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= **SOLAR ENERGY** =

==== **1839-** photovoltic effect discovered  ====
 * [[image:http://www.californiasolarcenter.org/images/pvfotos/PerlinBellLabssm.jpg width="298" height="294" align="left" caption="Gordon Pearson, Calvin Fuller and Darryl Chapin in Bell Labs credited with developing the first useful solar cell"]]

==== "The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration, using data compiled in 2007, shows that 3.1% of the country’s electricity was derived from all forms of renewables. Less than one-third of that amount — less than 1% of the current U.S. generation mix — comes from solar sources, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), a U.S.-based organization dedicated to promoting solar energy technologies."==== ====

**Advantages of Solar Energy**

 * ====renewable energy source **.**====
 * ====abundant====
 * ====green and non-polluting====
 * ====quietoperation====
 * ====a wide array of purposes====
 * ====reduce our dependence on non-renewable and non-green energy sources.====
 * ====highest power density of all renewable energy sources====

** Disadvantages of Solar Energy **

 * ====the manufacturing, transportation and installation of solar power energy systems can cause pollution====
 * ====a fluctuating and unreliableenergy source====
 * ====long-term solution====
 * ====the regulation of the manufacturing process is poor====

** Solar Energy & The Environment **

 * ====Using solar energy produces no air or water pollution and no greenhouse gases, but does have some indirect impacts on the environment.====
 * ====Large solar thermal power plants can harm desert ecosystems if not properly managed.====
 * ====Using water from underground wells for cooling the turbine-generator may affect the ecosystem in some arid locations.====
 * ====You save the non-renewable energy sources by using solar energy.====
 * ====Solar energy uses sun to generate electricity.====

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