Solar Energy Usage
Facts about Solar Energy Usage
How Solar Power and Solar Panels can be Used
- Solar energy can be used to provide electricity, heating and hot water for homes.
- Solar energy can also be used to heat swimming pools. In fact, many pools in Scandinavia and Europe are heated with solar energy.
- Solar Energy can be used to power vehicles, such as solar powered cars, and even a solar powered airplanes. NASA has successfully designed, built, and tested an airplane which is powered wholly by solar energy.
- There are many gadgets available on the market which run exclusively on solar power. A few examples are: Solar Battery chargers, Solar Flashlights, Solar Calculators, Solar Radios, Solar-Powered Attic Fans, Solar Power Backpacks (to recharge batteries for small devices), Hybrid Solar Chargers (for cell phones, satellite phones, and more), Solar-Powered Garden Lights ... and much, much more.
Facts about Solar Energy Consumption
- Solar Energy is measured in standard electrical terms called kilowatt-hour. 1 kilowatt = 1000 watts.
- To give you an example of 1 kilowatt-hour (kwh). 1kWh would be the amount of energy used by ten 100 watt light bulbs over a period of 1 hour. (10 x 100 watt = 1000 watts let them run for 1 hour and you have consumed 1Kwh. It is a quantity of electricity used in other words.
- According to the US Department of Energy, an average American household used approximately 866-kilowatt hours per month in 2006 costing them $86.68.
- About 30% of our total energy consumption is used to heat water.
Important Benefits To Use Solar Energy
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Solar Power Products
Here are some examples of products which put solar power to use.
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Do-It-Yourself Solar Power
There are plenty of do-it-yourself solar power projects which you can try out - either for education, experimentation, or for actual use in your home.
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