Why Do We Need Solar Energy?

Fossil fuels are destroying our world when the technology is present to stop this. Luckily in the past fifty years’ fossil fuel use has declined and is steadily declining more. Nonrenewable energy has worked, but it is primitive, in the future it will only be something of the past. But with the most support renewable energy can become a worldwide power source. Europe uses so of the most wind energy production process, so when will we? But one other type of renewable energy is becoming solar power. All energy comes from the sun, why not get our energy straight from the source, but materials to produce solar panels are very rare and expensive. Let’s make a change and

In this modern fast paced world that we live in, there are many issues that are looked over, energy is one of these. As a world, we are dependant on dwindling fossil fuel supplies and take for granted electricity, oil, and gas. There are four completely renewable sources of energy around us that should be used and developed, they are: wind, growing plants, flowing water, and the sun. These sources of energy are the ones we should be tapping, because they are reliable and renewable. Harnessing the suns energy is the most certain and ultimate energy source. Looking at a brief history and some facts about solar energy, a glimpse of the future can be seen, a future not dependant on

When all of our natural fossil fuels are low or gone, solar energy will be one of the leading sources of energy that we will need in the future.

Alternative or clean energy is the way of the future. Every day we wait to implementing changes in the way we generate energy, is a lost opportunity to prevent further damage to the environment. As Kevin Begos (2016) points out in his article “The Solar Energy Controversies” by implementing solar technologies we can help the environment by reduce our dependency on fossil fuels (p. 387).

We all have heard about how one day, we will run out of oil, And you wonder "what are we going to do after we run out? Aren't we screwed?" I'm sure we've also heard, believe it or not, if you will, that oil and fossil fuels cause climate change and that's not a great thing. Well we dont have to worry about running out of oil or climate change by making one decision. We need to switch to renewable energy sources. Renewable energy sources are sources of power that will never run out. A energy source that im going to be discussing today is solar energy. Solar energy has a lot of benefits not only to our society, but to our economy, and to out planets. while S.N. does have many pros, it also has its cons. But of course, I'll be telling you about its many benefits to us first.

SunEdison puts their “ideas into actions.” In 2014 they built the largest solar plant in South America, which generates enough energy to power 20,000 homes. (Sunedison.com)

Solar energy is an eco-friendly alternative to fossil fuels. Our planet has been experiencing an average increase in global temperatures. Slowly but surely our planet is deteriorating, unless we change our form of energy into a greener alternative. Deterioration of our planet may occur at a faster rate. The depletion of fossil fuels is detrimental to our environment. By substituting fossil fuels with the solar energy, our planet will benefit. These benefits include: reduced climate change, beneficial economic opportunities on both a large scale benefitting our government and on a smaller scale helping individuals decrease their energy bills, and solar energy is renewable and sustainable.

     With the world’s natural resources depleting rapidly, humans must find a way to compensate. This society has milked oil, coal, gasoline, lead, uranium, and many other of these reservoirs in our Earth for hundreds of years and much has been done. Asphalt was used for our roads and highways, coal was originally used for heat before there was oil, and even water was used as a form of electricity on many rural farms. Luckily, more companies around the world are waking up to the fact that these resources will not be around forever, and that in the near future, other forms of energy will take heed. Solar energy, or energy powered by the sun, is one of the most promising. Since the

Our planet has faced some difficult times being billions of years old. Today, it’s facing an epidemic that has been addressed to the public numerous times in a myriad of ways though has not been taken seriously—Global Warming. Global warming occurs due to the increase in temperature in the atmosphere by human practices by burning fossil fuels and the emission of harmful gases such as carbon monoxide. To help combat against global warming we have many options to resort to for clean energy sources such as water and wind energy. However, there is one energy source in particular that is infinite in abundance for the entire planet to live off of; solar energy. With the constant use of fossil fuels in play with no strategic approach into transitioning to a more renewable source of clean energy such as solar energy, we will continue to kill the life that thrives our home and our home itself. There needs to be a higher ratio of solar energy industry to offset the use of fossil fuels to help combat global warming. Using the power harnessed from the sun doesn’t pollute—has no greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming, solar energy can create millions of jobs and increasing our economy offsetting the by coal industry funds, and lastly promoting more uses of solar energy could potentially cause a snowball effect—eventually everyone will want to hop on the trend that boosts the economy!

