Facts about Solar Energy Usage

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Solar Energy Usage

This lens covers basic facts about what solar power and solar panels and be used for.

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.

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