Solar Power Facts
Sifting through all this information can be daunting, so we compiled a list of some interesting and fun facts you may not have known about solar power. Read on!
- Half of the solar panels produced worldwide are consumed by Japan in their residential sector.
- Solar power is one of very few sources of energy that are completely free.
- It takes only about 8 minutes for solar energy to travel from the sun to the earth.
Solar panels do not produce any carbon dioxide emissions when converting solar power into electricity.
- Solar energy is renewable energy source .
- Solar lights work even after cloudy days.
- At any given time, the Earth receives 174 petawatts of energy from the sun. This is 6,000 times our worldwide energy usage.
- The largest solar power plant in the world is located in the Mojave Desert in California, covering 1000 acres.
- Space missions have been using solar energy to power spaceships since 1958.
- Solar energy could generate 2.5 percent of the world’s electricity by 2025.
- Solar cells are less efficient in cloudy counties such as the UK.
- Solar lights are immune to black outs.
- For solar energy to generate electricity, it must be daylight. During night hours, stored solar energy or an alternative energy source must be used.
- Solar panels are mainly composed of silicon.
- In 1975 the first solar boat was constructed in England.
- Solar lights produce no pollution and cause no harmful environmental effects.
