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Solar Power
Katie Carton, Macey McGuire, and Cord Pennell
Index• Example• Environmental Advantages• Environmental Problems• Social/Political Problems• Can Energy be Enhanced• How Solar be used in Less Sunny Area• Is it Growing?• Are the Problems Real or Exaggerated? • Works Cited
Example• We use solar power!• We have 32 panels on our roof.• Have saved over $2,000 this year
alone• BUT, it cost us over $61,000 to install
and maintain• Overall, we would install them again
if we had the change
Environmental Advantages
• Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and waste
• Assess sustainability issues, develop standards practices, and pursue solutions to ensure practices
• Ensure that panels (PV) are responsibly recycled.
• It is one of the cleanest methods of energy production known.
Solar Energy in Areas Having High Sunlight and Low Cloud Cover
• In tropical or dessert areas.• The sun hits the earth in these places more directly
than those who have more cloud cover.• In the United States: – Nevada– California– Arizona– Utah– Colorado– New Mexico– Texas
Can energy production from Solar Energy be enhanced in those areas?
Yes• California Public
Utility on Solar Energy.
• Policies• More research.• More Advancements
Environmental Problems• Does not work at night• Difficult to use in places with little to no sun• Can be unreliable• Panel deterioration• Lead can leak• Cadmium can leak from the panels• Requires a lot of space
Can energy production from solar energy be developed in less sunny
areas
• State Policies• Government policies• Incentives• Utility coverage.• “Plug and Play”- Photovoltaic Systems
Yes
Social/ Political Problems• The view is not pleasing• Solar panels are not cheap• They must constantly be maintained and
often replaced.• Single solar panels are not sufficient power
producers so a lot of panels need to be used
• Only areas with lots of sunlight are suitable for solar power so certain counties/locations cannot use them and so do not wish to politically fund them
Social/ Political Problems Continued
• Solar power stations are very expensive to build• Expensive at first, but you save money in the long
run • Lack of consistency and reliability • They take up a lot of space so people do not want
to lose land to them• The cost for installing solar panels and doing
more research to better the energy sources makes political disagreements occur.
Solar Energy Growing?
• In the solar sector there has been a huge cost reduction in the PV (Photovoltaic)
• There is newer technology to help make it cheap and more efficient
Growing cont…
• Solar power is growing much quicker than wind
• Last year solar produced 30.5 GW out of the 46.6 GW that was combined wind and solar
• Wind energy is forecasted to shrink by 25% in the next year
Are the Problems Real of Exaggerated?
• What do you think?– Yes– No
• What do we think?– Yes & No• We believe that some of the problems such as leakages
are a issue, but the product will get better and we will be able to have less panels but more power and thus limit the amount of space needed.
Works Cited• http://environment.about.com/od/renewableenergy/a/solar_power.htm
• http://www.nachi.org/disadvantages-solar-energy.htm
• http://www.seriouslysolar.com/advantages.php
• http://www.problemsinelectrodynamics.com/blog/2013/disadvantages-of-solar-energy
• http://papundits.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/the-problem-with-solar-thermal-power/
• http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&biw=669&bih=608&tbm=isch&tbnid=sydTYbTRZ34y6M:&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid-connected_photovoltaic_power_system&docid=OnJzpVm-wcbQrM&imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Solar_panels_on_house_roof_winter_view.jpg&w=754&h=542&ei=xl6KUr_uIqz84AP2joGIAQ&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:5,s:0,i:94&iact=rc&page=1&tbnh=178&tbnw=257&start=0&ndsp=9&tx=221&ty=74
• http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&biw=669&bih=608&tbm=isch&tbnid=hGkqaOIhfkIzYM:&imgrefurl=http://www.popularresistance.org/conservative-lawmakers-and-tea-partiers-join-progressives-in-georgia-climate-initiative/&docid=QPFWaaY9xb90GM&imgurl=http://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/solar-panel-houses.jpg&w=620&h=413&ei=xl6KUr_uIqz84AP2joGIAQ&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:20,s:0,i:147&iact=rc&page=2&tbnh=183&tbnw=275&start=9&ndsp=12&tx=173&ty=68
• http://papundits.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/the-problem-with-solar-thermal-power/
• http://www.freeresidentialsolarpower.com/savingenergy.html
• http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/energy/stories/cheaper-solar-is-not-just-about-the-price-of-panels
• http://inhabitat.com/students-install-the-worlds-first-solar-pavement-panels-in-virginia/
Works Cited• http://www.google.com/url?
sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=4BRVJ0lpDr7z5M&tbnid=64MBvgAYYjeJEM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fwonkblog%2Fwp%2F2013%2F02%2F08%2Fgermany-has-five-times-as-much-solar-power-as-the-u-s-despite-alaska-levels-of-sun%2F&ei=LJyKUvuzOY_-4AOE_oGgDA&bvm=bv.56643336,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNEZtbnZTr3wrpoqVLiJpbd7jY4xdQ&ust=1384902048979218
• http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=A1OTSjBWon0DMM&tbnid=2Yzf9v322mYg6M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fsec.ucf.edu%2Fen%2Fmedia%2Fenews%2F2007%2F2007-04_Sunshine_state.htm&ei=NqSKUpuuLbW14AO3l4HoDQ&bvm=bv.56643336,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNGJ5KykhvfBGkFlK6_uoPhNFmp0Uw&ust=1384904099374495
• http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/renewable-energy/how-solar-energy-works.html#The_Future_of_Solar_Energ
• http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/16/business/16solar.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&• http://www.sunergysystems.com/about-solar/does-it-work• http://inhabitat.com/stafier-hollands-ultra-thin-solar-roof-tiles-seamlessly-integrate-into-rooftops/ • http://library.thinkquest.org/20331/types/solar/• http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/sunshot/index.html• http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_solar.html• http://conservationmagazine.org/alternative-energy-and-energy-conservation/solar-power/