Solar PowerSolar Power
By: Megan Warren & Joshua
By: Megan Warren & Joshua WredeWrede
Pros
Pros
Solar power can be good Solar power can be good and bad. Some good and bad. Some good things are it costing less, things are it costing less, being eco-friendly, and being eco-friendly, and using power is increasing using power is increasing in price and the solar in price and the solar panels uses the sun, not panels uses the sun, not energy.energy.
Cons
Cons
Some bad parts of solar Some bad parts of solar power are that it is more power are that it is more expensive to have put in. It expensive to have put in. It is only good during the day is only good during the day because of the sun. It takes because of the sun. It takes a while for the panels to a while for the panels to heat up, and they need the heat up, and they need the heat to work. heat to work.
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Solar Energy Video
Solar energy technologies use the energy that comes from the sun inside the sun, hydrogen atoms combine to make helium, and the process produces the extreme amount of heat that is felt on Earth. The sun has a temperature of 36,000,000°F
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Scientist have discovered that the fur Scientist have discovered that the fur and the skin of polar bears are very and the skin of polar bears are very effective at converting sunshine into effective at converting sunshine into heat energy.heat energy.
By 2001 Japan was able to produce up By 2001 Japan was able to produce up to 671 megawatts(mW) of solar to 671 megawatts(mW) of solar generated power at peak conditions.generated power at peak conditions.
With more than 800 million cars on the With more than 800 million cars on the world’s road, there is great intrest in world’s road, there is great intrest in finding an alternative, sustainable, and finding an alternative, sustainable, and clean source of energy to power them.clean source of energy to power them.
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