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SOLAR ENERGY. CONOR DURDOCK AND CHRIS PIZZOLA. Pros of using Solar Power. The first benefit of solar energy is that it is 100% renewable, completely free, and unlimited. Solar energy is also very beneficial to the environment because it does not produce greenhouse gases or pollution.
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SOLAR ENERGY CONOR DURDOCK AND CHRIS PIZZOLA
Pros of using Solar Power • The first benefit of solar energy is that it is 100% renewable, completely free, and unlimited. • Solar energy is also very beneficial to the environment because it does not produce greenhouse gases or pollution
Disadvantages of using Solar energy • - The materials and equipment needed to create the solar energy is highly costly. • - The demand is low in most countries making the price really high.
Link to outside Website about solar energy • http://www.ases.org/
Source of solar energy • The energy emitted from the suns core. • When the rays leave the sun and penetrate the PV cells (Photovoltaic) they find the energy in the light and directly converts it to electrical energy.
Power of the sun • http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=065e8ef4-c3af-4bba-978c-9ad5a59f16ff
Additional Information • Solar energy has existed ever since things could be warmed by solar rays. • Leonardo da Vinci made the first sketches of a welding tool powered directly by the focus of direct sunlight. • In 1767 someone directed the sun rays enough to create an oven hot enough to safely cook food.
Works Cited • Alternative Energy • Environmental Science: In Context • Harvesting Powers from the Sun • Picture URL’s • www.weatherclipart.net • www.alternative-energy-news.info