Most everyone likes the idea of using naturally renewable energy sources that are environmentally friendly. There are five main types of natural renewable energy sources: solar, wind, tidal (waves/dams), geothermal, and biomass energy sources. However in the last few years, only solar energy has broken the 40 percent efficiency barrier using cheaper, better solar semiconductor materials and a new multi-layer solar cell structure. This means that recent advancements have now made alternative solar energy sources more economical, efficient, and cleaner (non-carbon) than most other forms of energy. (Note that the word economical involves total labor, production, and transport energy costs; efficiency involves initial cost to generate energy at the source; and cleaner means an environmentally friendly energy source, creating little or no pollution.)

Solar energy and its use isn’t new to the world. It has been used by various societies beginning from 7thCentury B.C, when the sun’s heat was concentrated by glass and mirrors to light fires. Today, we have everything from solar-powered buildings to solar-powered vehicles. By and large solar technology has some environmental, economic, psychological and ethical implications for our society. Actions taken by companies and individuals to increase the use of solar technology will create good local jobs, improve our environment and reduce our dependence on foreign oil while doing what’s ethical and moral for our society.

19 Executive Summary This publication builds upon past analyses of solar energy deployment contained in the Word Energy Outlook, Energy Technology Perspectives and several IEA Technology Roadmaps. It aims at offering an updated picture of current technology trends and markets, as well as new analyses on how solar energy technologies for electricity, heat and fuels can be used in the various energy consuming sectors, now and in the future. If effective support policies are put in place in a wide number of countries during this decade, solar energy in its various forms – solar heat, solar photovoltaics, solar thermal electricity, solar fuels – can make considerable contributions to solving some of the most urgent problems the world now faces: climate change, energy security, and universal access to modern energy services. Solar energy offers a clean, climate-friendly, very abundant and inexhaustible energy resource to mankind, relatively well-spread over the globe. Its availability is greater in warm and sunny countries – those countries that will experience most of the world’s population and economic growth over the next decades. They will likely contain about 7 billion inhabitants by 2050 versus 2 billion in cold and temperate countries (including most of Europe, Russia, and parts of China and the United States of America). The costs of solar energy have been falling rapidly and are entering new areas of competitiveness. Solar thermal electricity (STE) and solar photovoltaic

Almost everywhere there is technology, and what does technology require? Energy. Such a simple answer, but where does it come from? That is a question many tend to overlook. There are many energy resources that are being harnessed in this modern age, all of which are truly interesting in their own special ways, but solar energy seems to stand out. The idea that mankind can concentrate the Sun’s light and turn it into energy for personal use is very interesting. Although solar energy does have its drawbacks, its importance and potential should not be ignored. It has huge promise as developments are being made everyday. There is a chance that solar energy could very well be the solution to the current energy crisis that faces mankind. As time has passed, even over the past decade, its presence has increased. There are also many advantages of going solar, and because of its availability it is being harnessed in many different regions all around the world. From its primitive beginnings to now it has undergone many dramatic changes, and if it continues to evolve it may just make the future a brighter place.

Recently, the constraints of reducing fuel consumption and pollution have improved the efforts toward renewable energies. Renewable energy resources such as sunlight, wind and water are eventually unlimited and are much more eco-friendly than fossil fuel. It can be used directly as solar ovens and geothermal heating, or indirectly by creating another form of energy

One of the cleanest and basic energy sources is the solar power by which people can come out with many of their problems. Solar energy power, which is the energy taken from the sun, have a big usage in today’s world. People in all the countries use this energy source for different cases. It can be used for producing electricity, heating, cooking, charging, and much more usages. For example, people in the cities and rural areas of Afghanistan use the solar energy for electricity purposes, and in countries like japan and U.S it has a vast usage in industrial factories. This energy is the power that can be converted in to electrical energy and is the most abundant renewable source available. We can invert this power by modern technologies for different uses like, generating energy, providing light, heating water, and many manufacturing uses. Furthermore, the companies that provide solar shingles can make available many job opportunities. Solar energy technology is a common type of renewable sources that everyone in Afghanistan knows that and