energy. Policies More research. More Advancements

  7. Environmental Problems • Does not work at night • Difficult to use in places with little to no sun • Can be unreliable • Panel deterioration • Lead can leak • Cadmium can leak from the panels • Requires a lot of space

  8. Can energy production from solar energy be developed in less sunny areas • State Policies • Government policies • Incentives • Utility coverage. • “Plug and Play”- Photovoltaic Systems Yes

  9. Social/ Political Problems • The view is not pleasing • Solar panels are not cheap • They must constantly be maintained and often replaced. • Single solar panels are not sufficient power producers so a lot of panels need to be used • Only areas with lots of sunlight are suitable for solar power so certain counties/locations cannot use them and so do not wish to politically fund them

  10. Social/ Political Problems Continued • Solar power stations are very expensive to build • Expensive at first, but you save money in the long run • Lack of consistency and reliability • They take up a lot of space so people do not want to lose land to them • The cost for installing solar panels and doing more research to better the energy sources makes political disagreements occur.

  11. Solar Energy Growing? In the solar sector there has been a huge cost reduction in the PV (Photovoltaic) There is newer technology to help make it cheap and more efficient

  12. Growing cont… • Solar power is growing much quicker than wind • Last year solar produced 30.5 GW out of the 46.6 GW that was combined wind and solar • Wind energy is forecasted to shrink by 25% in the next year

  13. Are the Problems Real of Exaggerated? • What do you think? • Yes • No • What do we think? • Yes & No • We believe that some of the problems such as leakages are a issue, but the product will get better and we will be able to have less panels but more power and thus limit the amount of space needed.

  14. Works Cited • http://environment.about.com/od/renewableenergy/a/solar_power.htm • http://www.nachi.org/disadvantages-solar-energy.htm • http://www.seriouslysolar.com/advantages.php • http://www.problemsinelectrodynamics.com/blog/2013/disadvantages-of-solar-energy • http://papundits.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/the-problem-with-solar-thermal-power/ • http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&biw=669&bih=608&tbm=isch&tbnid=sydTYbTRZ34y6M:&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid-connected_photovoltaic_power_system&docid=OnJzpVm-wcbQrM&imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Solar_panels_on_house_roof_winter_view.jpg&w=754&h=542&ei=xl6KUr_uIqz84AP2joGIAQ&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:5,s:0,i:94&iact=rc&page=1&tbnh=178&tbnw=257&start=0&ndsp=9&tx=221&ty=74 • http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&biw=669&bih=608&tbm=isch&tbnid=hGkqaOIhfkIzYM:&imgrefurl=http://www.popularresistance.org/conservative-lawmakers-and-tea-partiers-join-progressives-in-georgia-climate-initiative/&docid=QPFWaaY9xb90GM&imgurl=http://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/solar-panel-houses.jpg&w=620&h=413&ei=xl6KUr_uIqz84AP2joGIAQ&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:20,s:0,i:147&iact=rc&page=2&tbnh=183&tbnw=275&start=9&ndsp=12&tx=173&ty=68 • http://papundits.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/the-problem-with-solar-thermal-power/ • http://www.freeresidentialsolarpower.com/savingenergy.html • http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/energy/stories/cheaper-solar-is-not-just-about-the-price-of-panels • http://inhabitat.com/students-install-the-worlds-first-solar-pavement-panels-in-virginia/

  15. Works Cited http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=4BRVJ0lpDr7z5M&tbnid=64MBvgAYYjeJEM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fwonkblog%2Fwp%2F2013%2F02%2F08%2Fgermany-has-five-times-as-much-solar-power-as-the-u-s-despite-alaska-levels-of-sun%2F&ei=LJyKUvuzOY_-4AOE_oGgDA&bvm=bv.56643336,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNEZtbnZTr3wrpoqVLiJpbd7jY4xdQ&ust=1384902048979218 http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=A1OTSjBWon0DMM&tbnid=2Yzf9v322mYg6M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fsec.ucf.edu%2Fen%2Fmedia%2Fenews%2F2007%2F2007-04_Sunshine_state.htm&ei=NqSKUpuuLbW14AO3l4HoDQ&bvm=bv.56643336,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNGJ5KykhvfBGkFlK6_uoPhNFmp0Uw&ust=1384904099374495 http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/renewable-energy/how-solar-energy-works.html#The_Future_of_Solar_Energ http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/16/business/16solar.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin& http://www.sunergysystems.com/about-solar/does-it-work http://inhabitat.com/stafier-hollands-ultra-thin-solar-roof-tiles-seamlessly-integrate-into-rooftops/ http://library.thinkquest.org/20331/types/solar/ http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/sunshot/index.html http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_solar.html http://conservationmagazine.org/alternative-energy-and-energy-conservation/solar-power/

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